Chrome WebStore Licensing API: extension developers are expected to have FULL access instead of FREE_TRIAL

[ilyaigpetrov]

I want to add a trial period to my extension.

To check that WebStore API works I make a request:

```js

(async () => {

  const getTokenAsync = () => new Promise((resolve) => chrome.identity.getAuthToken(

    { interactive: true },

    resolve,

  ));

  fetch(

    `https://www.googleapis.com/chromewebstore/v1.1/userlicenses/${chrome.runtime.id}`,

    {

      headers: new Headers({

        Authorization: `Bearer ${await getTokenAsync()}`,

        'content-type': 'application/json',

      }),

    },

  )

    .then((res) => res.json())

    .then((json) => {

      console.log('Your license info:');

      console.log(json);

    });

})();

```

I run this script with my google account which I use to develop the extension. This extension is published by a google group in which I am an owner.

The result I get is like the following:
```json
{
  accessLevel: "FREE_TRIAL",
  createdTime: "<stamp from 2019 here>",
  itemId: "<extension id here>",
  kind: "chromewebstore#userLicense",
  maxAgeSecs: "2",

}

```.

Now I want to limit number of days a user may use the extension during his trial period.

However I don't want to apply this limit to my developer account.

The problem is that I can't distinguish my developers accounts from some different account of a user during a trial, because they are both FREE_TRIAL.

I think it's an issue in the API, I expect developer accounts to have FULL access level instead of FREE_TRIAL so I can apply my limit to the right group of users.

Should I create a ticket in chromium bug tracker or somewhere else?

Please, let me know how should I proceed with this issue.

Thanks,

Ilya.

[ilyaigpetrov]

Simeon, sorry for notifying you directly -- could you, please, guide me in the right direction to resolve this issue.

Thanks,

Ilya.

[ilyaigpetrov]

Just published on StackOverflow here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62132435/chrome-webstore-licensing-api-extension-developers-are-expected-to-have-full-ac.

On Thursday, May 28, 2020 at 4:41:01 PM UTC, ilyaigpetrov wrote: