[V6] Does Ally return a token that can be used to Access Google API's

[simonjcarr]

Hi, I understand this is not a Google API's help forum, but since I am struggling to get access to the google API's with the Token Provided by Ally, I am wondering if I think Ally is giving me something other than what I expect.

After logging into Google and approving the Scopes I get back a Token and Refresh Token. Is this the same token as is described below (Use token to call Google API)?

I am proving this token to the Google Calendar API but it responds with

Error: API key not valid. Please pass a valid API key

All the tutorials on Google though seem to refer to that token as an Object that contains a lot more than is returned by Ally, hence I am wondering if I have to somehow generate another token with the token provided by Ally. Also it mentions API Token, where I want to Authenticate using the logged in user using OAUTH2.

Here is my code

export async function getEvents(user: User) {
  const calendar = google.calendar({
    version: 'v3',
    auth: user.token,
  })
  const now = new Date()
  const startOfDay = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate())
  const endOfDay = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate() + 1)

  try {
    const response = await calendar.events.list({
      calendarId: 'primary', // 'primary' or the specific calendar ID
      timeMin: startOfDay.toISOString(),
      timeMax: endOfDay.toISOString(),
      singleEvents: true,
      orderBy: 'startTime',
    })

    const events = response.data.items
    if (events && events.length) {
      console.log("Today's events:")
      events.forEach((event, i) => {
        const start = event?.start!.dateTime || event?.start!.date
        console.log(`${i + 1} - ${event.summary} (${start})`)
      })
    } else {
      console.log('No events found for today.')
    }
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('The API returned an error: ' + error)
  }
}

[simonjcarr]

In the End it was as simple as this

function makeOAuth2Client() {
  return new google.auth.OAuth2(
    env.get('GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID'),
    env.get('GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET'),
    env.get('GOOGLE_REDIRECT_URL')
  )
}

export async function getEvents(user: User) {
  const oauth2Client = makeOAuth2Client()
  oauth2Client.setCredentials({
    refresh_token: user.refreshToken,
  })

  const calendar = google.calendar({
    version: 'v3',
    auth: oauth2Client,
  })
  const now = new Date()
  const startOfDay = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate())
  const endOfDay = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate() + 1)

  try {
    const response = await calendar.events.list({
      calendarId: 'primary', // 'primary' or the specific calendar ID
      timeMin: startOfDay.toISOString(),
      timeMax: endOfDay.toISOString(),
      singleEvents: true,
      orderBy: 'startTime',
    })

    const events = response.data.items
    if (events && events.length) {
      console.log("Today's events:")
      events.forEach((event, i) => {
        const start = event?.start!.dateTime || event?.start!.date
        console.log(`${i + 1} - ${event.summary} (${start})`)
      })
    } else {
      console.log('No events found for today.')
    }
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('The API returned an error: ' + error)
  }
}