Set GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS in Python project to use Google API

Question

I am a programming beginner and thing I\'m trying to learn how to use google API with Python.

I have:

1. created a project on Google Cloud an

Answer 1

Another way to test this is to go into the terminal and type:

# Linux/Unix
set | grep GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS 

or

# Windows:
set | Select-String -Pattern GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS 

This will show you the environment variable and the path where it is located. If this returns nothing then you have not set the variable or you may have the wrong path set