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:
β’ Clawdbot running on a DigitalOcean VPS
β’ gog CLI installed
β’ ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json configured with:
β’ GOG_KEYRING_BACKEND: file
β’ GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD (passphrase)
β’ GOG_ACCOUNT: xxxx@gmail.com
β’ 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:
β’ Copy the URL
β’ Open it in a local browser
β’ Log into the Google account and grant permissions
β’ After authorization, Google redirects to a 127.0.0.1:<port>/oauth2/callback?code=<authorization_code> URL
β’ Copy the <authorization_code> from the redirected URL
β’ Paste the code back into the chat
4. Persistent Timeouts:
β’ This process was attempted multiple times (3β4).
β’ Each time, the gog auth add command times out while waiting for the authorization code.
β’ 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:
β’ Clawdbot running on a DigitalOcean VPS
β’ gog CLI installed
β’ ~/.clawdbot/clawdbot.json configured with:
β’ GOG_KEYRING_BACKEND: file
β’ GOG_KEYRING_PASSWORD (passphrase)
β’ GOG_ACCOUNT: xxxx@gmail.com
β’ 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:
β’ Copy the URL
β’ Open it in a local browser
β’ Log into the Google account and grant permissions
β’ After authorization, Google redirects to a 127.0.0.1:<port>/oauth2/callback?code=<authorization_code> URL
β’ Copy the <authorization_code> from the redirected URL
β’ Paste the code back into the chat
4. Persistent Timeouts:
β’ This process was attempted multiple times (3β4).
β’ Each time, the gog auth add command times out while waiting for the authorization code.
β’ When attempting to write the authorization code back to the session, the error received is:
"No active session found for <session_id>"
