chore: Replace ValueError with logger.warning for missing GOOGLE_APPL…

…ICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable (#1415) Co-authored-by: Théo Monnom <[email protected]>
livekit · Jan 27, 2025 · 4ce88f2 · 4ce88f2
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diff --git a/.changeset/rich-spiders-develop.md b/.changeset/rich-spiders-develop.md
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+---
+"livekit-plugins-google": patch
+---
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+chore: Replace ValueError with logger.warning for missing GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS environment variable
diff --git a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-google/livekit/plugins/google/llm.py b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-google/livekit/plugins/google/llm.py
@@ -108,8 +108,8 @@ def __init__(
         self._api_key = api_key or os.environ.get("GOOGLE_API_KEY", None)
         _gac = os.environ.get("GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS")
         if _gac is None:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "`GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS` environment variable is not set. please set it to the path of the service account key file."
+            logger.warning(
+                "`GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS` environment variable is not set. please set it to the path of the service account key file. Otherwise, use any of the other Google Cloud auth methods."
             )
 
         if vertexai: