Google Sheets API resulting in "GoogleAuth is not a constructor" error in Node

Question

I've been trying to set up a node application with the Google Sheets API, but when initializing as per the documentation I get the following error:

TypeError: google.auth.GoogleAuth is not a constructor

Using the below code:

const {google} = require('googleapis');

const auth = new google.auth.GoogleAuth({
    keyFile: 'credentials.json',
    scopes: ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/spreadsheets']
});

I've tried looking everywhere but haven't been able to find a solution.

To clarify I have installed googleapis with npm in the project as well

Answer 1

I had the same problem and updating the googleapis library fixed the issue. Run npm i googleapis@latest and try again.