You will need to be an Admin on Baremetrics and an Account Owner in the Google Play Developer Console.
Please follow the steps below to obtain the required API credentials for using Google Play with Baremetrics.
Step 1:
Log in and enable the API
Go to the Google Cloud Console https://console.cloud.google.com
Click on API & Services
Select Enabled APIs and make sure the following APIs are enabled:
a. Google Play Android Developer API
b. Cloud Storage
c. Cloud Storage API
d. Google Cloud Storage JSON API
e. Google Play Developer Reporting API
Step 2:
Create a service account
Create a service account by navigating to IAM and Admin > Service Accounts.
Click on + CREATE SERVICE ACCOUNT
Enter a name for the service and an optional description
Click on Create and Continue
Step 3:
Generate API key
Once saved, Google will ask to grant this service account access to the project, select Owner as the role.
Select the service account you've just created
Select the Keys tab
Click on Add Key
Click on Create Key
Select the JSON option
Click CREATE and download the JSON key automatically
Step 4:
Grant specific permissions
Add the service account on Google Play Console
Open Google Play Console.
Navigate to Users and Permissions and then Invite new users if you don't have users created already.
Enter the email address associated with your service account (you can create one specific for Baremetrics.)
Within the App permissions tab, click into the app you want to access and select View financial data and Manage orders and subscriptions.
Click Apply to confirm.
Then navigate to the Account permissions tab to the left of that and select View app information and download bulk reports (read-only), View financial data, orders and cancellation survey responses, and Manage orders and subscriptions.
Click Add user. Your service account will be added to your Google Play account.
These permissions will need to be enabled accordingly, or the integration will fail:
Step 5:
Add storage bucket and JSON keys with us
Now you'll need to retrieve your Google Play Store storage bucket ID & Service Account JSON Key:
Go to your Google Play console and select Download Reports > Financial.
Select "Download Reports" > "Financial" in the menu on the left.
Under Estimated sales reports, click the button to Copy Cloud Storage URI.
From that URI you can remove the gs:// and /reviews portions leaving only the Bucket ID, which is formatted like this: pubsite_prod_rev_123456 (this is what you'll use to connect Google with Baremetrics)
Head on over to https://app.baremetrics.com/settings/connections and add the credentials!
Please note: Sometimes Google needs a bit of time to propagate API changes. It can take upwards of 24 hours. If the issue persists, please let us know.
Google Play Integration Limitations
While Baremetrics supports syncing subscription data from Google Play, there are several limitations due to restrictions in Google’s API:
No Customer Email Access
Google Play does not provide access to customer email addresses. As a result, Recover (Dunning) and Cancellation Insights are not supported; we are unable to send follow-up emails.
Trial Insights Unavailable
Google Play’s current API does not support access to historical trial data. Until a more robust trial-tracking API is released, Trial Insights will not function for Google Play subscriptions.
We will continue to monitor updates from Google and expand our support as their API evolves.