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Google Chat (Service Account) connector for Okou

Connect a Google Chat app with a service-account access token to read accessible spaces and manage messages created by the app.

Communication · Service Account Access Token

Use Google Chat (Service Account) in Okou

Google Chat API for a service-account Chat app to read accessible spaces, members, messages, attachments, and download media, and to create or manage messages created by the app.

Once connected, supported Google Chat (Service Account) actions can become steps in a reusable workflow alongside the other services your team uses. Run the workflow once, on a schedule, or when an event starts it.

What you can do with Google Chat (Service Account)

  • Read spaces and direct-message metadata visible to the Chat app.
  • Read membership metadata in spaces accessible to the Chat app.
  • Read messages and attachment metadata accessible to the Chat app.
  • Download uploaded media referenced by accessible Google Chat messages.

How the Google Chat (Service Account) connector works

A connected service becomes one permissioned step in the work you hand off.

  1. 1

    Connect Google Chat (Service Account)

    Choose Service Account Access Token.

  2. 2

    Choose the work

    Use only the supported actions your workflow needs.

  3. 3

    Run it your way

    Start it once, schedule it, or attach an event trigger.

Connect Google Chat (Service Account) securely

Use the connection method that fits your account and grant only the access the workflow needs.

  • Service Account Access Token

Connector access is controlled per service and per action, so a workflow does not need broader access than the work you ask it to do.

Google Chat (Service Account) connector questions

What can Okou do with Google Chat (Service Account)?
Connect a Google Chat app with a service-account access token to read accessible spaces and manage messages created by the app. Documented actions include: Read spaces and direct-message metadata visible to the Chat app. Read membership metadata in spaces accessible to the Chat app.
How do I connect Google Chat (Service Account) to Okou?
Connect Google Chat (Service Account) using Service Account Access Token. The connection controls which supported actions a workflow can use.
Can Google Chat (Service Account) run in an automated workflow?
Yes. After it is connected, supported Google Chat (Service Account) actions can run in reusable Okou workflows on demand, on a schedule, or from an event trigger.

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