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GoogleAuth can no longer be used with googleapis: Type 'GoogleAuth<JSONClient>' is not assignable to type 'string | OAuth2Client | BaseExternalAccountClient | GoogleAuth<JSONClient> | undefined' #1402
Description
After updating google-auth-library-nodejs from v7.14.1 to v8.0.1, the following Typescript compile error occurs:
Type 'GoogleAuth<JSONClient>' is not assignable to type 'string | OAuth2Client | BaseExternalAccountClient | GoogleAuth<JSONClient> | undefined'.
Type 'import(".../node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/googleauth").GoogleAuth<import(".../node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/googleauth").JSONClient>' is not assignable to type 'import(".../node_modules/google-gax/node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/googleauth").GoogleAuth<import(".../node_modules/google-gax/node_modules/google-auth-library/build/src/auth/googleauth").JSONClient>'.
Types have separate declarations of a private property 'checkIsGCE'.
Environment details
- OS: Windows
- Node.js version: v16.14.2
- npm version: v8.7.0
google-auth-libraryversion: v8.0.1
Steps to reproduce
- Use the same code as previously
import { google } from 'googleapis'
import { GoogleAuth } from 'google-auth-library'
function setCredentials(): void {
const client = new GoogleAuth({
scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-billing', 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'],
})
google.options({
auth: client, // Error is emmitted for this line after updating google-auth-library-nodejs to v8
})
}- Execute
tscfor Typescript compile