Google Play Developer API - "The current user has insufficient permissions to perform the requested operation."

Question

I have a Google dev console process with Google Play Developer API is enabled and the project is linked to Google Play project. In Google Dev console project, created OAuth Client ID (web application) (I'm an owner of the project). Using "client_id" and "client_secret" to authenticate. Tried to using google-api-client in Python, Google Developer API Playground to send request to list reviews of our apps but got error: "The current user has insufficient permissions to perform the requested operation." Details as below: Request:

GET /androidpublisher/v2/applications/<package_name>/reviews

Response:

"error": {
    "code": 401, 
    "message": "The current user has insufficient permissions to perform the requested operation.", 
    "errors": [
      {
        "domain": "androidpublisher", 
        "message": "The current user has insufficient permissions to perform the requested operation.", 
        "reason": "permissionDenied"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Did I miss anything?

Answer 1

There is a very important thing about receipt validation using Google Play Android Developer API.

If you added your in-app product BEFORE granting permission or linking to your service account, you need to open "In-app products" and perform some update. You can for example edit description of your product and save. You should instantly get permission.

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