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# Gmail with OAuth2

To connect to a Gmail address, you must first set up OAuth 2.0 credentials.

1. Log in to your Google account
2. Visit the following link in your Google account:
   * <https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/dashboard>
   * If this is the first time you are here, do the following:

     * Accept the Terms of Service:

     <div align="left"><figure><img src="/files/GJOExdV4aKSLzi7yPzDy" alt="" width="279"><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div>

     * Agree to the Terms of Service, then click **Agree and continue**.
   * If you have already agreed to the Terms of Service, you can select one of your existing projects or create a new one:\ <img src="/files/WoAU5LzYpQsOWR0hCgLO" alt="" data-size="original"><br>
3. Navigate to the OAuth consent screen to configure it, if you do not have one already:\
   ![](/files/EKExMK17EzLJj1uDF4oT)
4. Click Get Started
   1. In App Information Enter the application name (for example, “Email This Issue”) and select a support email

      \
      ![](/files/Os93FJu35vFi62YqU8y0)
   2. In Audience, select whether the app is Internal or External, according to your requirements:\
      ![](/files/kZSo8OYxLkqv1TJCpk8R)
   3. Enter contact information
   4. Agree to the User Data Policy\
      ![](/files/G51haBq8R7yiab8BQtyK)
   5. Click create
5. Go to Branding and add meta-inf.hu as an authorized domain:\
   ![](/files/06knIjIfDcBv3uN0locF)

{% hint style="warning" %}

#### Additional Step for External applications:

Go to the **Audience** menu and either add the authorizing user as a **Test user** or **publish** the application; otherwise, you will not be able to authenticate the connection.
{% endhint %}

6. Go to the **Clients** menu and click **Create Client**. If you already had a Consent screen, go to Credentials, click Create credentials, and choose OAuth client ID.\ <br>

   <figure><img src="/files/vOFdGnOxfJH4e90KqBsh" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
7. Select Web application as the application type, and give it a name\
   ![](/files/KNeWwQ66MavxSN0BW5FZ)
8. Open Email This Issue and on the Admin tab go to **OAuth2 credentials**. Click to **Create** new credentials, select **Google** as the service provider, then copy and paste the **Redirect URI** from the bottom to the **Authorized redirect URI** in Google:<br>

   <figure><img src="/files/WQmOkP2Ftn9KjlvuaS8i" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>
9. Click **Create** in Google to create the client.
10. Copy the Client ID and Client secret to the appropriate fields in Email This Issue:\
    \
    ![](/files/neaOFpwG86i12LkZhTno)

{% hint style="info" %}
Note: The client secret is only blurred for data protection purposes in this example.
{% endhint %}

11. In Email This Issue, add the following endpoints:

* Auth Endpoint URL: <https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth>
* Token Endpoint URL: <https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token>

<figure><img src="/files/JX2IJfRz34WbTYZRw5Xz" alt=""><figcaption><p>Edit OAuth2 Credentials</p></figcaption></figure>

13. Click on **Save**, and you are ready to use the created credentials in your incoming or outgoing connection.<br>