“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

to add to the selected answer, if the build function is called by a dependency, and there is no easy way to update it's code, this code can be used to force cache_discovery to be False:

import googleapiclient.discovery

_build = googleapiclient.discovery.build


def no_cache_build(*args, **kw):
    kw["cache_discovery"] = False
    return _build(*args, **kw)


googleapiclient.discovery.build = no_cache_build