YouTube Apps Script API only runnable by accounts without a YouTube channel?

Question

This is such a strange issue and there seems to be no documentation of it anywhere online.

Whenever I try to execute a script that requires authorization to access a

Answer 1

Make sure that you are using the right scope for this. To retrieve the information about a specific reporting job that has been scheduled for a channel or content owner, you must use the following authorization scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics.readonly
  • View YouTube Analytics reports for your YouTube content. This scope provides access to user activity metrics, like view counts and rating counts.
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/yt-analytics-monetary.readonly
  • View YouTube Analytics monetary reports for your YouTube content. This scope provides access to user activity metrics and to estimated revenue and ad performance metrics.

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