python: The kubeconfig loader should run refresh command to update token when it is expired

I am using google container engine, and trying to use this to access the k8s api. Trying to follow the example on the readme

from kubernetes import client, config

config.load_kube_config()
api = client.CoreV1Api()
pods = api.list_pod_for_all_namespaces(watch=False)


for p in pods.items:
    print(p.metadata.name, p.status.phase)

which gives me the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/nhumrich/devops/containers/deployment/scripts/kube-deploy.py", line 6, in <module>
    config.load_kube_config()
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/config/kube_config.py", line 311, in load_kube_config
    client_configuration=client_configuration).load_and_set()
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/config/kube_config.py", line 216, in load_and_set
    self._load_authentication()
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/config/kube_config.py", line 155, in _load_authentication
    if self._load_gcp_token():
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/config/kube_config.py", line 171, in _load_gcp_token
    self.token = "Bearer %s" % self._get_google_credentials()
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/config/kube_config.py", line 124, in <lambda>
    GoogleCredentials.get_application_default()
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oauth2client/client.py", line 1271, in get_application_default
    return GoogleCredentials._get_implicit_credentials()
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oauth2client/client.py", line 1261, in _get_implicit_credentials
    raise ApplicationDefaultCredentialsError(ADC_HELP_MSG)
oauth2client.client.ApplicationDefaultCredentialsError: The Application Default Credentials are not available. They are available if running in Google Compute Engine. Otherwise, the environment variable GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS must be defined pointing to a file defining the credentials. See https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/application-default-credentials for more information.

If I add the GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS env-var and download a google json credential file, I then get a generic 401.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/nhumrich/devops/containers/deployment/scripts/kube-deploy.py", line 19, in <module>
    pods = api.list_pod_for_all_namespaces(watch=False)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/apis/core_v1_api.py", line 13650, in list_pod_for_all_namespaces
    (data) = self.list_pod_for_all_namespaces_with_http_info(**kwargs)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/apis/core_v1_api.py", line 13743, in list_pod_for_all_namespaces_with_http_info
    collection_formats=collection_formats)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/api_client.py", line 329, in call_api
    _return_http_data_only, collection_formats, _preload_content, _request_timeout)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/api_client.py", line 153, in __call_api
    _request_timeout=_request_timeout)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/api_client.py", line 361, in request
    headers=headers)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/rest.py", line 240, in GET
    query_params=query_params)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/rest.py", line 231, in request
    raise ApiException(http_resp=r)
kubernetes.client.rest.ApiException: (401)
Reason: Unauthorized
HTTP response headers: HTTPHeaderDict({'Content-Type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8', 'Www-Authenticate': 'Basic realm="kubernetes-master"', 'X-Content-Type-Options': 'nosniff', 'Date': 'Mon, 22 May 2017 21:25:24 GMT', 'Content-Length': '13'})
HTTP response body: Unauthorized

If I try to add an api key (client.configuration.api_key['authorization'] = 'AbX.....SYh' I get another error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/nhumrich/devops/containers/deployment/scripts/kube-deploy.py", line 19, in <module>
    pods = api.list_pod_for_all_namespaces(watch=False)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/apis/core_v1_api.py", line 13650, in list_pod_for_all_namespaces
    (data) = self.list_pod_for_all_namespaces_with_http_info(**kwargs)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/apis/core_v1_api.py", line 13743, in list_pod_for_all_namespaces_with_http_info
    collection_formats=collection_formats)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/api_client.py", line 329, in call_api
    _return_http_data_only, collection_formats, _preload_content, _request_timeout)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/api_client.py", line 153, in __call_api
    _request_timeout=_request_timeout)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/api_client.py", line 361, in request
    headers=headers)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/rest.py", line 240, in GET
    query_params=query_params)
  File "/home/nhumrich/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/kubernetes/client/rest.py", line 231, in request
    raise ApiException(http_resp=r)
kubernetes.client.rest.ApiException: (403)
Reason: Forbidden
HTTP response headers: HTTPHeaderDict({'Content-Type': 'text/plain', 'X-Content-Type-Options': 'nosniff', 'Date': 'Mon, 22 May 2017 21:40:29 GMT', 'Content-Length': '119'})
HTTP response body: User "system:anonymous" cannot list pods at the cluster scope.: "No policy matched.\nUnknown user \"system:anonymous\""

Are there any examples of how I authenticate with kubernetes/google container engine so that I can get this working?

Note: one possible solution is to run gcloud auth application-default login but that isn’t automated and only works locally.