403s on any searches (logged in or out)

[TheKevJames]

I haven't used this tool since v3.5.6 and it looks like the auth changed a bit, so please let me know if I'm missing something obvious here -- I read the README section and the original issue, made myself an API key and client ID/secret which are living in ~/.config/youtube-viewer/api.json, then ran into the following 403s both when logged in and out.

The error message seems to be pointing to the > on this line, ie. its the 403 that really matters here (although it'd be great to get a better error message for that case!)

Is there something I'm missing here?

» youtube-viewer --version
YouTube Viewer 3.7.4

» youtube-viewer foo
[403 Forbidden] Error occurred on URL: https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?key=[...]&maxResults=20&part=snippet&prettyPrint=false&q=foo&type=video
Use of uninitialized value in numeric gt (>) at /usr/local/Cellar/youtube-viewer/3.7.4/libexec/lib/perl5/WWW/YoutubeViewer/Utils.pm line 224.

[!] No video results!
^C

» youtube-viewer --login

:: Get the authentication code: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?access_type=offline&client_id=523035435583-42vg8g28hel60d8i7nnitok7lktcu3t7.apps.googleusercontent.com&redirect_uri=urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob&response_type=code&scope=https://www.googleapis.com/auth/youtube.force-ssl

                            |
... and paste it below.    \|/
                            `
Code: [REDACTED]

Remember me [Y/n]: y

=>> Search for YouTube videos (:h for help)
> foo
[403 Forbidden] Error occurred on URL: https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?key=[...]&maxResults=20&part=snippet&prettyPrint=false&q=foo&type=video
Use of uninitialized value in numeric gt (>) at /usr/local/Cellar/youtube-viewer/3.7.4/libexec/lib/perl5/WWW/YoutubeViewer/Utils.pm line 224.

[!] No video results!
^C

» youtube-viewer --logout

=>> Search for YouTube videos (:h for help)
> foo
[403 Forbidden] Error occurred on URL: https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/search?key=[...]&maxResults=20&part=snippet&prettyPrint=false&q=foo&type=video
Use of uninitialized value in numeric gt (>) at /usr/local/Cellar/youtube-viewer/3.7.4/libexec/lib/perl5/WWW/YoutubeViewer/Utils.pm line 224.

[!] No video results!

[TheKevJames]

Ah, I submitted this issue too soon:

» mv ~/.config/youtube-viewer/api.json ~/.config/youtube-viewer/api.foo.json
» youtube-viewer foo 

 1. Foo Fighters - The Pretender (by foofightersVEVO) [04:31]
# SNIP

So there's something about that API file breaking normal search, independent of the login cycle. Investigating further...

[TheKevJames]

Steps to reproduce seem straightforward for me:

1. On the Google API creds page, do "Create Credentials > API Key" and leave it unrestricted. Copy it into ~/.config/youtube-viewer/api.json ("key")
2. On the Youtube API creds page, do "Create Credentials > OAuth client ID", select "Other", and copy 'em both into ~/.config/youtube-viewer/api.json ("client_id" and "client_secret", respectively)
3. Observe 403s on all usages of youtube-viewer

Running --login after the above does not appear to have an effect.

[TheKevJames]

Aha, looks like is is strictly an issue on my side -- the API needs to get manually enabled before the new creds will work for you; clicking on "Enable" on this page did the trick for searching for general results only, ie. youtube-viewer foo but not youtube-viewer -L.

Fixing anything that was tied to my account required re-logging in, but immediately worked the second time.

Will submit a PR to clean up these docs a bit; hopefully no one else gets confused like I did!