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alpaca
alpaca

Reputation: 1231

How to add credentials for googleapiclient on AppEngine

I am using Python Google API Client by following this tutorial. I was able to run the API locally by downloading the credential JSON and running export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="[PATH]". Now, I would like to deploy my application that uses the API to AppEngine. How can I do so? Do I have to somehow download JSON on my AppEngine machine and run export via app.yaml?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1039

Answers (1)

Dan Cornilescu
Dan Cornilescu

Reputation: 39814

Place the JSON file inside your application directory and it will be deployed to GAE as part of your application. Then you can reference it in your app with just a file path (relative to the your app.yaml file). Easiest is to put it right beside your app.yaml file and reference it with just the filename, no file path.

The exact way to reference it may be depending on the GAE environment and runtime your app uses (which you didn't mention), exporting GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS via app.yaml may be right.

You may want to check your app's handlers and ensure that you don't accidentally respond with the JSON file to a properly crafted external request - you probably don't want that file served to an external request :)

Upvotes: 2

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