import json
import tempfile
import os

# process of getting credentials
def get_credentials():
    creds_json_str = os.getenv("creds") # get json credentials stored as a string
    if creds_json_str is None:
        raise ValueError("GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS_JSON not found in environment")

    # create a temporary file
    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode="w+", delete=False, suffix=".json") as temp:
        temp.write(creds_json_str) # write in json format
        temp_filename = temp.name 

    return temp_filename