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# Enable APIs

The Homey Nest SDM app needs some API´s enabled on the Google GCP Project, this allows the app to enable additional API´s and create subscriptions to the Google Event subsystem. This way the app is able to receive events from your Nest Devices. 

{% hint style="info" %}
You need to enable the Service Usage and the Resource Manager API services for your GCP project. Both links are below, just click and enable:
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Make sure that the correct project is active. You will receive error code 403 Forbidden in the app when these API's are not enabled.

![](/files/LhwLQYeSm8i4hEgXuxZJ)

{% embed url="<https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/serviceusage.googleapis.com>" %}
Click to ENABLE or show status of the Service Usage API
{% endembed %}

{% embed url="<https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/api/cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com>" %}
Click to ENABLE or show status of the Resource Manager API
{% endembed %}

{% hint style="info" %}
Below an example of the Service Usage API, the resource manager will look similar.
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![](/files/KTIVvUCJ8CZGbU4wsx71)

{% hint style="danger" %}
Switch to the Homey Google Nest SDM App and select the Google Nest tab.
{% endhint %}