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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

Service Accounts
  • Click the +Create Service Account button
Create Service Account
  • Enter a Service account name and description, then click Create and Continue
Create 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

Create Service

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
Enable Api
  • Find the Google Drive API in the search box
Google Drive Api
  • Click the Enable button
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

Private Key
  • Click the Create New Key
Create New Key
  • Select the Key Type as JSON, click Create
Key Type
  • Save the key file in a secure location to have it available
Save Key File

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