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Reputation: 11

How to grant access to Youtube Reporting API for a google service account?

I am trying to access YouTube Reporting API with a service account. But I am getting a 403 forbidden when trying to do youtubeReporting.jobs().list().execute().

YouTube Reporting API clearly supposed Server-to-server interaction.

Do I need to grant access to Youtube Reporting API for a google service account? If so, how?

FYI : I am not using google app domain.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 919

Answers (2)

hbrannan
hbrannan

Reputation: 161

You could create service credentials in the google console, but those credentials won't fix your issue. According to the docs,

The service account flow supports server-to-server interactions that do not access user information. However, the YouTube Reporting API and YouTube Analytics API do not support this flow. Since there is no way to link a Service Account to a YouTube account, attempts to authorize requests with this flow will generate an error.

It is p counter-intuitive-- (not to mention hard to locate)-- this info esp. since conceptually related YT APIs utilize service accounts, see here, and the reporting api actions wouldn't seem to need to be associated w/ a specific user account.

Unfortunately, if you use a service account for the Youtube Reporting API you will still end up with a 403 unauthorized caller error.

Instead, create and use web client google credentials. Store and use the token generated from the flow.

Upvotes: 1

Markus Lanthaler
Markus Lanthaler

Reputation: 3823

You can do that in the Cloud Platform Console. See https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6158841?hl=en for details

Upvotes: 0

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