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# Registering with Google Developers Console

The following shows how to get a register your app (or rather, your instance of gdocs-export) and get a Google API `client_id` and `client_secret` tokens.

The Google Developers Console API console seems to be always changing. The following steps were sufficient as of March 4, 2014.

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* **CREATE NEW PROJECT:**
1. Visit [https://console.developers.google.com/project](https://console.developers.google.com/project).
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1. Create new project.
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* **ENABLE GOOGLE DRIVE API:**
1. In the next page, you will be prompted to `Enable the APIs you plan to use`. Follow this link.
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1. Type `drive` in the search field, and then select the `Google Drive API`.
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1. Finally, you will be given the choice to `Enable` or `Try this API`, click `Enable`.
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* **CREATE CREDENTIALS:**
1. Once enabled, you will be prompted to `Create credentials`. Follow this link.
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1. You will now be given two drop-down menus and a radio-button list. Fill them as in the picture (i.e. `Google Drive API` | `Other UI` | `User Data` ).
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1. Name your `OAuth 2.0 client ID` appropriately, and create it. Then name `Product name` appropriately, and press continue.
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1. Download your credentials in JSON format if needed, and press done.
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* **ACCESS YOUR ID+PASS:**
1. Simply click on the name of the OAuth ID you just you just created.
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1. The **CLIENT\_ID** and **CLIENT\_SECRET** you need are there for you to copy.
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