Google Cloud Authentication Setup

Setting up to test a GCP API

For working with the precision-feedback-pipeline API, continue reading.

1. Contact the developers to get access to the client secret details (service account and target audience)

2. Create your service account file in a text editor

   • Make sure to save it as a .json file, with the proper encoding
   • Copy the file as a path with right click, or any way you like.

3. Set your SAPATH environmental variable
   • Set SAPATH to "path\to\service_account_details.json"
   • If you need help setting an env var, see the wiki page here for detailed instructions.

4. Set your TARGET_AUDIENCE environmental variable
   • Using the target audience string (ask developers for a copy!), set the env var TARGET_AUDIENCE to "target audience string details"