Using Google API for Python- where do I get the client_secrets.json file from?

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Noble-Surfer picture Noble-Surfer · Oct 19, 2016 · Viewed 18.1k times · Source

I am looking into using the Google API to allow users to create/ edit calendar entries in a company calendar (Google calendar) from within iCal.

I'm following the instructions at: https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/auth/web-app

Step 2 says that I will need the application's client ID and client secret. I can see the client ID in the 'Credentials' page for my app, but I have no idea what the client secret is or where I get that from- anyone know what this is? How do I download it? Where can I get the value from to update the field?

Answer

ceekay picture ceekay · Mar 29, 2019

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Go to credentials tab. Client IDs will be listed there. In the right, there is an option to download it (.json file)

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