have there was an API error : 403 : Insufficient Permission when upload cost data via google analytics api

[Stephen Hou]

hi all:

i have encounted a problem when use the python to upload the meida data to google analytics via api,

i am successful to download the keywords report with current access but when i upload the cvs data , it is 

showing i dont hae permit, but i am the account owner and i am sure the account id and web proer id is

correct so that is the problem

here is the code below

the accountid is the first part of web proper id

for example my tracking id is UA-123445-2

my account id is 123445 my web proper id is UA-123445-2

right

import sys

from apiclient.errors import HttpError

from oauth2client.client import AccessTokenRefreshError

from apiclient.http import MediaFileUpload

from apiclient.errors import HttpError

from apiclient import sample_tools

from oauth2client.client import AccessTokenRefreshError

import hello_analytics_api_v3_auth

import httplib2

from apiclient.discovery import build

from oauth2client.client import flow_from_clientsecrets

from oauth2client.file import Storage

from oauth2client.tools import run

CLIENT_SECRETS = 'client_secrets.json'

MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE = '%s is missing' % CLIENT_SECRETS

FLOW = flow_from_clientsecrets(CLIENT_SECRETS,

    scope='https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly',

    message=MISSING_CLIENT_SECRETS_MESSAGE)

TOKEN_FILE_NAME = 'analytics.dat'

def prepare_credentials():

  # Retrieve existing credendials

  storage = Storage(TOKEN_FILE_NAME)

  credentials = storage.get()

  # If existing credentials are invalid and Run Auth flow

  # the run method will store any new credentials

  if credentials is None or credentials.invalid:

    credentials = run(FLOW, storage) #run Auth Flow and store credentials

  return credentials

def initialize_service():

  # 1. Create an http object

  http = httplib2.Http()

  # 2. Authorize the http object

  # In this tutorial we first try to retrieve stored credentials. If

  # none are found then run the Auth Flow. This is handled by the

  # prepare_credentials() function defined earlier in the tutorial

  credentials = prepare_credentials()

  http = credentials.authorize(http)  # authorize the http object

  # 3. Build the Analytics Service Object with the authorized http object

  return build('analytics', 'v3', http=http)

service = initialize_service()

try:

  media = MediaFileUpload('template4.csv', mimetype='application/octet-stream', resumable=False)

  daily_upload = service.management().dailyUploads().upload(

      accountId='65289xxx',

      webPropertyId='UA-6528xxx-1',

      customDataSourceId='dfsdfdsfdsfdsfsdfsdfsd,

      date='2013-08-08',

      appendNumber=1,

      reset=0,

      type='cost',

      media_body=media).execute()

except TypeError, error:

  # Handle errors in constructing a query.

  print ('There was an error in constructing your query : %s' % error)

except HttpError, error:

  # Handle API errors.

  print ('Arg, there was an API error : %s : %s' %

         (error.resp.status, error._get_reason()))

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[Stephen Hou]

i also change the    scope='https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly', to scope='https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics', since i saw there is two differnce api file

and also i found there many error on the example of python file for upload the csv file, function name, and other paremeters

[Pete Frisella]

1) Check to make sure that you have authorized for the scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics

2) Check that the user you have authorized is an Admin user (at least Edit permissions) for that property.

also, can you list uploads (even if there are none to list), or does that also return a 403 permissions error?

[Stephen Hou]

Hi Pete:

very glad to e-meet u here, actually i wrote to you already in august ,22th, with your gmail  address but no response :(

I have another question here, there is 3 types of client ID for API access, web application,installed application,service account,

because all the test i done is in my desktop, i dont have a hosting server  and dont not have domain to binding to the web application,

 i choose the  installed application API type, doese this affect the resutl, 

why i ask this questions because there is no email address for the installed application type api comparing to the web application and 

service account,  am i right to use the install application for this case(upload cost data)?

i saw some guide line to ask to add the email address which genearte from the web appllicatin or service account in Google api,

to add into the admin level of the GA, so i missed this step , doese step affect my results?

btw your question, 
1, i could open this page, but seems this page for my web browser ,it is only displayt analytics characters

2, i am the owner of the propoerlty ,i use the email address to login, i could use the same access to download report function to download my keyword data from the same , so i think i have the right access

   list upload method is successful in my sider see my screenshot

i have upload the two source code file ,please feel free to ask

[Stephen Hou]

have some one could help on my situation

thanks

On Monday, August 26, 2013 4:41:55 PM UTC+8, Stephen Hou wrote: