def create_google_alert_service(keyfile=None, scopes='https://www.googleapis.com/auth/apps.alerts'):
    """Convenience wrapper to create google drive API service."""
    return create_google_api_service('alertcenter', 'v1beta1', scopes, keyfile)

def create_google_api_service(api, version, scopes, keyfile, http=None):
    """
    Create a google api service using service account credentials.
    """
    if keyfile is None:
        raise('Error. You must specify a keyfile.')

    credentials = ServiceAccountCredentials.from_json_keyfile_name(keyfile, scopes)
    return build(api, version, credentials=credentials)

class AlertAPI(object):
    """Alert API object to test the alerts in the system."""

    def __init__(self, page_size=None):
        """Init function for DriveAPI."""
        self.pageSize = page_size or 100
        self.alert_service = create_google_alert_service( secrets.get('google_alerts_keypath'))

    def get_alerts(self):
      alertId = 'XXXX'
      try:
        resp = self.alert_service.v1beta1().getSettings().execute()
        resp = self.alert_service.alerts().feedback().list(alertId=alertId).execute()

        resp = self.alert_service.alerts().get(alertId=alertId).execute()
        resp = self.alert_service.alerts().list().execute()

      except HttpError as e:
        import pdb
        pdb.set_trace()