Youtube data api works in vscode but not in pyinstaller .exe

I am currently working on a python script to access the youtube data api v3. The script works just fine inside vscode (Windows 11 pro, Python 3.10.6 x64). This test script is not the one i am working on but it is enough to reproduce the error.

from urllib import request, responsefrom googleapiclient import discoveryyoutube = discovery.build("youtube", "v3", developerKey="my api key")request = youtube.search().list(    part="snippet",    type="channel",    q="mrbeast",    maxResults=1    )response = request.execute()print(response["items"][0]["snippet"]["title"])

I converted the script to an .exe via

PS C:\Users\USER\Desktop\Python projects> pyinstaller --onefile api_test.py

and it worked just fine. However, when i execute it within PS, i get this strange error message:

PS C:\Users\USER\Desktop\Python projects\dist> ./api_test.exeTraceback (most recent call last):  File "api_test.py", line 4, in <module>  File "googleapiclient\_helpers.py", line 130, in positional_wrapper  File "googleapiclient\discovery.py", line 287, in build  File "googleapiclient\discovery.py", line 404, in _retrieve_discovery_docgoogleapiclient.errors.UnknownApiNameOrVersion: name: youtube  version: v3[20192] Failed to execute script 'api_test' due to unhandled exception!

How can this happen and has anyone an idea how to resolve this issue?

Thanks in advance.