google-analytics-api Authentication Service Account Authentcation Vb.net

Example

Sample uses Install-Package Google.Apis.AnalyticsReporting.v4

 Public Shared Function getServiceInitializer() As BaseClientService
    Dim serviceAccountCredentialFilePath = "Path to Json service account key file"                    REM from Google Developers console
    Dim myKeyEMail = "[email protected]"   REM from Google Developers console
    Dim scope = Google.Apis.AnalyticsReporting.v4.AnalyticsReportingService.Scope.AnalyticsReadonly


    Try

        Dim credential
        Using stream As New FileStream(serviceAccountCredentialFilePath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)

            credential = GoogleCredential.FromStream(stream).CreateScoped(scope)

        End Using

        Dim Initializer As New BaseClientService.Initializer()
        Initializer.HttpClientInitializer = credential
        Initializer.ApplicationName = "SRJCGMail"

        Dim service As New AnalyticsReportingService(Initializer)
        Return service

    Catch ex As Exception
        Console.WriteLine(ex.Message)
        Return Nothing
    End Try

End Function