Error using geemap in ArcPy "AttributeError: module 'ee.data' has no attribute '_credentials"

[gitmax-amazing]

I set up a python conda environment in ArcGIS to download Landsat collections using Google Earth Engine and I am running into this issue just when calling

Map = geemap.Map()

I get this error

`Cell In[19], line 3
1 ee.Initialize()
2 ee.Authenticate()
----> 3 Map = geemap.Map()

File ~\AppData\Local\ESRI\conda\envs\max_arcpy_env\Lib\site-packages\geemap\geemap.py:158, in Map.init(self, **kwargs)
156 self._USER_AGENT_PREFIX = "geemap"
157 self.kwargs = kwargs
--> 158 super().init(**kwargs)
159 self._var_name = "Map" # The Map variable name for converting JS to Python
161 if kwargs.get("height"):

File ~\AppData\Local\ESRI\conda\envs\max_arcpy_env\Lib\site-packages\geemap\core.py:753, in Map.init(self, **kwargs)
751 # Authenticate and initialize EE.
752 if kwargs.get("ee_initialize", True):
--> 753 coreutils.ee_initialize(user_agent_prefix=self._USER_AGENT_PREFIX)
755 # Listen for layers being added/removed so we can update the layer manager.
756 self.observe(self._on_layers_change, "layers")

File ~\AppData\Local\ESRI\conda\envs\max_arcpy_env\Lib\site-packages\geemap\coreutils.py:75, in ee_initialize(token_name, auth_mode, auth_args, user_agent_prefix, project, **kwargs)
72 user_agent = f"{user_agent_prefix}/{version}"
73 ee.data.setUserAgent(user_agent)
---> 75 if ee.data._credentials is not None:
76 return
78 ee_token = get_env_var(token_name)

AttributeError: module 'ee.data' has no attribute '_credentials'`

It seems like an authentication error, but my other GEE code runs, and when I pass ee.Authorize() it comes back true. Not sure what the problem could be! Thanks for reading.

[michelmetran]

I'm having the same problem.

I'm using a Jupyter Notebook, with a conda environment and updated packages.
I'm using Windows, without ArcGIS.

ee version 1.6.12
geemap version 0.36.4

.. 'll follow along to see if I can find a solution.

[bbennett00]

I'm also having a similar problem. I've created new environments as well. Up until this point, geemap was working fine.

[josephshea]

same issue here! GEE was working in an older environment, but I did a fresh install and now ee.Authenticate() returns "True", and the ee.Initialize("project_name") seems to run, but I get the same error when I try to create a map instance:

m = geemap.Map()

.....
AttributeError: module 'ee.data' has no attribute '_credentials'

[ImmaSerra]

I got the same error

[Jack-ee]

Try Map = geemap.Map(ee_initialize=False)

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[josephshea]

That works! But now it has to be added to every map instance?

[giswqs]

Try updating the ee package using pip install -U earthengine-api

[michelmetran]

Thanks for the help!
I updated all the packages, instantiated a new conda environment, and... it worked!!

Hugs from Brazil!