“ImportError: file_cache is unavailable” when using Python client for Google service account file_cache

Question

I\'m using a service account for G Suite with full domain delegation. I have a script with readonly access to Google Calendar. The script works just fine, but throws an error (o

Answer 1

I am a bit late to the party here but I had a similar problem today and found the answer here

Solution to only the error : file_cache is unavailable when using oauth2client >= 4.0.0

Solution:

change your discovery.build() to have the field cache_discovery=False i.e

discovery.build(api, version, http=http, cache_discovery=False)

EDIT:

As @Chronial says this will disable the cache.

A solution that does not disable the cache can be found here