Laravel Google Calendar API Integration: Google Cloud Setup

In this tutorial, we will create a Google Cloud project that will be used to connect a Laravel application with the Google Calendar API.

What You Will Build

The overall integration will look like this:


Laravel Application
       │
       ▼
Google Calendar API
       │
       ▼
Google Cloud Project
       │
       └── e-meeting-calendar

Step 1: Create a Google Cloud Project

Before connecting Laravel to Google Calendar, we first need to create a project in Google Cloud.

1. Open Google Cloud Console

Open the Google Cloud Console:

Google Cloud Console

2. Open the Project Selector

After signing in, look at the top navigation bar.

You will see the current Google Cloud project.

Click the project selector.

For example:


Google Cloud
    My First Project ▼

Click the project name.

3. Create a New Project

A project selection window will appear.

Click:

New Project

You will then see the New Project page.

4. Enter the Project Name

In the Project name field, enter:


e-meeting-calendar

For example:


Project name

┌──────────────────────────────┐
│ e-meeting-calendar           │
└──────────────────────────────┘

This project will be used for our Laravel e-Meeting and Google Calendar integration.

5. Configure the Project ID

Google Cloud will generate a Project ID automatically.

If the Project ID is available, use:


e-meeting-calendar

The project ID is important because Google services use it to identify your project.

Note: Google Cloud project IDs must be globally unique. If e-meeting-calendar is already taken, Google Cloud will require you to use another ID.

6. Select the Location

If you are using a personal Google account and don't belong to a Google Cloud organization, you can leave the location as:


No organization

You don't need to create an organization for this project.

7. Create the Project

Click:

Create

Google Cloud will create your new project.

Wait a few seconds for the project creation to finish.

8. Select the New Project

Open the project selector again.

Find:


e-meeting-calendar

and select it.

You should now see the project name at the top of Google Cloud Console:


Google Cloud
e-meeting-calendar ▼

This confirms that your new project is selected.

Verify Your Project

You can also open:

Google Cloud Console → Dashboard

You should see information similar to:


Project name:
e-meeting-calendar

Project ID:
e-meeting-calendar

Your Google service-account configuration also identifies the project as e-meeting-calendar.

Step 1 Completed

We have successfully created the Google Cloud project:


e-meeting-calendar

This project will be the foundation for our Google Calendar integration.

Next Step

In Step 2, we will enable the:

Google Calendar API

The process will be:


Google Cloud Console
       ↓
APIs & Services
       ↓
Library
       ↓
Google Calendar API
       ↓
Enable

Security note: Never publish your Google service-account JSON or private key in your website article, Git repository, or public download. The uploaded credential file contains a private key.

Souy Soeng