Make it clearer that users have to install OAuth credentials for nest integration setup #41793
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Clarify instructions for adding OAuth credentials in Home Assistant to push users towards installing them
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| 8. You now have *OAuth Client ID* and *OAuth Client Secret* needed by Home Assistant. See [Application Credentials](/integrations/application_credentials) for more general detail about how Home Assistant manages credentials. | ||
| 8. You now have the *OAuth Client ID* and *OAuth Client Secret* needed by Home Assistant. Follow the [instructions for Application Credentials](/integrations/application_credentials) to add the *OAuth Client ID* and *OAuth Client Secret* in Home Assisstant. |
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The reason the wording is this way is because you are asked for these credentials during integration setup, so its not necessary to do additional step to add them as you'll be asked for them. I agree with your point here, though perhaps we should say that you can add them manually or add them when the integration asks you for them?
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Sounds like my confusion here was just my own user error. I had an old token set up in application credentials for nest that I believe had expired. Didn't see a prompt during the set up to input the client secret and missed that it needed to be replaced
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Well it definitely can be confusing because it doesn't ask you again if the credentials are already setup. It just uses them, assuming you want to use them and home assistant can't tell if there is an error with them.
Clarify instructions for adding OAuth credentials in Home Assistant to push users towards installing them
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The language for installing the applications credentials could be stronger here. The current language reads like this step and the link to Application Credentials is informational. This PR changes the language to make it clear that there is an action the user needs to take.
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