title: Google cloud datastore API cannot find project when App Engine application is disabled
body: <p>I'm trying to connect and get data from Google Cloud Datastore API.</p>
  
  <p>After disabling my App Engine Application (which have no use for me at the moment), I cannot access any GC Datastore API methods.</p>
  
  <p>When I send my request, I always get the following response:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{ [Error: The project [my-project] does not exist.] code: 404, metadata: Metadata { _internal_repr: {} } }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've already double-checked this and my project name is correct.</p>
  
  <p>Accessing the google cloud console, I noticed that the datastore dashboard also show the same message:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/K11yh.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/K11yh.png" alt="error message"></a>
  </p>
  
  <p>Then, after enabling the app engine application again, everything works.</p>
  
  <p>I know that GC Datastore was initially created to work with App Engine, but since last year it was supposed to be available everywhere (according to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMC_k0NBjKs" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this</a>).</p>
  
  <p>Someone have a tip about this issue? Any help would be appreciated. 
  Thanks.</p>