I am trying to access YouTube Reporting API with a service account. But I am getting a 403 forbidden when trying to do youtubeReporting.jobs().list().execute().
YouTube Reporting API clearly supposed Server-to-server interaction.
Do I need to grant access to Youtube Reporting API for a google service account? If so, how?
FYI : I am not using google app domain.
You could create service credentials in the google console, but those credentials won't fix your issue. According to the docs,
The service account flow supports server-to-server interactions that do not access user information. However, the YouTube Reporting API and YouTube Analytics API do not support this flow. Since there is no way to link a Service Account to a YouTube account, attempts to authorize requests with this flow will generate an error.
It is p counter-intuitive-- (not to mention hard to locate)-- this info esp. since conceptually related YT APIs utilize service accounts, see here, and the reporting api actions wouldn't seem to need to be associated w/ a specific user account.
Unfortunately, if you use a service account for the Youtube Reporting API you will still end up with a 403 unauthorized caller error.
Instead, create and use web client google credentials. Store and use the token generated from the flow.
You can do that in the Cloud Platform Console. See https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/6158841?hl=en for details
