HOWTO_gdrive_service_account.md

How to enable google drive api and create google service account

1. Log in to google account.

2. Go to https://console.developers.google.com
   2.1 Click "Select a project" and click "NEW PROJECT".
   2.2 Enter project name 'zdproj' and click "Create".
   

3. Go to https://console.developers.google.com/apis/library?project=zdproj&supportedpurview=project
   3.1 Search for google drive and click "Google Drive API" from search results.
   3.2 Click "ENABLE".
   

4. Go to https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/drive.googleapis.com/overview?project=zdproj&supportedpurview=project
   4.1 Click "CREATE CREDENTIALS" button.
   4.2 On form select "Google Drive API", "Other non-UI (e.g. cron job, daemon)", "Application data", "No, I'm not using them". See image below.
   4.3 Click "What credentials do I need?" button.

5. On next page set "Service account name" to "zd" and choose "Editor" in "Role"(Project->Editor). Make sure that "JSON" is selected as "Key type".
   

6. Click "Continue" button. JSON file will be downloaded with service account credentials. Save it near to zdownloader location and update google_service_account_json_file= in zdownloader.ini file.