tGSConnection Standard properties

Select the type to be used to authenticate to your project.

• HMAC key (deprecated): authenticate using Oauth credentials. When selecting this credential type, the parameters to be defined in the Basic settings view are Access Key and Secret Key.
• Service account: authenticate using a Google account. When selecting this credential type, the parameter to be defined in the Basic settings view is Service account key.
• OAuth Access Token: authenticate using an OAuth access token. When selecting this credential type, the parameter to be defined in the Basic settings view is OAuth Access Token.

Access key and Secret key

Type in the authentication information obtained from Google for making requests to Google Cloud Storage.

These keys can be consulted on the Interoperable Access tab view under the Google Cloud Storage tab of the project from the Google APIs Console.

To enter the secret key, click the [...] button next to the secret key field, and then in the pop-up dialog box enter the password between double quotes and click OK to save the settings.

For more information about the access key and secret key, go to https://developers.google.com/storage/docs/reference/v1/getting-startedv1?hl=en/ and see the description about developer keys.

These two fields are available when HMAC key (deprecated) is selected from the Credential type drop-down list.

Service account key

Click the [...]button next to the service account key field to browse for the JSON file that contains your service account key.

This field is available when the Service account is selected from the Credential type drop-down list.

OAuth Access Token

Enter an access token.

The lifetime of the access token is one hour. The component does not perform the token refresh operation but will fetch the new access token to operate beyond the one-hour limit.

This field is available when the OAuth Access Token is selected from the Credential type drop-down list.

Project ID

Enter the project ID.

This field is available when the OAuth Access Token is selected from the Credential type drop-down list.

tStatCatcher Statistics

Select this check box to gather the Job processing metadata at the Job level as well as at each component level.

Global Variables

ERROR_MESSAGE: the error message generated by the component when an error occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. This variable functions only if the Die on error check box is cleared, if the component has this check box.

A Flow variable functions during the execution of a component while an After variable functions after the execution of the component.

To fill up a field or expression with a variable, press Ctrl + Space to access the variable list and choose the variable to use from it.

For further information about variables, see Talend Studio User Guide.

Usage rule

This component is generally used with other Google Cloud Storage components, particularly tGSClose.