placing json file in .kaggle/kaggle.json

[KaushalendraKumarSingh]

cannot find the .kaggle in the specified folder.

[timoboz]

Are you using Windows or Linux?

Generally you should get this file first from our homepage www.kaggle.com -> Your Account -> Create New API token. This will download a ready-to-go JSON file to place in you [user-home]/.kaggle folder. If there is no .kaggle folder yet, please create it first.

[coffeedjimmy]

@KaushalendraKumarSingh
If you are using the Mac, then in your home folder you can use 'shift' + 'cmd' + '.' to show hidden folders. Then you might find the .kaggle folder!

[sfkiwi]

I'm using kaggle-api on an Amazon linux instance. I downloaded the kaggle.json from the website (using my personal computer) and then copied it to the ~/.kaggle/ directory that I created on the Amazon linux, but every time I try and run kaggle it tells me

Unauthorized: you must download an API key from https://www.kaggle.com/<username>/account
Then put kaggle.json in the folder /home/ubuntu/.kaggle

My personal computer was running MacOS. Does it have to be downloaded on the same machine that you are trying to run it on? If so, I have no way of downloading the kaggle.json from the command line.

[erick84mm]

@sfkiwi you need to copy the file itself, not the content, if you copy the content the file will lose the formatting. Try copying with (I'll give you the mac example for windows there is something similar)

mac
scp /Users///kaggle.json username@server ip address:/home//.kaggle/kaggle.json

[BhavtoshRath]

I created a folder .kaggle in my local drive (~), moved the json file kaggle.json into it.
But when I run !kaggle competitions list on colab, I get the message:

Unauthorized: you must download an API key from https://www.kaggle.com/<username>/account
Then put kaggle.json in the folder /content/.kaggle

Not sure why is it not reading the file. Has anyone else faced this issue?

/content/ is a bit confusing. While downloading the json file, the kaggle interface clearly says

Ensure kaggle.json is in the location ~/.kaggle/kaggle.json to use the API

[qifengzhou]

@BhavtoshRath How you solved the problem?
I have the same problem here on Ubuntu 16.04. I do have the json file in the right directory as suggested.

[sagar-m]

Hi, I am using mac, and in my home directory, the system is not allowing me to add dot before the folder name "kaggle", where I can place the json file. Please help. Thanks!

[ghost]

@sagar-m, open a terminal and run mkdir ~/.kaggle. It may not work if you try to use a GUI.

@qifengzhou, @BhavtoshRath, my best guess is that you're either running the kaggle commands as root or you put the API token in your root user's home. Any chance either of those two things is what's happening?

[qifengzhou]

@rysteboe How should I check this?

I tried 'pip uninstall kaggle', it showed me the path where kaggle was installed
'/home/qifeng/anaconda3/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kaggle/'
I pasted the API token into the folder 'kaggle.json' I created in this directory.

I tried again, its the same error message:
'''
~$ kaggle competitions list -s health
Unauthorized: you must download an API key from https://www.kaggle.com//account
Then put kaggle.json in the folder /home/qifeng/.kaggle
'''

It seems kaggle called in the terminal is not the same as it was installed. I dont have a folder in the directory '/home/qifeng'

[ghost]

Run mkdir ~/.kaggle (full path in your case would be /home/qifeng/.kaggle). You need to create that directory - the API does not do it for you. You can place the token there. The API token doesn't go in the same location as the binary, unless there's some strange interaction with anaconda that I'm unaware of.

[qifengzhou]

@rysteboe Thank you:)
That works!

[felixpython]

I have installed kaggle by using pip3 install kaggle.
I have already place the kaggle.json file to ~/.kaggle.
Finally, the terminal still throws the problem:-bash: kaggle: command not found.

[minhsphuc12]

cd %HOMEPATH%
mk .kaggle
then copy manually json file into newly created folder

[XinSu902]

I am using a mac. I followed kaggle's instruction until I faced the same problem here that i cannot find the folder ".kaggle". So I created a folder(.kaggle) under my home dir("/Users/xin") and drag the kaggle.json file into that folder. Then, I type the following command: "~/.kaggle/kaggle.json" and I got "-bash: /Users/xin/.kaggle/kaggle.json: Permission denied". I am not sure if i need to type this command at all after putting kaggle.json into .kaggle folder.

