403 Forbidden message when calling the v3 Google Calendar API using a Service Account via OAuth 2.0

Question

This is a follow on from my thread about a 401 error when using the Google Calendar API and OAuth2, which can be found here

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Answer 1

Solved, thanks to this post.

You have to share the calendar from your Google Calendar account with the Service Account email that is generated in the Google API Console, e.g. 284XXXXXXXX@developer.gserviceaccount.com.

I can now update my calendar from my web service.

Answer 2

I was also getting the same error even after sharing the calendar as in the Justin's answer. After comparing with another working sample figured out that I have set

var SCOPES = ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.readonly"];

instead of

var SCOPES = ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar"];

Hope this helps anyone who has done a similar mistake and getting this error.

Answer 3

In my case I had to enable the CalDAV API in the Google API console. It gives a 403 response if disabled.

I know this is an old question, but this might be helpful for someone.