How to Authorize a Service Account for Google Calendar API in Ruby

How do I authorize a service account for Google Calendar API in Ruby?

OK I found a way.

https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/ruby/auth/service-accounts

require 'google/apis/calendar_v3'
require 'googleauth'

# Get the environment configured authorization
scopes =  ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar']
authorization = Google::Auth.get_application_default(scopes)

# Clone and set the subject
auth_client = authorization.dup
auth_client.sub = 'myemail@mydomain.com'
auth_client.fetch_access_token!

# Initialize the API
service = Google::Apis::CalendarV3::CalendarService.new
service.authorization = auth_client

# Fetch the next 10 events for the user
calendar_id = 'primary'
response = service.list_events(calendar_id,
                               max_results: 10,
                               single_events: true,
                               order_by: 'startTime',
                               time_min: Time.now.iso8601)
puts 'Upcoming events:'
puts 'No upcoming events found' if response.items.empty?
response.items.each do |event|
  start = event.start.date || event.start.date_time
  puts "- #{event.summary} (#{start})"
end

And

>set GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=client_secrets.json

C:\Users\Chloe\workspace>ruby quickstart.rb
Upcoming events:
- Test (2018-05-17)
- SSL Certificate for CMS (2019-02-13)

But I wonder where it saves the refresh token and access token? All I have to do now is make it work for ephemeral file systems like Heroku and store the tokens in the database.

How to set up Google Calendar API using Ruby client for server to server applications

AUTHORIZATION SETUP FOR GOOGLE CALENDAR

Somewhat helpful link: https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/ruby/

1. Go to: https://console.developers.google.com/iam-admin/projects
2. Click "+Create Project"
3. Enter a "Project name" and "Project ID" and click "Create"
4. Under "Library" select "Calendar API"
5. Click ">Enable"
6. Return to: https://console.developers.google.com/iam-admin/projects
7. Click "Service Accounts"
8. Click "Select a project"
9. Choose your project and click "Open"
10. Click "+Create Service Account"
11. Enter a "Service account name" and choose a "Role" (I chose "editor")
12. Check "Furnish a new private key"
13. Click "Create"

A JSON file will be downloaded to your computer.
Move this file to some place accessible by your application and rename it to "google_api.json" (or whatever you want as long as it matches the correct path below). Ensure that only the application can access this file (it contains a private key).

14. Copy the "client_email" from the JSON file and go to the settings of the
    Google Calendar that you want this application to access.
15. Click "Calendars"
16. Choose the correct calendar
17. Click "Change sharing settings" found under "Calendar Address:"
18. Add the email you copied and select the proper permission
19. Click "Save"
20. Copy the "Calendar ID" to the right of "Calendar Address:"
21. You can hardcode the calendar ID below or put it in YAML file or as an environmental variable.

Here is a sample file to authorize and access the Googe Calendar API:

# http://www.rubydoc.info/github/google/google-api-ruby-client/Google/Apis/CalendarV3
require 'googleauth'
require 'google/apis/calendar_v3'

class MyApp::GoogleCalendar

  def initialize
    authorize
  end

  def service
    @service
  end
  
  def events(reload=false)
    # NOTE: This is just for demonstration purposes and not complete.
    # If you have more than 2500 results, you'll need to get more than    
    # one set of results.
    @events = nil if reload
    @events ||= service.list_events(calendar_id, max_results: 2500).items
  end

private

  def calendar_id
    @calendar_id ||= # The calendar ID you copied in step 20 above (or some reference to it).  
  end

  def authorize
    calendar = Google::Apis::CalendarV3::CalendarService.new
    calendar.client_options.application_name = 'App Name' # This is optional
    calendar.client_options.application_version = 'App Version' # This is optional

    # An alternative to the following line is to set the ENV variable directly 
    # in the environment or use a gem that turns a YAML file into ENV variables
    ENV['GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS'] = "/path/to/your/google_api.json"
    scopes = [Google::Apis::CalendarV3::AUTH_CALENDAR]
    calendar.authorization = Google::Auth.get_application_default(scopes)

    @service = calendar
  end

end

So now you can call cal = MyApp::GoogleCalendar.new and get the events with cal.events. Or you can make calls directly with cal.service.some_method(some_args), rather than creating methods in this file.

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