fix: allow channel without client_id (#411)

Author: Justin Poehnelt

googlemaps/client.py

@@ -130,13 +130,11 @@ def __init__(self, key=None, client_id=None, client_secret=None,
             raise ValueError("Invalid API key provided.")
 
         if channel:
-            if not client_id:
-                raise ValueError("The channel argument must be used with a "
-                                 "client ID")
             if not re.match("^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]*$", channel):
                 raise ValueError("The channel argument must be an ASCII "
                     "alphanumeric string. The period (.), underscore (_)"
-                    "and hyphen (-) characters are allowed.")
+                    "and hyphen (-) characters are allowed. If used without "
+                    "client_id, it must be 0-999.")
 
         self.session = requests.Session()
         self.key = key

tests/test_client.py

@@ -280,10 +280,6 @@ def __call__(self, req):
 
         self.assertEqual(2, len(responses.calls))
 
-    def test_channel_without_client_id(self):
-        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
-            client = googlemaps.Client(key="AIzaasdf", channel="mychannel")
-
     def test_invalid_channel(self):
         # Cf. limitations here:
         # https://developers.google.com/maps/premium/reports