Setting up Gmail access using gog skill
Goal:
Integrate Gmail access into Clawdbot running on a DigitalOcean VPS using the gog (Google Workspace CLI) skill.
Environment:
• Clawdbot running on a DigitalOcean VPS
• gog CLI installed
• ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json configured with:
• GOG_KEYRING_BACKEND: file
• GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD (passphrase)
• GOG_ACCOUNT: xxxx@gmail.com
• GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS: /root/.clawdbot/credentials/google-oauth-client.json (confirmed to exist)
Problem:
Unable to complete the OAuth 2.0 authorization flow for gog because the interactive process consistently times out.
Steps Taken and Observations:
1. Initial Authentication Attempt:
The gog authorization process was initiated via command line.
2. Interactive Authorization Flow:
In the headless environment, the command outputs a Google OAuth URL containing parameters such as access_type=offline, client_id, redirect_uri=http://127.0.0.1:<port>/oauth2/callback, response_type=code, and Gmail scope.
3. Manual User Intervention:
The user is instructed to:
• Copy the URL
• Open it in a local browser
• Log into the Google account and grant permissions
• After authorization, Google redirects to a 127.0.0.1:<port>/oauth2/callback?code=<authorization_code> URL
• Copy the <authorization_code> from the redirected URL
• Paste the code back into the chat
4. Persistent Timeouts:
• This process was attempted multiple times (3–4).
• Each time, the gog auth add command times out while waiting for the authorization code.
• When attempting to write the authorization code back to the session, the error received is:
"No active session found for <session_id>"
Integrate Gmail access into Clawdbot running on a DigitalOcean VPS using the gog (Google Workspace CLI) skill.
Environment:
• Clawdbot running on a DigitalOcean VPS
• gog CLI installed
• ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json configured with:
• GOG_KEYRING_BACKEND: file
• GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD (passphrase)
• GOG_ACCOUNT: xxxx@gmail.com
• GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS: /root/.clawdbot/credentials/google-oauth-client.json (confirmed to exist)
Problem:
Unable to complete the OAuth 2.0 authorization flow for gog because the interactive process consistently times out.
Steps Taken and Observations:
1. Initial Authentication Attempt:
The gog authorization process was initiated via command line.
2. Interactive Authorization Flow:
In the headless environment, the command outputs a Google OAuth URL containing parameters such as access_type=offline, client_id, redirect_uri=http://127.0.0.1:<port>/oauth2/callback, response_type=code, and Gmail scope.
3. Manual User Intervention:
The user is instructed to:
• Copy the URL
• Open it in a local browser
• Log into the Google account and grant permissions
• After authorization, Google redirects to a 127.0.0.1:<port>/oauth2/callback?code=<authorization_code> URL
• Copy the <authorization_code> from the redirected URL
• Paste the code back into the chat
4. Persistent Timeouts:
• This process was attempted multiple times (3–4).
• Each time, the gog auth add command times out while waiting for the authorization code.
• When attempting to write the authorization code back to the session, the error received is:
"No active session found for <session_id>"
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