Error 16 UNAUTHENTICATED when invoking Google Cloud Translate

[Jan-Jan]

Describe the bug I get an UNAUTHENTICATED error, despite having registered for Google Cloud Translate API and getting a key. I suspect my json file has the wrong structure.

To Reproduce A description of what the bug is. When I attempt to run the script below

#!/bin/bash
set -e # abort on errors

# This example translates an english JSON-file into spanish, chinese and german. It uses Google Cloud Translate.
BASE_DIR="static/locales"
SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY="gcloud_translation_key.json"
COMMON_ARGS=( "--srcLng=en" "--srcFormat=nested-json" "--targetFormat=nested-json" "--service=google-translate" "--serviceConfig=$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY" )

# install attranslate if it is not installed yet
attranslate --version || npm install -g attranslate

attranslate --srcFile=$BASE_DIR/en/translation.json --targetFile=$BASE_DIR/de/translation.json --targetLng=de "${COMMON_ARGS[@]}"

I get the following error

1.8.1
Invoke 'google-translate' from 'en' to 'de' with 8 inputs...
An error occurred:
16 UNAUTHENTICATED: Failed to retrieve auth metadata with error: key must be a string, a buffer or an object
Error: 16 UNAUTHENTICATED: Failed to retrieve auth metadata with error: key must be a string, a buffer or an object

I suspect it is because my gcloud_translation_key.json file is malformed

{
  "key": "<the key I got from 'Enable APIs and services' on GCloud for translation>",
  "project_id": "<my project id>"
}

Expected behavior I expect the translated files to be output.

Files I've added the script and config I use inline.

Additional context Nothing else.

Thank you in advance for your help.

[fkirc]

Hi,

I do not know the exact problem with the JSON-file, but there is one thing that looks suspicious:

Did you generate the whole JSON-file with Google or did you modify it on your own? I think that attranslate only works with Google-generated JSON-files that contain a key for a so-called „service account“.

Am Mo., 10.Okt..2022 um 21:21, Jan-Jan @.***> schrieb:

Describe the bug I get an UNAUTHENTICATED error, despite having registered for Google Cloud Translate API and getting a key. I suspect my json file has the wrong structure.

To Reproduce A description of what the bug is. When I attempt to run the script below

!/bin/bash

set -e # abort on errors

This example translates an english JSON-file into spanish, chinese and german. It uses Google Cloud Translate.

BASE_DIR="static/locales" SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY="gcloud_translation_key.json" COMMON_ARGS=( "--srcLng=en" "--srcFormat=nested-json" "--targetFormat=nested-json" "--service=google-translate" "--serviceConfig=$SERVICE_ACCOUNT_KEY" )

install attranslate if it is not installed yet

attranslate --version || npm install -g attranslate

attranslate --srcFile=$BASE_DIR/en/translation.json --targetFile=$BASE_DIR/de/translation.json --targetLng=de "${COMMON_ARGS[@]}"

I get the following error

1.8.1 Invoke 'google-translate' from 'en' to 'de' with 8 inputs... An error occurred: 16 UNAUTHENTICATED: Failed to retrieve auth metadata with error: key must be a string, a buffer or an object Error: 16 UNAUTHENTICATED: Failed to retrieve auth metadata with error: key must be a string, a buffer or an object

I suspect it is because my gcloud_translation_key.json file is malformed

{ "key": "<the key I got from 'Enable APIs and services' on GCloud for translation>", "project_id": "" }

Expected behavior I expect the translated files to be output.

Files I've added the script and config I use inline.

Additional context Nothing else.

Thank you in advance for your help.

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[fkirc]

I am closing the issue for now, but please feel free to re-open if the issue is still relevant.