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Third-Party Integrations: Google

The Google integration has multiple purposes. It can be used to allow using OAuth authentication for IMAP (department email accounts) and SMTP (outgoing emails). Also, it can be used to allow users to log in and sign up with their Google account, an option available under our Social Login integrations.

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Prerequisites

To set up Google, you must have a Google account.

Activate or Deactivate Integration

The Google integration is disabled by default and needs to be activated before use.

  1. Visit Settings -> General -> Third-Party Integrations.
  2. Find the Google integration and click the "Activate" link located on the left of the table.
  3. The page will reload confirming the integration has been activated.

Third-Party Integrations

The integration can be deactivated by following the above process, but using the "Deactivate" link instead.

Integration Settings

To set up Google, you will need to set up a Google project, follow the steps below.

  1. Visit the Google Cloud Platform website - https://console.cloud.google.com/apis - and sign in to your Google account.
  2. Click on the project selector and then click on "New Project".
    Project Selector
    Create New Project (Step 1)
  3. Enter a name for the project and click "Create".
    Create New Project (Step 2)
  4. The project will be created in the background, it may take a few minutes. Wait for the page to reload and then click "OAuth consent screen".
    OAuth Consent Screen
  5. Choose "External" for the user type and click "Create".
    OAuth Consent Screen User Type
  6. Fill out the form with the information of your organisation. Make sure to set the authorised domain to the base domain or subdomain where the help desk will be hosted.
    App Registration
  7. There is no need to add any scopes or the optional information, click "Save and Continue" twice.
  8. On the summary page, click "Credentials" in the sidebar.
    Click Credentials
  9. Click "Create Credentials" and then "OAuth client ID".
    Click Create Credentials
    Click OAuth client ID
  10. In SupportPal, click on "Settings" under Google on the third-party integrations page. This page will show you the authorised redirect URI needed.
    Google Third-Party Integration
    Authorised redirect URIs
  11. Set a name for the client and add the authorised redirect URI from SupportPal, then click "Create".
    Create OAuth client ID
  12. A pop up will show your client ID and secret that need to be entered on the SupportPal screen and click "Save".
    Google Third-Party Integration Settings

Enabling Google Social Login

To enable the Google login option for your users, follow the steps below.

  1. Go to Settings -> Users -> Social Login, and click "Manage" on the right of the Google box. If the option is not there, please ensure you have completed the above set-up of the integration correctly.
  2. Press the toggle to enable the social login. If you have multiple brands, you will have the option to enable or disable for each brand.
  3. Press "Submit".

It should now be successfully configured, we recommend to try the login as a test user to verify it works.

Google OAuth for Department Email Accounts (IMAP) and SMTP

To use Google as an OAuth authentication provider, follow the below steps.

  1. Ensure the Google integration is set up as listed in Integration Settings.

  2. Department Email Accounts

    Go to Settings -> Tickets -> Departments, click an existing department or create new department. Scroll down to Email Accounts.

    SMTP

    Go to Settings and click on the Email tab. If configuring for a brand, go to Settings -> General -> Brands, click on your brand and then the Email tab.
  3. Change the Authentication dropdown to "OAuth".
  4. Select Google from the provider dropdown. If it isn't visible, you may have a problem in your integration settings.
  5. Ensure the rest of the relevant details are filled in Click on "Get Access Token".
    Google OAuth Provider
  6. A pop up will show, log in to your account or click on your account if already logged in.
    Google OAuth Popup
  7. You will likely see a warning that the app isn't verified, click "Advanced" and then "Go to [App Name] (unsafe)".
    App isn't verified
    Go to SupportPal
  8. A pop up will show to grant permission to your Gmail account, click on "Allow".
    App isn't verified
  9. On the next screen, click on "Allow".
    Confirm Choices
  10. The token will now have saved to SupportPal, you can confirm by seeing that the button is now red and labelled "Reset Access Token".
    Reset Access Token
  11. Finally, click "Validate Authentication" to confirm if it is working, and save on seeing a success message.

Troubleshooting

Invalid parameter value for redirect_uri

Invalid Redirect URI

The redirect URL entered into the Google app is not correct, or you may not use non-public domains (other than localhost).