Google Service Account
This guide will help you to createa service account, and generate a service account ID and private key.
Create a Google Service Account
Go to the Google Console API and sign in to your Google Account
Select IAM & Admin from the left navigation menu
Click the Service Accounts
- Click the +Create Service Account button
- Enter a Service account name and description, then click Create and Continue
Click the Select a Role dropdown to assign the role. For example, to connect Bigquery, select BigQuery Admin in the Select Role dropdown
Click the +Add Another Role to add a new role
Click Continue
Click Done
Enabling API access for a Google service account
To allow the service account to read your Google suits application, you must enable the relevant API
- Go to APIs & Services, then Libary
- Find the Google Drive API in the search box
- Click the Enable button
Downloading the Private Key
Go to the IMA, click the Service Account
Select the newly created service account
Click the Add Key dropdown
- Click the Create New Key
- Select the Key Type as JSON, click Create
- Save the key file in a secure location to have it available
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