Invalid Credentials on login

[ghost]

Re-writing a python app in Java where I used to use gmusic api.

Very simple use, I'm just looking to list songs in my library and play from urls, so the only functionality I need is getAllSongs() and Song.getURL()

Trying to initialise a GoogleMusicAPI with a very simple login is not working for me. I'm just doing so far:

GoogleMusicAPI musicAPI = new GoogleMusicAPI();
        try {
            musicAPI.login(GoogleMediaUsername, GoogleMediaPassword);
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            System.out.println(ex);
        }

I'm getting the Invalis Credentials Exception with the message "gmusic.api.impl.InvalidCredentialsException: Provided credentials: '***********@googlemail.com' and '*******' where insufficient" (redacted, not actually asterixs)

Not sure what I'm doing wrong because the login credentials are correct and I'm trying to peice together the correct procedure from mathod names as there's obv no documentation or comments in the API.

Can you assist at all?

[jkiddo]

You need to use app specific credentials - see https://support.google.com/a/answer/1032419?hl=en

[ghost]

Thanks for replying so fast (didnt expect that given how long since the project seems to have been active)

I'm not quite sure what you mean by that (I dont have much experience in cloud apps and service authentication etc). The link you supplied seems to be specifically about 2-step authentication, which I dont have or want set up on this account (the account will be hard coded without really to possibility to authenticate on the fly). Also, this wan't required using https://github.com/simon-weber/gmusicapi, of which this api is apparently a port.

Any more detailed help on how I can log in to play and get the songs list would be amazing

[jkiddo]

Sorry - got the wrong link for you. What you need to look at is https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en since the framework does not support anything else

[ghost]

Hi jkiddo. Thanks for that link, however I set up 2-step authentication on my account, generated an app password for my project and when using it in the same way I still get:
gmusic.api.impl.InvalidCredentialsException: Provided credentials: '********@gmail.com' and '*********' where insufficient

[jkiddo]

Its broken