ValueError "insecure string pickle" on Windows

[vinitkumar]

From spv60582 on July 02, 2010 14:04:55

What steps will reproduce the problem? python.exe google youtube list What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Output error:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "google", line 536, in main() File "google", line 530, in main run_once(options, args) File "google", line 364, in run_once token = googlecl.read_access_token(service, client.email) File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\googleclinit.py", line 160, in read_access_token token_dict = pickle.load(token_file) File "C:\Python26\lib\pickle.py", line 1370, in load return Unpickler(file).load() File "C:\Python26\lib\pickle.py", line 858, in load dispatchkey File "C:\Python26\lib\pickle.py", line 966, in load_string raise ValueError, "insecure string pickle" ValueError: insecure string pickle What version of the product are you using? On what operating system? What version of gdata-python-client (aka python-gdata)? googlecl 0.9.8 python 2.6.5 gdata 2.0.10

installed on Windows XP SP3 Please provide any additional information below. This task worked correctly on prev 0.9.7 version

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/googlecl/issues/detail?id=204

[vinitkumar]

From bkbel...@gmail.com on July 02, 2010 05:58:30

I am also getting this error in Win7, googlecl-0.9.8, gdata-2.0.10, Python26, upon entering username:

X:\google\googlecl-0.9.8>google calendar add Please specify user: xxxxx Traceback (most recent call last): File "google", line 536, in File "google", line 530, in main File "google", line 364, in run_once File "googleclinit.pyo", line 160, in read_access_token File "pickle.pyo", line 1370, in load File "pickle.pyo", line 858, in load File "pickle.pyo", line 966, in load_string ValueError: insecure string pickle

X:\google\googlecl-0.9.8>google

calendar add "Nate- karate Monday at 6pm" Please specify user: bkbelton Traceback (most recent call last): File "google", line 278, in run_interactive File "google", line 364, in run_once File "googleclinit.pyo", line 160, in read_access_token File "pickle.pyo", line 1370, in load File "pickle.pyo", line 858, in load File "pickle.pyo", line 966, in load_string ValueError: insecure string pickle

bkbelton@gmail.com

[vinitkumar]

From Steven.S...@gmail.com on July 05, 2010 03:15:33

Same issue, Vista, python 2.5.2, googlecl-0.9.8, gdata-2.0.10

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python25\googlecl-0.9.8\src\google", line 536, in main() File "C:\Python25\googlecl-0.9.8\src\google", line 530, in main run_once(options, args) File "C:\Python25\googlecl-0.9.8\src\google", line 364, in run_once token = googlecl.read_access_token(service, client.email) File "C:\Python25\googlecl-0.9.8\src\googleclinit.py", line 160, in read access_token token_dict = pickle.load(token_file) File "c:\Python25\lib\pickle.py", line 1370, in load return Unpickler(file).load() File "c:\Python25\lib\pickle.py", line 858, in load dispatchkey File "c:\Python25\lib\pickle.py", line 966, in load_string raise ValueError, "insecure string pickle" ValueError: insecure string pickle

[vinitkumar]

From tom.h.mi...@gmail.com on July 20, 2010 13:24:32

By any chance, have any of you moved the access token files to your machine from another computer?

What about keeping the same access token files from 0.9.7 to 0.9.8? That should be OK, but maybe not for Windows users.

Status: Feedback

[vinitkumar]

From john.na...@gmail.com on August 09, 2010 15:29:21

I am also seeing this error. Have not moved or changed access token files since googlecl 0.9.7 Windows 7, Python 2.6.5, googlecl 0.9.9, gdata 2.0.11 final

C:\Python\Scripts>google docs upload PATHNAME Traceback (most recent call last): File "google", line 577, in File "google", line 571, in main File "google", line 374, in run_once File "googleclinit.pyo", line 176, in read_access_token File "pickle.pyo", line 1370, in load File "pickle.pyo", line 858, in load File "pickle.pyo", line 966, in load_string ValueError: insecure string pickle

This issue should be changed to something like "insecure string pickle".

[vinitkumar]

From tom.h.mi...@gmail.com on August 11, 2010 08:05:01

I'm not sure why this error occurs, but I suspect that if you remove the token files, new tokens will be saved and loaded correctly.

Hopefully pickle will not be used to store tokens in the near-ish future, so this issue is unlikely to see any support from me, unless deleting the old token files does not solve the problem. If anyone discovers the root cause, I'd love to hear it.

Summary: ValueError "insecure string pickle" on Windows
Status: Accepted

[vinitkumar]

From john.na...@gmail.com on August 11, 2010 08:32:16

Re Comment 5 by tom.h.mi...@gmail.com:

Are you going to tell us what specific files you think we should delete, or must we somehow grok them?

[vinitkumar]

From john.na...@gmail.com on August 11, 2010 08:42:31

Token file grokked: %HOMEPATH%.googlecl\access_tok_EMAILADDRESS Deleting that file, which triggered re-authentication, did solve the pickle problem:

google docs upload --folder BACKUP --no-convert PATHNAME.rdf No supported filetype found for extension rdf Uploading as text/plain Loading PATHNAME.rdf Upload success! Direct link: LINK Thank you.

[vinitkumar]

From tom.h.mi...@gmail.com on August 11, 2010 10:16:17

Yeah, the location of said files would probably be pretty handy. For anyone following in John's footsteps:

For 0.9.9 and below, %HOMEPATH%.googlecl\access_tok_EMAILADDRESS (equivalent to ~/.googlecl/etc on Linux)

For r367 and beyond, it's %HOMEPATH%.local\share\googlecl\access_tok_EMAILADDRESS