Write to GoogleSheet via API with Java

Question

I am trying to write a value to a cell with Google Sheet API with Java. For reading I used guide from Java Quickstart which worked fine for me.

For writing to Google Sheet I use:

service.spreadsheets().values().update(spreadsheetId, "Sheet1!A4:H", response).execute();

This function outputs the following error while run:

com.google.api.client.googleapis.json.GoogleJsonResponseException: 403 Forbidden
{
  "code" : 403,
  "errors" : [ {
    "domain" : "global",
    "message" : "Request had insufficient authentication scopes.",
    "reason" : "forbidden"
  } ],
  "message" : "Request had insufficient authentication scopes.",
  "status" : "PERMISSION_DENIED"
}

As a Authentication Scope I am using

private static final List<String> SCOPES = Arrays.asList(SheetsScopes.SPREADSHEETS);

Answer 1

Apparently there were several issues together:

1. Delete credentials that were stored at /Users/XXX/.credentials.
2. Change Scopes to SheetsScopes.SPREADSHEETS.
3. Google Sheet Share and Edit options at on Sheet itself.

Now it works! Thank you guys for help

Answer 2

I was having the same issue. I resolved the problem that was in the scope. I just changed

SheetsScopes.SPREADSHEETS.READONLY

To

 SheetsScopes.SPREADSHEETS

And it works very well.

Answer 3

The Java API must be used in an interactive way, if you're running this on a server that can't pop up a web-browser (which will let you approve an OAuth dialog), then the authentication flow doesn't get proper credentials and won't work.

While running this, do you see a browser pop up to approve an OAuth dialog? If not, you're likely running in a headless session and will need some other means to get the user's credentials.

Answer 4

Try replacing "Sheet1!A4:H" with A4:H