This guide details how to set up logging from your host to a spreadsheet in Google Drive.

1. Go to the Google APIs Console and create a project when prompted. (It doesn’t matter if you choose an organization or not.)
   • If unprompted, click the dropdown menu in the top left corner to select a project. In the top right corner of the popup, click New Project.
2. Click the hamburger menu icon on the left and select "APIs & Services". (This is the APIs & Services Dashboard.)
3. Click Enable APIs and Services. Search for and enable the Google Drive and Google Sheets APIs.
4. Return to the APIs & Services Dashboard.
5. Click Credentials on the left side bar and then click Create Credentials, in the dropdown, select Service account.
6. Name it whatever you want, set some reasonable account ID, and you don't have to put a description. Then click Create and Continue.
7. When you get a dropdown to "Select a role", scroll down and click on "Project" on the left side and then select "Editor" on the right hand side. Click Continue.
8. You don't need to grant users access to the service. Simply click Done to continue
9. You'll be returned to the API Credentials screen. Click on the Manage service accounts text link.
10. Click the three dots (options) on the right under "Actions" column and select Manage keys.
11. Press Add Key and then select "Create new key", then select JSON key type and click Create. It’ll download automatically.
12. Now go to your target machine/VM and copy the JSON file into a file called health_log_creds.json
13. Open the JSON file and copy the client_email field. Now create a Google Sheets document and share it with this email, giving it Editing permissions.
14. Download pip3 for Python

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-pip

16. Download the gspread and oauth2client Python libraries

pip3 install gspread oauth2client

17. Copy the following code into your Python health script.

#!/usr/bin/python3

import gspread
from oauth2client.service_account import ServiceAccountCredentials

# use creds to create a client to interact with the Google Drive and Google Sheets API
scope = [
        "https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds",
        'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets',
        "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file",
        "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive"
]
creds = gspread.service_account(filename='<FULL PATH TO FILE>/health_log_creds.json')

# Put the name of your spreadsheet here
sheet = creds.open("<NAME OF SPREADSHEET>").sheet1

# Example of how to insert a row
row = ["I'm","inserting","a","row","into","a,","Spreadsheet","with","Python"]
index = 1
sheet.insert_row(row, index)

# Example of how to delete a row. This deletes the first row.
#sheet.delete_rows(1)

# Example of how to update a single cell
#sheet.update_cell(1, 1, "Update top left cell")

# How to get the number of rows in the spreadsheet
#sheet.row_count

18. Give the Python script executable permissions and run it as a test.
19. Check your Google Sheets document to see it updated!
20. Modify the Python script as necessary to fit your needs.