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 ====== Setting up Google services ====== ====== Setting up Google services ======
  
-Vizy uses several Google services such as Google Photos, Google Sheets, and Gmail to communicate to the outside world and share its findings. ​ The main advantage of these is that they are all free and robust services that many of us are familiar with.  ​+**This page is written for Vizy software version 0.1.102 or greater. ​ The older documentation can be found [[wiki:​google_cloud_setup|here]].**  ​Vizy uses several Google services such as Google Photos, Google Sheets, and Gmail to communicate to the outside world and share its findings. ​ The main advantage of these is that they are all free and robust services that many of us are familiar with.  ​
  
 ===== Creating a Google account ===== ===== Creating a Google account =====
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 This will create a new browser tab, so if you have popups disabled, you may need to provide Vizy permission to bring up the new tab.  Within the new browser tab, you will be asked which account you want to use -- **choose the Google account that you created for your Vizy**. ​ It will likely require that you type in the username and password.  ​ This will create a new browser tab, so if you have popups disabled, you may need to provide Vizy permission to bring up the new tab.  Within the new browser tab, you will be asked which account you want to use -- **choose the Google account that you created for your Vizy**. ​ It will likely require that you type in the username and password.  ​
  
-If you added Vizy's Google account as a "Test User" you should get the message below, which is a good thing.+If you added Vizy's Google account as a "Test User" you should get the message below, which is a good/expected:
  
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 Click on **Submit**. Click on **Submit**.
  
-If everything has proceeded without a hitch, you can now test your Google API key and authorization by clicking on **Upload test image** or **Send test email...**. ​ Note, photos/​images will appear in [[https://​photos.google.com|Google Photos]] page of the Google account that you created. ​ And emails will originate from the same Google account. ​ It's almost as if Vizy were alive, yes?  ​(Here in Austin, some would argue that you aren't truly alive until you've had a Bac’n Cheezeburger at Arlo’s -- so until then, sorry Vizy...)+If everything has proceeded without a hitch, you can now test your Google API key and authorization by clicking on **Upload test image** or **Send test email...**. ​ Note, photos/​images will appear in [[https://​photos.google.com|Google Photos]] page of the Google account that you created. ​ And emails will originate from the same Google account.  ​(It's almost as if Vizy were alive, yes? 
  
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