Actually, as long as you call firebase_admin.initialize_app(creds) the variable is not needed

Did you get help ?

Hey there, Apologize I have refactored the code sample, to: from fcm_utils import FcmUtils and messaging = FcmUtils() Thanks for catch, enjoy your reading

Thanks John

The above code should fail if you update the plugins to the latest versions: here is my answer on StackOverflow on the solution: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62348754/the-sms-code-has-expired-please-re-send-the-verification-code-to-try-again-flu/67267298#67267298

Ahaaa nice of you to read