Youtube Data API v3 - issues with credentials

[matty95srk]

I am trying for the first time to use the Youtube Data API v3, precisely the Playlists: insert method that operates in the user's private data, to add a certain video to my personal playlist. To work with user's private data, I need OAuth permissions and I need User Permissions that include at least one of these scopes

The OAuth file called secret.json is saved into the debug folder of the project.


The API keys work instead for public data, which I have already used to derive the ID of the first search result starting from a qwery (I will also insert this code to show the differences). Online, I found GitHub samples in c # which I converted to vb.net and modified the obsolete code such as

 GoogleClientSecrets.Load(stream).Secrets

to

GoogleClientSecrets.fromstream(stream).Secrets

So the final code is

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Threading
Imports System.Threading.Tasks
Imports Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2
Imports Google.Apis.Services
Imports Google.Apis.Upload
Imports Google.Apis.Util.Store
Imports Google.Apis.YouTube.v3
Imports Google.Apis.YouTube.v3.Data
Public Class Form1

    Private Async Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        Try
            Await RetrieveID()
        Catch ex As AggregateException

            For Each inner In ex.InnerExceptions
                MsgBox("Error: " & inner.Message)
            Next
        End Try
    End Sub
    Private Async Function RetrieveID() As Task
        Dim youtubeService = New YouTubeService(New BaseClientService.Initializer() With {
            .ApiKey = "my api key",
            .ApplicationName = Me.[GetType]().ToString()
        })
        Dim credential As UserCredential

        Using stream = New FileStream("secret.json", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
           credential = Await GoogleWebAuthorizationBroker.AuthorizeAsync(GoogleClientSecrets.FromStream(stream).Secrets, {YouTubeService.Scope.Youtube}, "user", CancellationToken.None, New FileDataStore(Me.[GetType]().ToString()))
        End Using

        Dim searchListRequest = youtubeService.Search.List("snippet")
        searchListRequest.Q = TextBox1.Text
        searchListRequest.MaxResults = 1
        Dim searchListResponse = Await searchListRequest.ExecuteAsync()
        Dim videos As List(Of String) = New List(Of String)()
        Dim channels As List(Of String) = New List(Of String)()
        Dim playlists As List(Of String) = New List(Of String)()

        For Each searchResult In searchListResponse.Items

            videos.Add(String.Format("{0} ({1})", searchResult.Snippet.Title, searchResult.Id.VideoId))

        Next

        MsgBox(String.Format("Videos:" & vbLf & "{0}" & vbLf, String.Join(vbLf, videos)))

    End Function

    Private Async Sub Button2_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click

        Try
            Await PlaylistUpdates()
        Catch ex As AggregateException

            For Each inner In ex.InnerExceptions
                MsgBox("Error: " & inner.Message)
            Next
        End Try
    End Sub

    Private Async Function PlaylistUpdates() As Task

        Dim credential As UserCredential



        Dim youtubeService = New YouTubeService(New BaseClientService.Initializer() With {
            .HttpClientInitializer = credential,
            .ApplicationName = Me.[GetType]().ToString()
        })
        Using stream = New FileStream("secret.json", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
            credential = Await GoogleWebAuthorizationBroker.AuthorizeAsync(GoogleClientSecrets.FromStream(stream).Secrets, {YouTubeService.Scope.Youtube}, "user", CancellationToken.None, New FileDataStore(Me.[GetType]().ToString()))
        End Using
        Dim newPlaylistItem = New PlaylistItem()
        newPlaylistItem.Snippet = New PlaylistItemSnippet()
        newPlaylistItem.Snippet.PlaylistId = "PL4_Dx88dpu7cEY_cBjTZFFM1tVKF5Plsx"
        newPlaylistItem.Snippet.ResourceId = New ResourceId()
        newPlaylistItem.Snippet.ResourceId.Kind = "youtube#video"
        newPlaylistItem.Snippet.ResourceId.VideoId = "GNRMeaz6QRI"
        newPlaylistItem = Await youtubeService.PlaylistItems.Insert(newPlaylistItem, "snippet").ExecuteAsync()
        Console.WriteLine("Playlist item id {0} was added to playlist id {1}.", newPlaylistItem.Id, "PL4_Dx88dpu7cEY_cBjTZFFM1tVKF5Plsx")
    End Function
End Class

But despite that, I get the error

" The service YouTube as thrown an exception. HttpStatusCode is Unauthorize. APi keys are not supported by this API. Expected OAuth 2 access token or other authentication credentials that assert a principal".

as soon as I click button 2 on the line

Await PlaylistUpdates()

I tried to change Me. [GetType] (). ToString () to the application name used in Google console but it didn't fix the problem. However, I noticed a warning



p.s. (it doesn't matter if you see the api key, it's test on a test account). So I went back to the github sample and tried to follow the order of the code to avoid that warning, so the code of the PlaylistUpdates function becomes

Private Async Function PlaylistUpdates() As Task

       Dim credential As UserCredential

       Using stream = New FileStream("secret.json", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read)
           credential = Await GoogleWebAuthorizationBroker.AuthorizeAsync(GoogleClientSecrets.fromstream(stream).Secrets, {youtubeService.Scope.Youtube}, "user", CancellationToken.None, New FileDataStore(Me.[GetType]().ToString()))
       End Using

       Dim youtubeService = New YouTubeService(New BaseClientService.Initializer() With {
       .HttpClientInitializer = credential,
       .ApplicationName = Me.[GetType]().ToString()
   })
       Dim newPlaylistItem = New PlaylistItem()
       newPlaylistItem.Snippet = New PlaylistItemSnippet()
       newPlaylistItem.Snippet.PlaylistId = "PL4_Dx88dpu7cEY_cBjTZFFM1tVKF5Plsx"
       newPlaylistItem.Snippet.ResourceId = New ResourceId()
       newPlaylistItem.Snippet.ResourceId.Kind = "youtube#video"
       newPlaylistItem.Snippet.ResourceId.VideoId = "GNRMeaz6QRI"
       newPlaylistItem = Await youtubeService.PlaylistItems.Insert(newPlaylistItem, "snippet").ExecuteAsync()
       Console.WriteLine("Playlist item id {0} was added to playlist id {1}.", newPlaylistItem.Id, "PL4_Dx88dpu7cEY_cBjTZFFM1tVKF5Plsx")
   End Function

but now it shows the error

Local variable 'youtubeService' cannot be referred to before it is declared.

on the line

credential = Await GoogleWebAuthorizationBroker.AuthorizeAsync(GoogleClientSecrets.fromstream(stream).Secrets, {youtubeService.Scope.Youtube}, "user", CancellationToken.None, New FileDataStore(Me.[GetType]().ToString()))

I don't really know how to bother .. I am sure I have activated all the necessary api, scopes and permissions, as well as I have successfully downloaded the json file for the AOuth and put it in the debug folder .. I don't understand how to hit my head anymore. Some idea? Thank you