Ads API access granted but UNAUTHORIZED

[MateiB]

I have recently applied for Twitter API access in order to automate marketing activities. I have extracted the user key/secret and access tokes necessary for the use of the API, however, when connecting from Python I receive the following error:

<Forbidden object at 0x113004408 code=403 details=[{‘code’: ‘UNAUTHORIZED_CLIENT_APPLICATION’, ‘message’: ‘The client application making this request does not have access to this API’}]>

Could you please confirm that the account id that was granted necessary permissions is indeed associated with account ID = ‘18ce53wctv2’ and app id = ‘892809783’ and if that is not the problem instruct me what could be wrong?

PS: we have also used twurl ($ twurl -t -H ads-api.twitter.com “/3/accounts”) with no success.

The error we received from twurl is attached below

{“errors”:[{“code”:“UNAUTHORIZED_CLIENT_APPLICATION”,“message”:“The client application making this request does not have access to this API”}],“request”:{“params”:{}}}

[juanshishido]

@MateiB: Are you sure that is the correct app ID? Not finding record of it.

[MateiB]

Not entirely. I’ve tried also the Owner ID, which is 2292738332, with the same result. Couldn’t find any other app ID to be honest. Would you be able to instruct us on how to proceed?

[juanshishido]

Yes, glad to help. When you go on apps.twitter.com and select the app you’re interested in, look for the number at the end of the URL. For example, with https://apps.twitter.com/app/12345/show, the app ID would be 12345. Thanks!

[MateiB]

Thanks Juan! Found it now.
Unfortunately, we still cannot access the API, now saying that the Account ID is not the correct one. We have tried with 18ce53wctv2 which is the ID of the account we use for ads and from which I have applied for API access.

We’re trying to use python https://github.com/twitterdev/twitter-python-ads-sdk

Assuming that the ID above is not the correct one, where could we find the one we need?

[majoritasdev]

Hi @MateiB! Maybe you have to re-authorize your app, now that you’re using the correct app id, and get new / correct access tokens and secrets?..

[MateiB]

Thanks for your reply. Would that mean that I have to re-apply for API access, or is there another way to re-authorize the app?

[SamSchmir]

Hi @MateiB,

The same thing happened to me when I first got Ads API access. Not sure if you’ve tried this, but what I did was I made sure that the correct application was set as the default.

To do this, check to see which app is currently default:
$ twurl accounts

If you see that the account doesn’t exist or you have a different app set as default, change it using
$ twurl set default ACCOUNT_NAME CONSUMER_KEY

Also make sure that the app is added:
$ twurl authorize --consumer-key KEY --consumer-secret SECRET
It will return a URL that you will need to navigate to in a browser to complete the authorization process. Once added, set it default.

Let me know if this helps.

[majoritasdev]

@MateiB: No, you don’t need to re-apply for Ads API Access once you have it. By reauthorization I mean that the user of the application that you’re developing needs to go through the “Login with Twitter” flow again, in order to get new access token and secret that now are associated to the correct Twitter application.

Hope this clarifies things.

Also, follow Sam’s steps in twurl to see if it solves the problem.

[MateiB]

@majoritasdev Thanks for your help.