“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 use the Google API for Python client, you need to install it first as Google API is not built-in within the Python modules. The instruction is found in Install the Library.

Installation

You can either use a package manager or download and install the Python client library manually:

Managed installation

Use pip or setuptools to manage your installation (you might need to run sudo first):

pip (preferred):

$ pip install --upgrade google-api-python-client

Setuptools: Use the easy_install tool included in the setuptools package:

$ easy_install --upgrade google-api-python-client

Answer 2

Here is how I use google-api-python-client to build a service on Cloud Functions.

# for Cloud Functions use
def get_service():
    import googleapiclient.discovery
    return googleapiclient.discovery.build('compute', 'v1',  cache_discovery=False)

And finally it worked.