do i need to specify global variables when running script from non-root user?

custom_syadmin/build_from_notion.py

@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ title: %s
 
 def resolve_fields(id, yaml_func=None):
     """ Converts a page id into Markdown, metadata, and header """
+    global client
     record = client.get_block(id)
     markdown = get_record_text(record)
     post = record.get_all_properties()