Configure a Developer Project and Account Settings

Configure an Actions Console project

A Google Cloud Platform project, managed by the Actions Console, gives your device access to the Google Assistant API. The project tracks quota usage and gives you valuable metrics for the requests made from your device.

To enable access to the Google Assistant API, do the following:

1. Open the Actions Console.
2. GO TO THE ACTIONS CONSOLE
3. Click on Add/import project.
4. To create a new project, type a name in the Project name box and click CREATE PROJECT.
5. If you already have an existing Google Cloud Platform project, you can select that project and import it instead.
6. Click the Device registration box.
7. Enable the Google Assistant API by accessing to your google cloud panel
   1. Choose yourproject (see the Terms of Service).
   2. On left Panel Go toAPis And Services
   3. Library
   4. Search for “Assistant”
   5. Enable The API
8. ENABLE THE API
9. Click Enable.

Set activity controls for your account

In order to use the Google Assistant, you must share certain activity data with Google. The Google Assistant needs this data to function properly; this is not specific to the SDK.

Open the Activity Controls page for the Google account that you want to use with the Assistant. You can use any Google account, it does not need to be your developer account.

Ensure the following toggle switches are enabled (blue):

• Web & App Activity
  • In addition, be sure to select the Include Chrome browsing history and activity from websites and apps that use Google services checkbox.
• Device Information
• Voice & Audio Activity

Register the Device Model

In order for the Google Assistant to respond to commands appropriate to your device and the given context, the Assistant needs information about your particular device. You provide this information, which includes fields like device type and manufacturer, as a device model. You can think of this model as a general class of device - like a light, speaker, or toy robot.

This information is then accessible to the Google Assistant and is associated with your Actions Console project. No other projects have access to your model and device information.

Use the registration UI

Use the registration UI in the Actions Console to register a device model.

1. Open the Actions Console.
2. Select the project you created previously.
3. Select the Device registration tab (under ADVANCED OPTIONS) from the left navbar.
4. Click the REGISTER MODEL button.

Create model

1. Fill out all of the fields for your device.
2. See the device model JSON reference for more information on these fields.
3. When you are finished, click REGISTER MODEL.

Download credentials file

The credentials.json file must be located on the device. Later, you will run an authorization tool and reference this file in order to authorize the Google Assistant SDK sample to make Google Assistant queries. Do not rename this file.

Download this file and transfer it to the device. Click NEXT.

For the Raspberry Pi only:

Make sure this file is located in /home/pi. If you want to upload the file to the device, do the following:

1. Open a new terminal window. Run the following command in this new terminal:
2. Note: Do not run the following command in an SSH session connected to the device. This command transfers the JSON file from a directory on your development machine to the device. An SSH session cannot access your local directories.
3. scp ~/Downloads/credentials.json pi@raspberry-pi-ip-address:/home/pi/
4. password: password-for-device
5. Close this terminal window.

Specify traits

Later, you will specify the different abilities that your device supports on this screen. But for now, click the SKIP button.

Edit the model

If you need to edit the model, click its row in the list. Make sure to click SAVE after any edits.

To download the credentials file again, click the ellipses. You can delete the model from this menu as well.

Generate credentials

Open Terminal in Raspbian

1. google-oauthlib-tool --scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/assistant-sdk-prototype \
            --scope https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gcm \
            --save --headless --client-secrets /home/pi/credentials.json
2. You should see a URL displayed in the terminal:
3. Please visit this URL to authorize this application: https://...
4. Copy the URL and paste it into a browser (this can be done on any machine). The page will ask you to sign in to your Google account. Sign into the Google account that created the developer project in the previous step.
5. Note: To use other accounts, first add those accounts to your Actions Console project as Owners.
6. After you approve the permission request from the API, a code will appear in your browser, such as "4/XXXX". Copy and paste this code into the terminal:
7. Enter the authorization code:
8. If authorization was successful, you will see a response similar to the following:
9. credentials saved: /path/to/.config/google-oauthlib-tool/credentials.json
10. If instead you see InvalidGrantError, then an invalid code was entered. Try again, taking care to copy and paste the entire code.

Restart and Enjoy with GA in Qbo