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NiklasR
NiklasR

Reputation: 523

Getting "Error 401: deleted_client The OAuth client was deleted" when accessing Google Sheets from python

I am trying to follow the the Python Quickstart example https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/quickstart/python

The article tells me to first create credentials: https://developers.google.com/workspace/guides/create-credentials

This produces a file called client_secret[longs string of numbers].json

However, my problem is that I don't understand what to do with this file.

There is no mention of it in the python quick start program, which instead refers to token.json and credentials.json.

When I run quickstart.py, I get the error message:

"Authorization Error

Error 401: deleted_client The OAuth client was deleted."

When searching for that error, I found this article: Google Apps Script: "Error 401: deleted_client The OAuth client was deleted" All of a sudden?

However, it does not seem to address my problem - it talks about some project being deleted. I am talking about a situation where I am trying to start everything from scratch.

Also, this questions is related: getting authorisation for google spreadsheet app But it is caused by another problem (different users).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1460

Answers (1)

NiklasR
NiklasR

Reputation: 523

It turned out that the problem was that I had created the wrong type of credentials - I have erroneously chosen web application instead of desktop application. When that was corrected, everything worked as expected.

Upvotes: 1

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