Merge pull request #255 from bellingcat/autogenerate_services_account

Script to auto-generate a service account
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Patrick Robertson
2025-03-20 18:00:45 +00:00
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### Setup
- Requires a Google Service Account JSON file for authentication, which should be stored in `secrets/gsheets_service_account.json`.
To set up a service account, follow the instructions [here](https://gspread.readthedocs.io/en/latest/oauth2.html).
- Define the `sheet` or `sheet_id` configuration to specify the sheet to archive.
- Customize the column names in your Google sheet using the `columns` configuration.
- The Google Sheet can be used soley as a feeder or as a feeder and database, but note you can't currently feed into the database from an alternate feeder.
1. Requires a Google Service Account JSON file for authentication.
To set up a service account, follow the instructions in the [how to](https://auto-archiver.readthedocs.io/en/latest/how_to/gsheets_setup.html),
or use the script:
```
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bellingcat/auto-archiver/refs/heads/main/scripts/generate_google_services.sh)"
```
2. Create a Google sheet with the required column(s) and then define the `sheet` or `sheet_id` configuration to specify this sheet.
3. Customize the column names in your Google sheet using the `columns` configuration.
4. The Google Sheet can be used solely as a feeder or as a feeder and database, but note you can't currently feed into the database from an alternate feeder.
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