Youtube API permission 403 Forbidden error

Question

I'm following the tutorial on this page but I keep getting a 403 Forbidden error when I run the app and try to do a search.

I enabled Youtube Data API v3 on the https://console.developers.google.com/ page and I created an Android API key.

Any suggestions? Thank you.

Could not search: com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonResponseException: 403 Forbidden
{
"code" : 403,
"errors" : [ {
"domain" : "usageLimits",
"message" : "There is a per-IP or per-Referer restriction configured on your API key and the request does not match these restrictions. Please use the Google Developers Console to update your API key configuration if request from this IP or referer should be allowed.",
"reason" : "ipRefererBlocked",
"extendedHelp" : "https://console.developers.google.com"
} ],
"message" : "There is a per-IP or per-Referer restriction configured on your API key and the request does not match these restrictions. Please use the Google Developers Console to update your API key configuration if request from this IP or referer should be allowed."
}

Solution 1

I have resolved the problem by creating a Browser key instead of an android key. The browser key needs to have no entry so that it'll say "all refered allowed"

Solution 2

Used this for iOS app and received same error so I removed bundle identifier and it worked

Solution 3

I have resolved the problem by creating a Server key instead of an iOS key

Solution 4

I had the same problem and after a lot of wasted time my hosting service figured out the API request was being generated by a different IP address than the one associated with my website.

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Comments

[kj tolentino]

I have resolved the problem by creating a Browser key instead of an android key. The browser key needs to have no entry so that it'll say "all refered allowed"

[Rohan]

You should write that as an answer and accept it so that people in the future will know what to do.

[kj tolentino]

alright Rohan, I did that. thanks.

[Musakkhir Sayyed]

Try with Server Key instead of browser, android and IOS.

[dfmuir]

I was also having this problem on iOS. This resolved it.

[LargeGlasses]

Interesting @dfmuir I only had the issue in Android, but not iOS. I wonder why this happens...

[Sti]

@LargeGlasses How did you make this work in iOS? If I use an iOS key and input my bundle identifier, it won't work. If I use a "blank bundle identifier", it says "all allowed" it works. But I don't want that.. Did you use the bundle identifier?

[LargeGlasses]

@Sti I removed the bundle identifier. I'm not sure if that will come back to haunt me later or not...

[fullmoon]

I was battling to find referred allowed option in Youtube Api key, but it turns out it needed to be Browser key. Thank you a lot.

[axello]

This was the trick to use the Google API key for tvOS! Thanks!

[Milon]

I have to add a restriction for API usage, android can access only. How can I do that? any idea?