How can I load credentials.json file into jenkins pipeline job? - jenkins

Question

I have a script which runs against google Directory API.
The purpose of this script is to download all users from Google's Directory of our company.
But when I run that script it give an error
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'credentials.json'
Although that file is in the folder.
Do I need to put that file into the Credential manager or ....?
I also have a groovy file which just install the pip and activate venv and nothing else.
Here is groovy code
stage('Check activity') {
steps {
sh 'pwd'
sh '''#!/bin/bash
set -e
if ! which pipenv >/dev/null; then
echo \'no pipenv, installing...\'
pip3 install --user pipenv
if ! which pipenv >/dev/null; then
# default location for: /home/jenkins/.local/bin/pipenv
my_pip_env="/home/${USER}/.local/bin/pipenv"
fi
else
echo \'pipenv already installed, nothing to do.\'
my_pip_env=$(which pipenv)
fi
# pipenv version, check & install
${my_pip_env} --version
${my_pip_env} install
# run script
PYTHONPATH=$(pwd):${PYTHONPATH} \\
PIPENV_PIPFILE=$(realpath ./Pipfile) \\
${my_pip_env} run -v python3 ./it/google-users/google_user.py -v "${VERSION}" -dr "${DRY_RUN}" -et "${EXCLUDED_TYPES}"
# Remove virtualenv project
${my_pip_env} --rm
'''
}
}
do I need to define environment variables in groovy script?

Answer 1

When reading a file from your workspace, it is best to use readFile function
readFile('credentials.json')
In your case, you could read it into a variable and then pass it into the next steps of your script. Something like this:
pipeline {
agent any
stages {
stage('Check activity')
{
steps {
script {
sh '''#!/bin/bash
echo "hello" > hello.txt
'''
def mydata = readFile('hello.txt')
sh "echo My file data: ${mydata}"
}
}
}
}
}