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Dana
Dana

Reputation: 713

How do you test Account Linking with Actions On Google with a separate test account prior to deployment?

I've built an Action using API.AI, and set it up with integration to Actions On Google. A webhook is used for fulfillment, together with account linking. I've followed the directions here to complete testing using my main google account that gives me access to the unpublished action in the web simulator and on my Google Home device that is set up with the same account.

Now it's time to deploy my Action. These instructions detail the process. One of the steps is to provide testing instructions for the Google reviewers that will approve the deployment. If you use account linking, it is necessary to provide them with test user credentials. Here is specifically what they request:

Provide any additional information needed to test your agent. If your agent requires account linking or login information, you must provide a username and password for a test account. Please make sure that any provided accounts are not real user accounts. This information will only be used by the review team, and will not be visible to users.

I've set up a test account for this purpose. I would obviously like to test my Action using the test account (instead of my main account) prior to submission for deployment. How do I do this?

If I use the web simulator and login with the test account, when I try and invoke the Action with my invocation name I get 'Sorry, this action is not available in simulation'.

When developing an Alexa Skill, Amazon provides for this as described here. While researching, I see references to similar provisions for Android developers with Google Play here. Where is the same thing for Actions On Google?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1792

Answers (1)

Leon Nicholls
Leon Nicholls

Reputation: 4646

The test account is for the account linking step only.

To test your action in the simulator, you should be using the developer account you used to submit the action for review. The test account is used once your action is invoked and account linking is required to continue using your action.

Upvotes: 4

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