Google Drive cannot be configured for backups :-/

Hello, I would like to use Google Drive as one of the destinations for my Home Assistant backups. I tried doing this with the Google Drive integration, which can be installed under “Settings > Integrations > Add Integration > Google > Google Drive.”

Problem: I keep getting an authorization error, even though I followed all the steps exactly as described in various posts and videos — I always get the same error.

This also applies to the other Google apps, for example the calendar — same problem.

I have tried various suggestions that were made here in the forum, but without success. The Google Developer Console also looks different now than it is usually described.

Nevertheless, I was able to generate a Client ID and the corresponding key, but they did not work in the Google integrations — see above. Where could the problem be?

I do it another way. I have:

  • A local backup configured through HA
  • A nabu casa backup configured through HA
  • And this google backup App/Add in, which can be configured create backups to your identified google accounts drive.

I’ve compared what it says it does to what shows up in Google Drive and it maps and sizes are consistent. I’ve not actually had to restore it. I like the fact that its a separate process to create a separate offsite backup, and there is no material use of the free google account’s drive

It seems that this add-on/app is no longer supported and hasn’t been maintained for three years. It does not work in my environment.

It definitely works (and I believe it’s still maintained, just hasn’t had any updates for a while). It’s been my sole backup method and has worked great for years.

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