gspread.v4.exceptions.APIError - UNAUTHENTICATED

Python version: 3.6 gspread version: 2.0.0

Honestly I don’t know what happened. One day it was working and the next day (today) authentication is failing.

Code

scope = ['https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds',
         'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive']
creds = ServiceAccountCredentials.from_json_keyfile_name(
    "client-secret.json",
    scope
)
client = gspread.authorize(creds)
spreadsheet_key = "28934823459U24IR904RUI0924UR02834UR"
sheet = client.open_by_key(spreadsheet_key).worksheet("Log")

Error

2018-04-03T09:40:08.062563+00:00 app[web.1]: gspread.v4.exceptions.APIError: {

2018-04-03T09:40:08.062565+00:00 app[web.1]:   "error": {

2018-04-03T09:40:08.062566+00:00 app[web.1]:     "code": 401,

2018-04-03T09:40:08.062572+00:00 app[web.1]:     "message": "Request had invalid authentication      credentials. Expected OAuth 2 access token, login cookie or other valid authentication credential. See https://developers.google.com/identity/sign-in/web/devconsole-project.",

2018-04-03T09:40:08.062573+00:00 app[web.1]:     "status": "UNAUTHENTICATED"

2018-04-03T09:40:08.062574+00:00 app[web.1]:   }

2018-04-03T09:40:08.062576+00:00 app[web.1]: }

I checked issue #512 but I already had the right scope from the very start.

[raivatshah]

Why was this issue closed without a solution?

[guztaka]

Hi, I think this will help you. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45914349/python-gspread-request-error-401

The access_token have a lifetime so you have to do a simple gc.login()