Setup Guide

You can find your Google app credentials by visiting your Google Cloud Console dashboard.

You'll need the following information to set up your Google App with Paragon Connect:

• Client ID

• Client Secret

• Scopes Requested

Add the Redirect URL to your Google app

Paragon provides a redirect URL to send information to your Google app. To add the redirect URL to your Google app:

1. Copy the link under "Redirect URL" in your integration settings in Paragon. The Redirect URL is:

https://passport.useparagon.com/oauth

2. In your Google Cloud Console dashboard, navigate to APIs & Services > Credentials in the sidebar.

3. Press "+ Create Credentials", then select OAuth client ID.

4. Select "Web application" from the Application type drop-down menu.

5. Under Authorized redirect URIs, press the "+ Add URI" button.

6. Paste-in the redirect URL from Paragon.

7. Press the blue "Create" button.

Google provides you with the Client ID and Client Secret needed for the next steps after adding the redirect URL to your project.

Enable Google Calendar API in Google Cloud Console Dashboard

1. In your Google Cloud Console dashboard, navigate to APIs & Services > Library in the sidebar.

2. Search for "Google Calendar API" from the API Library.

3. Select the "Google Calendar API".

4. Press the blue "Enable" button to enable the API for your application.

Add your Google app to Paragon

1. Select Google Calendar from the Integrations Catalog.

2. Under Integrations > Connected Integrations > {YOUR_APP} > Settings, fill out your credentials from the end of Step 1 in their respective sections:

• Client ID: Found at the end of Step 1.

• Client Secret: Found at the end of Step 1.

• Permissions: Select the scopes you've requested for your application. They should begin with calendar.

Press the blue "Connect" button to save your credentials.

Connecting to Google Calendar

Once your users have connected their Google Calendar account, you can use the Paragon SDK to access the Google Calendar API on behalf of connected users.

See the Google Calendar REST API documentation for their full API reference.

Any Google Calendar API endpoints can be accessed with the Paragon SDK as shown in this example.

// You can find your project ID in the Overview tab of any Integration
​
// Authenticate the user
paragon.authenticate(<ProjectId>, <UserToken>);
            
// Get Calendar List
await paragon.request("googleCalendar", "/users/me/calendarList", { 
  method: "GET"
});
  
  
// Create Event
await paragon.request("googleCalendar", "/calendars/{calendarId}/events", { 
  method: “POST”,
  body: { 
    "start": { "dateTime" : new Date("2021-01-02").toISOString() },
    "end": { "dateTime" : new Date("2021-01-02").toISOString() },
  }
});
​

Building Google Calendar workflows

Once your Google Calendar account is connected, you can add steps to perform the following actions:

• Create event

• Update event

• List events

• Get event by ID

• Delete event

When creating or updating events in Google Calendar, you can reference data from previous steps by typing {{ to invoke the variable menu.