The readme should briefly describe the options for connecting to EE and link to them (additional .md files, one for each method). Currently the readme only describes initializing by constructing google.oauth2.credentials.Credentials directly from environmental variable stored credentials (private key).
Methods:
pytest-gee (includes instruction on connecting with private key and service account) and includes easy test file management
Write private credentials secret to ~/.config/earthengine/credentials and pass result of ee.data.get_persistent_credentials() to ee.Initialize in scripts.
[DONE] Write private credentials secret to environmental variable and ee.Initialize with google.oauth2.credentials.Credentials
The last three should be emphasized, but if a service account or Workload Identity Federation are not possible for some reason, the private key could be used as a last less secure option.
jdbcode
commented
4 days ago
Refactor:
The readme should briefly describe the options for connecting to EE and link to them (additional .md files, one for each method). Currently the readme only describes initializing by constructing
google.oauth2.credentials.Credentialsdirectly from environmental variable stored credentials (private key).Methods:
ee.data.get_persistent_credentials()toee.Initializein scripts.ee.Initializewithgoogle.oauth2.credentials.CredentialsThe last three should be emphasized, but if a service account or Workload Identity Federation are not possible for some reason, the private key could be used as a last less secure option.
cc @12rambau