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error:0909006C:PEM routines:get_name:no start line

See original GitHub issue

the following code is generating an error

const GoogleSpreadsheet = require('google-spreadsheet')
var creds_json = {
    client_email: 'herve76@gmail.com',
    private_key: 'AIzaSyCvB_9XZpafdHcM_AeIC4fwewYz9nOgE0'
}
let doc = new GoogleSpreadsheet('1ddhdoOTPzHho-VlU2TYPVgAC9FXx3wRw4UOHZyEdmXU')
doc.useServiceAccountAuth(creds_json, (data) => console.log(data))

error log:

error:0909006C:PEM routines:get_name:no start line
...
{
  library: 'PEM routines',
  function: 'get_name',
  reason: 'no start line',
  code: 'ERR_OSSL_PEM_NO_START_LINE'
}

any idea why?

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Created 4 years ago
Comments:9

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crummycommented, Apr 19, 2020

If you store your key in SSM, and retrieve it with serverless and inject it with an environment variable, you’ll end up with your \n’s escaped. I resolved it this way after getting the error mentioned in this thread:

await doc.useServiceAccountAuth({
    client_email: process.env.GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_EMAIL,
    private_key: process.env.GOOGLE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_PRIVATE_KEY.replace(/\\n/g, "\n"),
  })

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danilo-nzytecommented, Apr 4, 2021

@crummy not all heroes wear capes…