Google Calendar Sample App

• Google Calendar Sample App
  • Requirements
  • Set-up Google
    • Set-up an new Google Project
    • Get Calendar API Access
    • Get access to credentials
  • Set-up Hootsuite
  • Make Commands
  • Host

Requirements

• This project uses Go Lang version 1.22. You can view the instructions on how to install it here.
• Access to a Google Account
• Uses the latest OpenAPI doc which you can find here

Set-up Google

We will be connecting to the google calendar you will need to have and account there and set-up access to Google Calendar. You can read up about the Google Calendar API.

Set-up an new Google Project

To create a new API project go to Google Console

1. Beside the Google Cloud icon in the top right click on the drop down and click on New Project.
2. Name the project google-calendar-sample. You do not have to connect it to an organisation and click next.

We can head to the project api dashboard found here. Make sure the dropdown is still selecting your project.

Get Calendar API Access

From the API dashboard.

1. Click on Library
2. Click on Google Calendar API
3. Click on Enable. This will turn on the calendar APIs

Get access to credentials

This will allow people to log into their accounts to access their own google calendar From the API dashboard.

1. Click on Credentails
2. Click on + Create Credentails and OAuth Client ID
3. Click on Configure Consent Screen
   1. Click on External this will allow people to use the project
   2. Fill in the form with
      • App Name: Hootsuite Sample Calendar App
      • User Support Email: <Your email>
      • Authorised Domains: hootsuite.com
      • Contact Information: <Your email>
   3. Click Save
   4. Click on Add or Remove Scopes and add the following:
      • ../auth/calendar.readonly
      • Click on Update
4. Click on Save and Continue
5. Now add Test Users that you want to test out your app (probably want to add yourself to this list)
6. Click on Save and Continue
7. Click on + Create Credentails and OAuth Client ID again.
   1. Application Type: Web application
      • Name: Sample App
   2. We will have to come back to this once we have more information for the redirect url
   3. Click Save
   4. Copy the Client ID and Client Secret we will need these to set-up on the Hootsuite side

Set-up Hootsuite

Once your developer account is active you can go to My Apps

1. Click on Create New App
2. Fill out the form:
   • App Title: Google Calendar Sample App
   • Description: This is a sample app to connect to Planner Content to Google Calendar
   • The rest can be black for the sample
3. Click on the app you just created
4. Click on Edit
5. In the Extension Authentication (OAuth 2.0) section.
   • Client ID: This is the id from Google <pattern>.apps.googleusercontent.com
   • Client Secret: This is the secret from Google GOCSPX-<pattern>
   • Token URL: From Google https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
   • Authorization URL: From Google https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
   • Scope: From Google https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly
6. Click Save
7. Copy Redirect URI that was generated will need to add this to the Google Settings
   1. Go to the Credentails in Google
   2. Click on Sample App under Oauth 2.0 Client IDs
   3. Click + Add URI under Authorised redirect URIs
   4. Paste the Redirect URI from Hootsuite here
8. Click on New App Extension
   • App Extension Type: Planner
   • App Extension Title: Sample Google Calendar App
9. CLick Add

Make Commands

There is 3 commands in the Makefile:

• generate: Will re-generate the .gen.go files
• build: Will compile the code into a binary
• run: will run the code locally

Host

You can see how to set-up the app Heroku with this guide