Configuration

Configuring Credentials

To get started with Assistant Relay, you will first need to setup a project in the Google Cloud Console to integrate with. You will need to repeat these steps, for every Google Account you wish to add to Assistant Relay

Make sure you are signed into the Google Account you want this to work with!

Rather than list all the steps on how to configure this, please follow the Configure a Developer Project and Account Settings guide from Google.
Once you have completed steps 1 - 6, come back to this guide and follow the below instructions:

  1. Go to the Google Developer Console and ensure that your project is selected from the dropdown at the top
  2. Click on the Credentials link in the left hand menu
  3. At the top, click the Create Credentials button and select OAuth Client ID
  4. Select TV and Limited Input devices from the dropdown list
  5. Give your client ID a name, such as Assistant Relay. Click Create.
  6. Click the Download button to download your credentials json file.

Setting up Assistant Relay

Now that you have your credentials json file downloaded, it's time to setup Assistant Relay

  1. Run the command npm run start to start Assistant Relay
  2. In your terminal/command window, you will see a message giving you a link to the Assistant Relay Dashboard. Open this link in a web browser
  3. You can now follow the setup wizard, adding a username and providing the credentials json you downloaded above
  4. Once you have setup your first user, Assistant Relay will broadcast a message to announce it is setup.

Configuring Assistant Relay

Assistant Relay has a set of options that can be configured under the Configuration tab of the Assistant Relay dashboard.

At this time, the following configuration options are available:

  • Mute Startup Sound: If set to off, Assistant Relay will broadcast a message when it starts up
  • Port Number: Change the port Assistant Relay is running on
  • Quiet Hours: If enabled, Quiet Hours let you set a time when broadcasts are not announced.
  • Conversation Language: Change the language that Assistant Relay communicates with the Assistant SDK

Changing the port before running

By default, Assistant Relay runs on port 3000. If you need to change this before running Assistant Relay, you can do this by creating a config.json file.

  1. In the assistant-relay folder, navigate to the bin subfolder
  2. Create a file called config.json
  3. Inside this file, paste the below code, modify the port number and save.
{
"port": 3000
}
  1. Start Assistant Relay
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