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Expand Up @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Service account private key files
A service account private key file can be used to obtain credentials for a
service account. You can create a private key using the `Credentials page of the
Google Cloud Console`_. Once you have a private key you can either obtain
credentials one of two ways:
credentials one of three ways:

1. Set the ``GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS`` environment variable to the full
path to your service account private key file
Expand All @@ -81,6 +81,20 @@ credentials one of two ways:
scoped_credentials = credentials.with_scopes(
['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'])

3. Use :meth:`service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_info
<google.oauth2.service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_info>`::

import json

from google.oauth2 import service_account

json_acct_info = json.loads(function_to_get_json_creds())
credentials = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_info(
json_acct_info)

scoped_credentials = credentials.with_scopes(
['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform'])

.. warning:: Private keys must be kept secret. If you expose your private key it
is recommended to revoke it immediately from the Google Cloud Console.

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