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projectID requirement not consistently documented #1599

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projectID requirement not consistently documented#1599
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@ptone
ptone
opened on Sep 18, 2016

on:
https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-node/#/docs/google-cloud/0.40.0/google-cloud

Documents on compute engine setup as:

 var gcloud = require('google-cloud')();

But runtime errors, and the sample on the package home page make clear that the projectID has to be explicit (not sure why can't pick up from metadata server?)

https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-node/#/

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  1. callmehiphop
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  2. stephenplusplus commented on Sep 19, 2016

    @stephenplusplus
    stephenplusplus
    on Sep 19, 2016
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    We can't make an async request to the metadata server, but we do pick it up from the environment variable GCLOUD_PROJECT. We mention this in our Authentication guide, but it would be helpful to clear this up in our config parameter docs.

    Sent a PR, please take a look: #1601

  3. callmehiphop
    closed this as completedin #1601on Sep 23, 2016
  4. JustinBeckwith
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    yoshi-automation
    on Feb 1, 2021
  5. sofisl
    added 3 commits that reference this issue on Feb 24, 2026

    fix: Handles identical document ids from different collections. (#1599)

    4c13fd5

    chore: release 4.15.0 (#1594)

    38194da

    feat: AuditConfig for IAM v1 (#1599)

    16ab845
  6. GautamSharda
    added a commit that references this issue on Mar 11, 2026

    chore(deps): update dependency linkinator to v4 (#1599)

    6601f17
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