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Before you can begin sending requests to the Data Portability API, you must create a
new project, enable billing, and enable the Data Portability API in the Google Cloud
console.
If you don't have an active billing account, create one by clicking Add billing account
and following the instructions.
Enable the API
The Data Portability API is publicly available and discoverable in the API Library by
searching for "Data Portability API". Enable it in the UI or by using the gcloud CLI.
To enable it by using the gcloud CLI, run this command.
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