Node.js API call giving a “bad base64 decode” error

[sc...@ucode.com]

I'm using Google's AutoML Natural Language API for Node.js. Everything works great, except for a particular service account and user (a student of mine). She gets the following error:

> Auth error:Error: error:0906D064:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:bad base64 decode

> { Error: 14 UNAVAILABLE: Getting metadata from plugin failed with error: error:0906D064:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:bad base64 decode

>     at Object.exports.createStatusError (/home/ubuntu/workspace/functions/node_modules/grpc/src/common.js:87:15)

>     at Object.onReceiveStatus (/home/ubuntu/workspace/functions/node_modules/grpc/src/client_interceptors.js:1188:28)

>     at InterceptingListener._callNext (/home/ubuntu/workspace/functions/node_modules/grpc/src/client_interceptors.js:564:42)

>     at InterceptingListener.onReceiveStatus (/home/ubuntu/workspace/functions/node_modules/grpc/src/client_interceptors.js:614:8)

>     at callback (/home/ubuntu/workspace/functions/node_modules/grpc/src/client_interceptors.js:841:24)

>   code: 14,

>   metadata: Metadata { _internal_repr: {} },

>   details: 'Getting metadata from plugin failed with error: error:0906D064:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:bad base64 decode' }

The code that produces this error is:

    const automl = require('@google-cloud/automl')

    const client = new automl.v1beta1.PredictionServiceClient({keyFilename: 'key_file.json'})

    const formattedName = client.modelPath('<project-id>', 'us-central1', '<model-id>')

    const payload = {

    textSnippet: {

    content: 'Recognize this text',

    mimeType: 'text/plain'

    }

    }

    const request = {

      name: formattedName,

      payload,

    }

    client.predict(request)

      .then(responses => console.log(responses[0].payload[0]))

      .catch(console.error(err))

If I change *project-id*, *model-id*, and *key-file.json* to my own, then this works perfect. I've verified she's entering the correct project-id, model-id, and key-file.json (at least those are from the exact same places I found mine). Any ideas what's causing this?

[Mona Attariyan]

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[Ethan Bao]

Hi Scott,

Given this is an auth error, can you let this student double check that she is following the instruction (in step 5) to download the key file?

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[sc...@ucode.com]

Hi Ethan, she downloaded the key file during the creation of her service account, just like I did (and therefore showed her). I'll have her download a new key file though in next week's class.

[sdomi...@google.com]

You said: "If I change *project-id*, *model-id*, and *key-file.json* to my own, then this works perfect."

Which makes me believe that you have your own project and she has her own. You can run the code properly on your own PC but she cannot on her own PC. 

However, upon looking at the "Auth error:Error: error:0906D064:PEM routines:PEM_read_bio:bad base64 decode" error message, it makes be believe that there might be an indentation issue with the key-file.json

If that's not the case, I would suggest you check if you both are running the code on same Nodejs version. 

[Scott Mueller]

Same node.js version. Each service account has the same permissions (AutoML Editor and Editor). No indentation issues :(. Still can't get it to work.

Scott Mueller
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[Scott Mueller]

We got everything to work by simply creating a second service account. Exact same permissions, key file looked exactly the same (different key of course).

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