How to setup your first Google API project
Blog post from Nylas
The blog post provides a step-by-step guide on setting up a Google API Project to use with Nylas API V3, focusing on applications that require access to a user's communication data such as email, calendar, and contacts. It explains how to create a Google Project using the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) console, emphasizing the importance of understanding and setting up the appropriate Google API scopes, such as calendar.readonly, to request user permissions. The guide details the differences between hosted and native authentication flows, with a focus on hosted authentication for public-facing applications, and highlights the need for configuring OAuth to secure access to user data through authorized domains. It walks through the process of enabling the Google Calendar API, setting up OAuth credentials, and adding them to the Nylas dashboard, concluding with testing the integration by connecting a Google account using Nylas' Hosted Authentication. The post also encourages further exploration of Nylas documentation and blog posts for continued learning.