Steps to Create credentials.json

1. Go to the Google Cloud Console:
   • Visit the Google Cloud Console.
2. Create a New Project:
   • If you don't have a project, create a new one by clicking on the project dropdown and selecting "New Project". Give your project a name and click "Create".
3. Enable the Google Calendar API:
   • Select your project in the Google Cloud Console.
   • Go to the Google Calendar API page and click "Enable".
4. Create OAuth 2.0 Credentials:
   • In the Google Cloud Console, go to the "APIs & Services" > "Credentials" page.
   • Click "Create Credentials" and select "OAuth client ID".
   • You might need to configure the OAuth consent screen if you haven’t already. Provide the necessary information and save.
   • Select "Desktop app" for the application type.
   • Click "Create" and download the credentials JSON file.
   • rename that file to credentials.json

Setup

• download and install miniconda https://www.anaconda.com/docs/getting-started/miniconda/install#macos-linux-installation
• add conda to path
  • echo 'export PATH="/Users/garyreckard/Dev/miniconda3/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
  • source ~/.zshrc
• conda env create -f environment.yml
• conda activate gcal-alert
• pip install -r requirements.txt
• Edit run_gcal_alert.sh to reflect correct paths
• make the script executable if it is not: chmod +x /path/to/your/run_gcal_alert.sh
• add something like * * * * * /path/to/your/run_gcal_alert.sh to your crontab (crontab -e) to run this every minute
  • (or something like this to see logs/debug
  • * * * * * /Users/gary/Dev/gcal-alert/run_gcal_alert.sh >> /Users/gary/Dev/gcal-alert/gcal-alert.log 2>&1)

Notes

• The first time you run it, it'll have you authenticate using your Google acct
• If you need to re-authenticate, do a rm token.json and re-run it