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Please update the quickstart guide with an example using google-auth-library-java

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the linked “Running a Search Console App in Java” quickstart guide and inspect how its authentication example uses the deprecated GoogleCredential. Update the guide with an example using google-auth-library-java, and confirm that the resulting example demonstrates the requested replacement clearly.

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Description

priority: p4 type: feature request

Problem
The example in the quickstart guide 'Running a Search Console App in Java' is still using the deprecated googleapis.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredential. I understand that googleapis.google-auth-library-java.credentials should be used instead.

Solution
I'd like to see an updated example in the quickstart-guide where the google-auth-library-java is used.

Additional context
I've asked this question on several places, but nobody seems to be able to come up with an example.

Dominant language
Java
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Merged PRs (30d)
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