Getting "403 forbidden error" while accessing paws:init method

[kunal sankhe]

Hello,

I am research student from India and I want to try this API. I got "403 forbidden error while accessing init method".

I used browser key for accessing this api. Please let me know what went wrong.  

Below is the request and error response.

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.getSpectrum",
 "apiVersion": "v1explorer",
 "params": {
  "type": "INIT_REQ",
  "version": "1.0",
  "key": "AIzaSyCv8-dTdPjVFL0kmbxj9VovUfuWxfscuwY",
  "deviceDesc": {
   "serialNumber": "your_serial_number",
   "fccId": "OPS13",
   "fccTvbdDeviceType": "MODE_1"
  },
  "location": {
   "point": {
    "center": {
     "latitude": 37,
     "longitude": -101.3
    }
   }
  }
 },
 "id": "any_string"
}



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."
 }
}


Thanks and regards,
Kunal Sankhe

[Michael Head]

See my response in the other thread.

-- mike