GCP Context Detection

Detect the currently active Google Cloud project and authenticated account.

Purpose

Provides the necessary context for subsequent gcloud commands by identifying the active project ID and user account.

Inputs

None.

Behavior

1. •Run gcloud config get-value project to retrieve the active project ID.
2. •Run gcloud config get-value account to retrieve the active account email.
3. •Verify if a project is set; if not, suggest the user to set one using gcloud config set project [PROJECT_ID].
4. •Verify if an account is authenticated; if not, suggest gcloud auth login.
5. •Check for ADC (Application Default Credentials) if running in a non-interactive environment.

Output

Returns a JSON object containing projectId and account.

{
  "projectId": "my-project-id",
  "account": "user@example.com"
}

References

• •gcloud config
• •gcloud auth