In recent years, there has been a significant increase in business investments in data infrastructure and capabilities. This is due to the realization of the immense value in consolidating data from various systems or sources, providing a comprehensive view of different facets of the business. The rise in popularity of various data tools aligns with the acknowledgment that data-driven insights can lead to improved decision-making and strategic planning.
Similarly, the Personal Well-being Dashboard aims to help individuals consolidate various aspects of their well-being: physical, financial, and digital. The goal of the project is not to consolidate data from various individuals, but to enable each person to access their own stats for personal consumption.
While the ultimate aim is a dashboard, the majority of the project will be focused on the data engineering aspect: ingesting, transforming, and modeling data. We aim for the process to be as automated and streamlined as possible.
We're looking for anyone who wants to contribute! No prior experience is required. You can contribute in any capacity that matches your skills and interests. We can also provide guidance if needed.
Useful links:
Credits are given to below repositories.
- https://github.com/jeremyephron/simplegmail (for extracting Gmail data)
The only setup required is to download an OAuth 2.0 Client ID file from Google that will authorize your application.
This can be done at: https://console.developers.google.com/apis/credentials. For those who haven't created a credential for Google's API, after clicking the link above (and logging in to the appropriate account),
- Select the project created that this authentication is for eg 'personal-well-being-dashboard'
- Click on the "Dashboard" tab, then "Enable APIs and Services". Search for Gmail and enable.
- Click on the Credentials tab, then "Create Credentials" > "OAuth client ID".
- Choose the type of application you’re creating and assign it a distinctive name. For a straightforward setup, opt for ‘Desktop Application’. If you select ‘Web Application’, remember to specify an Authorized Redirect URI. Refer to the OAuth2 guidelines for detailed instructions. (See https://developers.google.com/identity/protocols/oauth2 for more infomation).
- Back on the credentials screen, click the download icon next to the credential you just created to download it as a JSON object.
- Save this file as "client_secret.json" and place it in the root directory of
your application. (The
Gmailclass takes in an argument for the name of this file if you choose to name it otherwise.) - The first time you create a new instance of the
Gmailclass, a browser window will open, and you'll be asked to give permissions to the application. This will save an access token in a file named "gmail-token.json", and only needs to occur once.
Install using pip (Python3):
pip3 install simplegmail