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Expand Up @@ -54,7 +54,11 @@ token for hour-long access tokens.
tokens expire after **7 days**, so Production is the one that keeps
working. A Google Workspace account can use *Internal* instead.
3. **Credentials** — *Create credentials → OAuth client ID → Desktop app*.
Download the JSON (`client_secret_….json`).
Download the JSON (`client_secret_….json`). It has to be *Desktop app*:
a *TVs and Limited Input devices* client downloads as an identical-looking
file, and the sign-in then fails with Google's "Error 400:
invalid_request" ("Localhost URI is not allowed for 'NATIVE_DEVICE'
client type").
4. **Sign in on the PC** (CPython 3.8+, stdlib only):

```bash
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