Enabling Google API

Install google api on server (Raspberry pi)

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client
pip install --upgrade oauth2client

Create directory on server to store API related items

mkdir gmail_endpoint

Transfer client secret and script to receive oauth token#

Write up on:

• how to generate client secret
• what is a client secret
• how to create a project (on google API website)
• how to activate APIs, gmail, etc.

From MobaXTerm or cmd prompt:

cd <Dropbox sub folder>\iot\tools
scp client_secret.json [email protected]:gmail_endpoint
scp client_secret.json [email protected]:gmail_endpoint

Log server into Google

cd gmail_endpoint
python credentials.py --noauth_local_webserver

1. Copy link outputted from putty into chrome.
2. Sign in with hanson.iot account.
3. Copy key from chrome and paste into putty
4. Hit enter.