Google Play Developer API - "The current user has insufficient permissions to perform the requested operation."

Question

I have a Google dev console process with Google Play Developer API is enabled and the project is linked to Google Play project. In Google Dev console project, created OAuth Client ID (web application) (I'm an owner of the project). Using "client_id" and "client_secret" to authenticate. Tried to using google-api-client in Python, Google Developer API Playground to send request to list reviews of our apps but got error: "The current user has insufficient permissions to perform the requested operation." Details as below: Request:

GET /androidpublisher/v2/applications/<package_name>/reviews

Response:

"error": {
    "code": 401, 
    "message": "The current user has insufficient permissions to perform the requested operation.", 
    "errors": [
      {
        "domain": "androidpublisher", 
        "message": "The current user has insufficient permissions to perform the requested operation.", 
        "reason": "permissionDenied"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Did I miss anything?

Answer 1

There is a very important thing about receipt validation using Google Play Android Developer API.

If you added your in-app product BEFORE granting permission or linking to your service account, you need to open "In-app products" and perform some update. You can for example edit description of your product and save. You should instantly get permission.

Answer 2

I looked everywhere on the internet and found somewhere that you might need to wait for at least 24 hours.

Ensure you have done everything correctly as below.

1. Go to https://console.cloud.google.com
2. Create a project (or select existing project)
3. Create a service account with role Pub/Sub Admin
4. Go to https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library and search for "Google Play Android Developer API"
5. Enable that API
6. Go to https://play.google.com/apps/publish
7. Go to Settings > Developer account > API Access
8. Link the project that you created in step 2
9. The service account will appear that you created in step 3
10. Grant access to it with Finance permission to the app in play console
11. Very important: Wait for at least 24 hours for changes to take effect.

Answer 3

If you followed all what @Bikram listed and you still facing the same error. Do this, create 'Managed product' temporary and then delete them. This way, sure you don't have to wait 24 hours.

It works for me.