import ee

# First-time setup (opens browser OAuth flow):
# ee.Authenticate()

# Runtime authentication (service account or existing token):
ee.Initialize(project="your-gcp-project-id")

# Service account (CI / headless):
credentials = ee.ServiceAccountCredentials(
    email="sa@project.iam.gserviceaccount.com",
    key_file="/path/to/key.json"
)
ee.Initialize(credentials=credentials, project="your-gcp-project-id")

import ee

# From bounding box (lon_min, lat_min, lon_max, lat_max)
aoi = ee.Geometry.Rectangle([-5.0, 54.0, 2.0, 60.0])  # North Sea

# From polygon coordinates [[lon, lat], ...]
aoi = ee.Geometry.Polygon([[
    [-2.0, 56.5], [1.5, 56.5], [1.5, 58.0], [-2.0, 58.0]
]])

# From GeoJSON FeatureCollection
aoi = ee.FeatureCollection(
    "projects/my-project/assets/pipeline_corridor"
)