Setting GCP environment variable in Spring boot with vs code

I’m trying to set up GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS but keep getting this error

java.io.IOException: The Application Default Credentials are not available. They are available if running in Google Compute Engine. Otherwise, the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS must be defined pointing to a file defining the credential

I have defined in my application properties:

spring.cloud.gcp.project-id=PROJECT_ID
spring.cloud.gcp.credentials.location=lasspath:/src/main/resources/key.json

Added the dependency in the pom file:

 <dependency>
     <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
     <artifactId>google-cloud-dialogflow</artifactId>
     <version>1.0.0</version>
  </dependency>

Tried to do it from the terminal(windows) as well no luck:

> set GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="C:UsersuserDesktop**********srcmainresourceskey.json"

Answer

Solved by running in the terminal:

$env:GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="C:UsersuserDesktop*********srcmainresources*****.json"

In addition to setting the relevant role in IAM section of GCP since I’ve encountered a PERMISSION_DENIED Error after