Google: Creating an API Key

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Last updated: Sept 24, 2024 by Sophie Cooper
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  1. Log in to the Google Play Console using the credentials used to create your developer account.

  2. Click Developer Account, and note the Developer Account ID in the About you section.

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  3. Click About you to view your account ID.

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  4. Enable the Google Play Developer API by selecting an existing Google Cloud Project that fits your needs and clicking ENABLE.

If you don't have an existing project or prefer to have a dedicated one for Equiem, create a new one here and follow the instructions (see the screenshot below).

 

  1. Open Service Accounts on Google Cloud and select the project you'd like to use.

  1. Click the CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT button at the top of the Google Cloud Platform Console page.

  1. Verify that you are on the correct Google Cloud Platform Project by looking for the Developer Account ID from earlier within the light gray text in the second input, preceding .iam.gserviceaccount.com, or by checking the project name in the navigation bar. If not, open the picker in the top navigation bar, and find the right one.

  2. Provide a Service account name, copy the generated email address that is noted below the Service account-ID field for later use and click DONE (don't click CREATE AND CONTINUE as the optional steps such as granting access are not needed)

  3. Click on the Actions vertical three-dot icon of the service account you just created and select Manage keys on the menu.

  4. Click ADD KEY → Create New Key

  5. Make sure JSON is selected as the Key type, and click CREATE

  6. Save the file on your computer when prompted and remember where it was saved.

Send the generated JSON file and the email address to your Solution Manager, Onboarding Manager or CSM.

  1. Open Enabled APIs and Services and click the Enable button.

  2. Open the Google Play Console and select Users and Permissions

    1. Click Invite new users.

    2. Paste the email address you saved for later use into the email address field.

    3. Click on Account Permissions. Choose the permissions you'd like this account to have. We recommend Admin (all permissions), but you may want to manually select all checkboxes and leave out some of the Releases permissions such as Release to production, exclude devices, and use Play App Signing

    4. Click Invite User and confirm your choice in the pop-up window that appears.