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I have a question , I have an existing website where already integrated google calendar api . Now I have another new website so my question here is , may I use existing website google calendar api in this new domain or not ?
or need to buy for new domain again ?
Thanks,
Anks
If you have a website that users Google calendar api. So you have created a project on Google cloud console. either with service account credentials or web credentials. That is considered to be a single application.
When you go and create a new website and which to also use an api you should create a new project on Google cloud console for this application. The main reason for this would be quota. If you use the same project on google cloud console then both websites would be sharing the quota.
I cant tell you if you need to buy a new domain name for your website i guess that would depend upon your needs. If by domain you mean google workspace domain. Assuming you are using service accounts to store the web app calendar data, i dont see any reason it couldn't be under the same workspace domain. Just make sure you create separate projects in google cloud console to avoid the quota issue i mentioned.
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This is a general question regarding Google drive API system.
I need to create a web app that shows only files hosted in Google drive.
What I've found on the web is mainly regarding authorizing API access to client's account. I need to set only ONE account that is the origin of my files.
How you could suggest to move into this issue?
Thank you
In our SAAS application, we decided to use Google Sheets API, to generate docs and to give permission for editing documents online in Google Docs web and mobile application.
Here, do we need all of our customers have to be Google Accounts? Is there a better way to create users at the backend of our customers to connect directly from our app?
Unless you're using a service account (which isn't ideal for scaling apps), you ought to use google login, which requires a google account.
Google Drive API question,
I am writing an application that can view a users' Google Drive files and folders from their google account (can be individual or part of an enterprise).
So on my Google Drive enterprise, I have created an API application. So I have an API key and Secret key stored in my application.
Now I want to use OAuth to authenticate the user so that they can approve my application to read their files. The users will not be part of my enterprise. They can be individual Google accounts, or they can be a single user from an some other enterprise account.
Is this possible? Or are there technical/security reasons this is not allowed?
I just got off the phone with wonderful Google api support agent, and I have my answer:
Yes this is possible to do. however due to the recent phishing attack, Google has put in place new security features that affect the following APIs:
Google drive
Gmail
Contacts
Directory Admin SDK
Here are the new rules:
There is a new security form we will need to fill out and be approved before we will be able to be approved as a trusted app that is able to access these api's using OAuth2 authentication.
Google has provided a feature that many enterprises use that allows an enterprise to completely disable the ability to access these api's using oauth2. So even though we have been approved from step1, we may still get an error for some enterprises who have directly blocked this; however, they can white list us in order to allow it from our enterprise if admin's prefer, while still blocking general use for others.
See links:
https://support.google.com/a/answer/7281227
https://developers.google.com/drive/v3/web/about-auth
https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/OAuth2
https://www.reddit.com/r/google/comments/692cr4/new_google_docs_phishing_scam_almost_undetectable/
I have a site that I have tagged using Google Analytics. I can see that the stats are being created and I can analyse them using Google Analytics web tool.
I want to extract my tagging data using the Google Analytics API but all the instructions seem to point me towards the developers console to create my OAuth2 token. My site does not appear in the list of apps that is presented, so I can't do the next step of generating my OAuth2 token.
I feel like I must be missing something obvious, but I am hitting brick wall at the moment. How do I get the site to appear so I can see it in the developers console?
The Google Developer console is for registering your application, this way google knows who is using there APIs. Your Google analytics account wont show up here because well that's not how it works.
Create a new project you will get a client_id and client secrete that are used to identify your application. Then you use a programming language to access the API using the client id and client secret.
I am not a java programmer so i cant help you with that. You mentioned that you want to access your own data. I recommend you look in to using a service account. A service account can be used to grant authentication without having to prompt a user for access. This only works when it is your own account you are accessing and the data doesn't belong to another user. Take the service account email address and add it as a user in google analytics at the ACCOUNT level it must be the Account level. then when you use the service account in your code you will have access.
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/core/v3/quickstart/service-java
I'm just getting started porting my old code over to the new google apps json service but I'm not clear on the oauth.
I'm looking at:
https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/directory/v1/guides/prerequisites
It says:
"Set up a new project in the Google APIs Console and activate Admin SDK service for this project. See the Google APIs Console Help in the upper right corner of the Console page for more information about creating your API project. "
My product gets installed at each client location. Do I create the app using my key then distribute this to my customers or do I use their key in my app that runs at their site? Do I also need to enable the admin SDK in addition to enabling API access?
Do I create the app using my key then distribute this to my customers or do I use their key in my app that runs at their site?
Do they have access to the source code? If true then it will be known to them.
Whether it is your key (an API project owner by you) or theirs depends on the kind of software you offer (tailored or common service (webapp?)) and who will be responsible of the quotas, billing (if needed) and maintenance.
Do I also need to enable the admin SDK in addition to enabling API access?
Yes.
FYI:
API projects can hold up to 20 accounts
Users can own several projects (don't know how many)
Projects can be shared with other users or Groups