{"id":187,"date":"2026-06-27T21:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/auragallery\/docs\/aura-gallery\/cloud-integration-media\/connecting-cloud-accounts\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T21:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:37:59","slug":"connecting-cloud-accounts","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/docs\/square-orb\/cloud-integration-media\/connecting-cloud-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Connecting Cloud Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To set up the connection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"1\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Aura Gallery &gt; Authentication<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Google Photos:<\/strong> Enter your Google OAuth Client ID and Secret, then click <strong>Connect to Google Photos<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Adobe Lightroom CC:<\/strong> Enter your Adobe Client ID and Secret, then click <strong>Connect to Lightroom CC<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Google Vision API:<\/strong> Optionally enter an API key for experimental auto-tagging features.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Concepts to Remember<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Redirect URI:<\/strong> Both Google and Adobe consoles will ask for a &#8220;Redirect URI.&#8221; You must copy this exact URL from your WordPress <strong>Aura Gallery &gt; Authentication<\/strong> tab and paste it into the developer console. This tells the services where to send the &#8220;key&#8221; after you successfully log in.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Security:<\/strong> Never share your <strong>Client Secret<\/strong> or <strong>API Key<\/strong> with anyone. These are the &#8220;keys to the castle&#8221; for your cloud data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Billing:<\/strong> Some cloud services are free up to a certain usage limit, but they may ask for billing information to prevent abuse. You can often start with free credits, but ensure you understand the terms before enabling billing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once these accounts are set up and your keys are entered into the Aura Gallery plugin, you can complete the &#8220;handshake&#8221; process on your WordPress dashboard to finalize the connection.<sup><\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":186,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_is_vendor_doc":"0","footnotes":""},"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-187","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223,"href":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/187\/revisions\/223"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/186"}],"next":[{"title":"Summary Checklist for Authentication","link":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/docs\/square-orb\/cloud-integration-media\/summary-checklist-for-authentication\/","href":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/210"}],"prev":[{"title":"Create an Adobe Client ID and Secret","link":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/docs\/square-orb\/cloud-integration-media\/create-an-adobe-client-id-and-secret\/","href":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomediscoveryzone.com\/squareorb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}