Use default google creds as fallback when not provided in llm_vertex,stt, and tts

src/pipecat/services/google/llm_vertex.py

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ from loguru import logger
 from pipecat.services.openai.llm import OpenAILLMService
 
 try:
+    from google.auth import default
+    from google.auth.exceptions import GoogleAuthError
     from google.auth.transport.requests import Request
     from google.oauth2 import service_account
 
@@ -98,6 +100,13 @@ class GoogleVertexLLMService(OpenAILLMService):
             creds = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file(
                 credentials_path, scopes=["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"]
             )
+        else:
+            try:
+                creds, project_id = default(
+                    scopes=["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"]
+                )
+            except GoogleAuthError:
+                pass
 
         if not creds:
             raise ValueError("No valid credentials provided.")

src/pipecat/services/google/stt.py

@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ from pipecat.utils.time import time_now_iso8601
 
 try:
     from google.api_core.client_options import ClientOptions
+    from google.auth import default
+    from google.auth.exceptions import GoogleAuthError
     from google.cloud import speech_v2
     from google.cloud.speech_v2.types import cloud_speech
     from google.oauth2 import service_account
@@ -451,6 +453,7 @@ class GoogleSTTService(STTService):
             client_options = ClientOptions(api_endpoint=f"{self._location}-speech.googleapis.com")
 
         # Extract project ID and create client
+        creds: Optional[service_account.Credentials] = None
         if credentials:
             json_account_info = json.loads(credentials)
             self._project_id = json_account_info.get("project_id")
@@ -461,7 +464,16 @@ class GoogleSTTService(STTService):
                 self._project_id = json_account_info.get("project_id")
             creds = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file(credentials_path)
         else:
-            raise ValueError("Either credentials or credentials_path must be provided")
+            try:
+                creds, project_id = default(
+                    scopes=["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"]
+                )
+                self._project_id = project_id
+            except GoogleAuthError:
+                pass
+
+        if not creds:
+            raise ValueError("No valid credentials provided.")
 
         if not self._project_id:
             raise ValueError("Project ID not found in credentials")

src/pipecat/services/google/tts.py

@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ from pipecat.services.tts_service import TTSService
 from pipecat.transcriptions.language import Language
 
 try:
+    from google.auth import default
+    from google.auth.exceptions import GoogleAuthError
     from google.cloud import texttospeech_v1
     from google.oauth2 import service_account
 
@@ -251,6 +253,16 @@ class GoogleTTSService(TTSService):
         elif credentials_path:
             # Use service account JSON file if provided
             creds = service_account.Credentials.from_service_account_file(credentials_path)
+        else:
+            try:
+                creds, project_id = default(
+                    scopes=["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"]
+                )
+            except GoogleAuthError:
+                pass
+
+        if not creds:
+            raise ValueError("No valid credentials provided.")
 
         return texttospeech_v1.TextToSpeechAsyncClient(credentials=creds)