so I have a nodejs application that sends invites to an event in google calendar to some people, for now I am using my gmail account and OAuth Playground to get a temporary Access token and it works, but the access token is just available for minutes and each time I need to refresh the Access token manually and give access to my google account calendar and this is the problem, now I want to make something dynamic without me interfering in the process. This application is hosted in wix. any suggestions ? Thanks
2 Answers
IF you are only letting them access a calendar that you own and control then you can use a service account.
let google = require('googleapis');
let privatekey = require("./privatekey.json");
Now let’s use the private key to configure a JWT auth client and authenticate our request.
// configure a JWT auth client
let jwtClient = new google.auth.JWT(
privatekey.client_email,
null,
privatekey.private_key,
['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar']);
//authenticate request
jwtClient.authorize(function (err, tokens) {
if (err) {
console.log(err);
return;
} else {
console.log("Successfully connected!");
}
});
Create service account credentials in google developer console. then take the service account email address and share the calendar with it via the google calendar website. The rest of the code you have should be the same just swap out the auth section with this.
To access the calendar API please follow the Quickstart
The code provided creates a refresh token that will automatically generate a new access token for you, whenever the old one expires.
Be careful with unnecessary using service accounts, especially for adding invitees to a calendar event - there are currently issues with this feature.
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