Sharing orders and recipes on Google Drive using service accounts

In order to upload recipe data to Google Drive, a few steps are required to create necesary accounts and permissions.

Create a project

• Login to https://console.cloud.google.com/ using your Google Workspace or Personal account

• Open a project picker (macOS: Cmd-O, Windows: Ctrl-O and create a new project if necessary:

• Give project a name and click Create

Enable Google Drive API

• Using the Cloud Console menu, navigate to APIs & Services → Enabled APIs

• Click Enable APIs

• Search for Google Drive API and enable it

Create a service account

• Using Cloud Console menu, navigate to IAM & Admin → Service Accounts

• Select Create a service account

• Enter a name and click Continue

• Skip role assignment

• Click Done

Capture service key parameters

• Save the service email

• Save OAuth 2 Client ID

• Click into Actions → Manage Keys

• Create a new key in JSON format

• A key file should download to your computer

Share the folder

• Share the desired destination folder with the service account email

• Note the folder ID as displayed in the address bar

Configure the integration

• Open the downloaded JSON file with service account credentials and populate service-account-secret variable.

• Populate the folder variable