Getting 403 fodbidden Error while using API

[kunal sankhe]

Hello,

I was trying Google Spectrum API but got 403 forbidden error "Access Not Configured. 
Please use Google Developers Console to activate the API for your project."

For using API key, I went to credential panel of the project and chose browser key.

Below is the Error Response. 

403 Forbidden

- Show headers -

{
 "error": {
  "errors": [
   {
    "domain": "usageLimits",
    "reason": "accessNotConfigured",
    "message": "Access Not Configured. Please use Google Developers Console to activate the API for your project."
   }
  ],
  "code": 403,
  "message": "Access Not Configured. Please use Google Developers Console to activate the API for your project."
 }
}


Below is the Request Body:

 
POST https://www.googleapis.com/spectrum/v1explorer/paws/init?key={YOUR_API_KEY}

Content-Type:  application/json
X-JavaScript-User-Agent:  Google APIs Explorer
 
{
 "jsonrpc": "2.0",
 "method": "spectrum.paws.init",
 "apiVersion": "v1explorer",
 "params": {
  "type": "INIT_REQ",
  "key": "AIzaSyDCqRFqveosCRp2kin_EZpKgAxBqA0x4I8",
  "version": "1.0",
  "deviceDesc": {
   "serialNumber": "1515155151",
   "fccId": "OPS13"
  },
  "location": {
   "point": {
    "center": {
     "latitude": 37,
     "longitude": -101.3
    }
   }
  }
 },
 "id": "any_string"
}


 

[Michael Head]

Hi Kunal,

A couple points:

1) You should be posting to https://www.googleapis.com/rpc

2) The error suggests that you haven't activated the Google Spectrum Database API as mentioned here: https://developers.google.com/spectrum/paws/gettingstarted#apikey

...

In the sidebar on the left, select APIs & auth. In the displayed list of APIs, make sure the Google Spectrum Database API status is set to ON.

...

I hope this helps!

-- mike