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Go to cloud.google.com and login with your Google account. If you don't have a Google account, please create a free trial account by following instructions at this link.
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If not already there, go to https://console.cloud.google.com/
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Create a new project, by selecting the following dropdown in the top left:
- A new window will pop up. In it, select "New Project" in the top right:
- Give your Vision API demo a new project name. Let's go with “mongodb-vision-demo” and click the “Create” button:
- After your new project is done being created. Go back to the dropdown from before and select your new project name:
- When the right project is selected, the name will change to reflect this in the dropdown in the top left of your console:
- In the search box, search for "Cloud Vision API" and choose that option in the drop down
- Enable the API
- Create a credential of type "Service Account Key" with a name of your choosing, Key Type is JSON, and Role of
Owner
- When saving, it will download the JSON file. Read its contents put it in
gcpcreds.json