Unless otherwise configured, the client libraries use Application Default Credentials to authenticate with Google Cloud Services. While this works for most applications, in some cases you may need to override this default. You can do so by providing the UnifiedCredentialsOption The following example shows how to explicitly load a service account key file:
[](std::string const& keyfile) {
auto is = std::ifstream(keyfile);
is.exceptions(std::ios::badbit); // Minimal error handling in examples
auto contents = std::string(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(is.rdbuf()), {});
auto options =
google::cloud::Options{}.set<google::cloud::UnifiedCredentialsOption>(
google::cloud::MakeServiceAccountCredentials(contents));
return google::cloud::notebooks_v1::ManagedNotebookServiceClient(
google::cloud::notebooks_v1::MakeManagedNotebookServiceConnection(
options));
}
Follow these links to find examples for other *Client classes:
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-03-05 UTC."],[[["This page provides documentation for overriding default authentication credentials when using Google Cloud client libraries, with version-specific information available from 2.11.0 up to the latest release candidate 2.37.0-rc."],["Client libraries typically use Application Default Credentials for authentication, but you can override this by using `UnifiedCredentialsOption`."],["The example code demonstrates loading a service account key file to override authentication, using the `MakeServiceAccountCredentials` method."],["Examples for overriding authentication are available for `notebooks_v1::ManagedNotebookServiceClient`, `notebooks_v1::NotebookServiceClient`, and `notebooks_v2::NotebookServiceClient` classes."],["For further information on `google::cloud::Credentials` and service account key management, refer to the \"Authentication Components\" and \"Best practices for managing service account keys\" documentation respectively."]]],[]]
