How to create a Gmail Service account

Applies to: QLM Pro v17

Go to the Google Cloud Platform Console and sign in as an administrator.

• From the main dashboard, click Create Project.

• Enter a project name and select your organization

• Select your new project and click + Enable APIS and Services

• Enter Gmail in the search field, select the Gmail API option then click Enable.

• To create the service account, select Service Accounts as shown below:

• Click Create Service Account

• Enter a name for your account then click Create and Continue

• Leave all the default options for the Service Account Details and click Done.

• Copy the Client ID
• Select Manage Keys as shown below:

• Click Add Key / Create new key

• Select JSON for the key format and click Create

• Store the generated JSON file securely. You will need it later on when configuring QLM.
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• Next, you must enable service accounts with Gmail. 
• Login to the GSuite Admin Console.
• Scroll down to locate the Security item and select it

• Scroll down to locate the API Controls item and select it
• Click Manage Domain Wide Delegation

• Click Add New
• Enter the Client ID that you copied earlier
• Set the authorization scope to: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send
• Click Authorize