Then, I tried to download data sets through kaggle API using "kaggle competitions download -c imaterialist-challenge-fashion-2018" and I got "command not found"

My goal is to download a data set from kaggle that require me to use kaggle API.
Any idea what's going on here? Thanks!

[yellajaswanth]

I had the same the issue. Download the token to /Users//.kaggle directory and then make sure the token file name is kaggle.json inside the folder.

[ghost]

As far as I can tell, these installation instructions are covered in the readme. If you have suggestions for improving it, please submit a PR or suggest specific changes. Thanks!

[lokeshdangi]

remove the directory and create it again then move the file to it

[Conengmo]

For users of the Winpython distribution: your .kaggle folder is located in the settings folder in your Python folder. For example: C:\WinPython-64bit-3.6.1.0Qt5\settings\.kaggle\kaggle.json

[Jaco-Julio]

I faced the same problem. I found the solution. Go to your terminal and put the code " cd ~/.kaggle ", then the terminal will take you in the directory .kaggle. So, you need to move the kaggle.json to this directory, to do this use the mv command, ex. sudo mv directory1 directory2. then, run the " chmod 600 /home/[user-name]/.kaggle/kaggle.json " command.

[LUCKMOONLIGHT]

if you are using LInux.
1.pip install kaggle
2.cd ~/.kaggle
3.homepage www.kaggle.com -> Your Account -> Create New API token
4.mv ~/Downloads/kaggle.json ./
5.chmod 600 ./kaggle.json

[Ajithvajrala23]

if you are using LInux.
1.pip install kaggle
2.cd ~/.kaggle
3.homepage www.kaggle.com -> Your Account -> Create New API token
4.mv ~/Downloads/kaggle.json ./
5.chmod 600 ./kaggle.json

It worked thanks

[zenetio]

If you are using Windows and installed kaggle via anaconda, here are the steps

1. Go to /users//.kaggle
2. homepage www.kaggle.com -> Your Account -> Create New API token
3. mv /users//Downloads/kaggle.json ./
4. activate your kaggle environment and test the kaggle commands.

[PyxAI]

I got Could not find kaggle.json error, running a notebook on a remote linux, The file was there with the right permissions.
Eventually found a workaround by running through the jupyter terminal instead

[bharath7896]

i am using windows andi used the jsonwell recently it displayed to update api token so i deleted the old one and created new token but it is saving as kaggle(2).json and i am getting error ass unauthorzed 401 what should i do ?

[ruimmpires]

hi, using a colab notebook. I did all the above today and worked fine. Now, trying to go back to my work and I get the following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/kaggle", line 5, in
from kaggle.cli import main
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/kaggle/init.py", line 23, in
api.authenticate()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/kaggle/api/kaggle_api_extended.py", line 146, in authenticate
self.config_file, self.config_dir))
IOError: Could not find kaggle.json. Make sure it's located in /root/.kaggle. Or use the environment method.

Why is colab running python 2.7!? I believe it is not even compatible and it is specifies in the runtime to be python3.

[shivbobde]

Ya I got the same error please any one solve @ruimmpires

[swraza]

the file is present under my user\kaggle\kaggle.json but when I run kaggle commands, it says
IOError: Could not find kaggle.json. Make sure it's located in /home/ec2-user/.kaggle. Or use the environment method.

Anyhelp?

[Jollygraces]

If you are using Windows and installed kaggle via anaconda, here are the steps

1. Go to /users//.kaggle
2. homepage www.kaggle.com -> Your Account -> Create New API token
3. mv /users//Downloads/kaggle.json ./
4. activate your kaggle environment and test the kaggle commands.

[Jollygraces]

this worked for me on windows. Thank you

[mar-co-pol]

OSError: Could not find kaggle.json. Make sure it's located in C:\Users\User.kaggle. Or use the environment method In PyCharm, Windows 10, Python 3.8 (not works for 3.9):

pip install kaggle
www.kaggle.com -> Your Account -> Create New API token
Past file in C:\User.kaggle

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