I am trying to use the quickstart.py ( https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/quickstart/python ) as per Google's Gmail API using oauth2. I am getting the below error.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "quickstart.py", line 68, in <module>
main()
File "quickstart.py", line 54, in main
credentials = get_credentials()
File "quickstart.py", line 37, in get_credentials
credentials = store.get()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oauth2client/client.py", line 407, in get
return self.locked_get()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oauth2client/file.py", line 54, in locked_get
credentials = client.Credentials.new_from_json(content)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oauth2client/client.py", line 302, in new_from_json
module_name = data['_module']
KeyError: '_module'
Finally, I have figured it out. The
client_secret.json
file which is downloaded from Google API console should be placed in the same directory as the pythonquickstart.py
file and not inside~/.credentials
directory. This fixes the issue.