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# Google Service Account

### &#x20;<a href="#google-service-account" id="google-service-account"></a>

In order to access a Firebase project using a server SDK, you must authenticate your requests to Firebase with [Service Account credentials](https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/OAuth2ServiceAccount).

To authenticate a service account and authorize it to access Firebase services, you must generate a private key file in JSON format.

To generate a private key file for your service account:

1. Open <https://console.firebase.google.com/project/_/settings/serviceaccounts/adminsdk> and select the project you want to generate a private key file for.

![](/files/1eoKJnOcv6NCPXwd6KHH)

1. Click **Generate New Private Key**, then confirm by clicking **Generate Key**
2. Securely store the JSON file containing the key.

After downloading the service account key, you need to upload this to the backend.

On the backend go to Admin > Api Credentials. Then upload the just downloaded **Firebase Service Account File (JSON)&#x20;*****\****.

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