Google credentials

Setup google credentials for your project:

... step by step

If the linked tutorial is outdated, follow this steps:

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step 1:

Go to https://console.developers.google.com/

step 2:

Click the project selector:

step 3:

Click an existing project, or click NEW PROJECT:

step 4:

Give it a name, click CREATE:

step 5:

Wait a few seconds until the project is created, make sure the new project is the current selected one. Then click ENABLE APIS AND SERVICES:

Now let's enable Google Drive and Google Sheets.

step 6:

Search for "drive" ...

step 7:

Click on the "Google Drive API" item

step 8:

Click on ENABLE:

Do the same for Google Sheets now

step 9:

Search for "sheet" ...

step 10:

Click on ENABLE:

step 11:

Click on the hamburger menu:

step 12:

Inside the menu, open APIs & Services ›, and click Credentials:

step 13:

Inside Credentials section, click on + CREATE CREDENTIALS:

step 14:

Select the Service account from the dropdown:

step 15:

Inside Service account details, you just need to provide some account name. step (1): I will use "fts-flutter", then click CREATE AND CONTINUE:

step 16:

step (2): No need to do anything else, click CONTINUE

step 17:

step (3): No need to do anything else, click DONE

step 18:

You will see the new item, under the Service Accounts section, click the pen icon to Edit service account:

step 19:

On the tab bar, click on KEYS:

step 20:

On the Keys section, click on the ADD KEY ▼ dropdown, and Create new key:

step 21:

Select "Key type" > 🔘 JSON and click CREATE

step 22:

Congratulations! You finally have your service credentials to use on any fts project.

Final thoughts:

Ideally, rename the file to credentials.json and put it in some global folder in your computer. You can reuse it on many FTS projects, placing the absolute path to it.