Google Custom search API returning Access Not Configured

Question

We are calling API by url:

https://www.googleapis.com/customsearch/v1?key=MY_KEY&cx=CUSTOM_SEARCH_ID&q=flower

getting error in reponse:

"error": {
  "errors": [
   {
    "domain": "usageLimits",
    "reason": "accessNotConfigured",
    "message": "Access Not Configured. Please use Google Developers Console to activate the API for your project."
   }
  ],
  "code": 403,
  "message": "Access Not Configured. Please use Google Developers Console to activate the API for your project."
}

WE have enabled Custom Search API and Google + API. Still getting above error. Should we needto enable some other API too?

Please help.

Tom Tom · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-28T20:13:04

(I'm repeating here the answer I gave you here).

No, I believe that custom search API is the only API that you need to enable.

So, I would consider whether you have the right key and CSE ID.

To verify your CSE ID, do a test query from here (fill in ): https://console.developers.google.com/project/PROJECT_ID/apiui/api/customsearch/method/search.cse.list

If your query works there, but still doesn't work in your code, then perhaps the issue is your key. If you are just doing a simple URL request (as you show in your Q), then I would expect you are using a server key. And, of course, the key you are using must be from the same project where you have enabled the CSE API.

Google Custom search API returning Access Not Configured

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