Request: more details on obtaining credentials

[simonw]

The README currently says:

Google API credentials are required to create events in the calendar. You can obtain them here. Store credentials.json into a directory accessible by your code.

I couldn't figure out how to use the linked interface to obtain credentials.json file that I could use with this project.

[domenp]

You need to obtain OAuth 2.0 client credentials from the Google API Console. More here.

Does that help?

[simonw]

Not really. I've been working with OAuth for 13 years and after 15 minutes of messing around in the console I still hadn't figured out how to get a calendar credential I could use with this tool!

Step by step instructions would be really useful. Google's documentation around this is not good enough, unfortunately.

[simonw]

I got a tip on Twitter that pointed me to https://michaelheap.com/google-oauth-with-node-js/ which looks like it might have enough information for me to get a token.

[domenp]

Great, let me know if the linked instructions worked for you?

[simonw]

I'll try that today. Do you know if it's possible to get credentials without creating a new OAuth application?

[domenp]

Don't know to be honest.

Believe the easiest way is to go via "Create credentials -> OAuth Client ID" workflow in Google API console. This does create a new OAuth app, I believe.