server says: BadAuthentication' #260

mfrattola · 2020-05-21T14:20:26Z

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Please provide those informations:

Operating System Debian 10.4
Python version when running gplaycli Python3.7.3
GPlayCli version via gplaycli -v GPlayCli version 3.29
The way you installed gplaycli: python3 -m pip install gplaycli --user
The authentication method: (own) credentials

this is the on-screen log of the session:

../.local/bin/gplaycli -s firefox -c config.ae -v

[INFO] GPlayCli version 3.29 [Python3.7.3]
[INFO] Configuration file is ['config.ae']
[INFO] Device is bacon
[INFO] Using credentials to connect to API
[INFO] Using plaintext password
[ERROR] Bad authentication, login or password incorrect ('server says: BadAuthentication')

config file:

[Credentials]
token=false
gmail_address=ae.xxxxxxxx@google.com
gmail_password=xxxxxxxxxx

[Cache]
token=~/.cache/gplaycli/token

[Locale]
locale=en_GB
timezone=CEST

I verified the credentials. If you need anything else, just let me know. Thank you.

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sharifStrudent · 2020-05-21T15:41:05Z

I faced same error on other repository today:
dweinstein/node-google-play#123

mfrattola · 2020-05-22T15:32:34Z

Same error with racoon

m5x · 2020-05-25T02:25:01Z

Getting this error as well.

keyofd · 2020-05-25T03:37:43Z

Getting this error as well.

jr3074 · 2020-05-27T02:08:44Z

same error today

harryqt · 2020-11-10T07:00:28Z

any fix?

mfrattola · 2020-11-10T08:06:44Z

Hi, I haven't had the time to check it, but thank you for working on it.

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sepo83 · 2021-02-13T19:05:21Z

I might have found something...

On a fresh install (alpine; pyhton3.8) I have the same error as mentioned above. pip3 install gplaycli shows:

Requirement already satisfied: gplaycli in /gplaycli (3.29)
Requirement already satisfied: matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from gplaycli) (0.4.4.5)
Requirement already satisfied: pyaxmlparser in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from gplaycli) (0.3.24)
Requirement already satisfied: protobuf>=3.5.2 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (3.14.0)
Requirement already satisfied: cryptography>=2.2 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (3.3.2)
Requirement already satisfied: requests in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (2.25.1)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.4.1 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from cryptography>=2.2->matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (1.15.0)
Requirement already satisfied: cffi>=1.12 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from cryptography>=2.2->matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (1.14.4)
Requirement already satisfied: pycparser in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from cffi>=1.12->cryptography>=2.2->matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (2.20)
Requirement already satisfied: click>=6.7 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pyaxmlparser->gplaycli) (7.1.2)
Requirement already satisfied: lxml in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pyaxmlparser->gplaycli) (4.6.2)
Requirement already satisfied: chardet<5,>=3.0.2 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from requests->matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (4.0.0)
Requirement already satisfied: idna<3.2,>=2.5 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from requests->matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (3.1)
Requirement already satisfied: urllib3<1.27,>=1.21.1 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from requests->matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (1.26.2)

When I downgrade urllib3 with pip3 install --upgrade urllib3==1.24.2, the plaintext password works.

gentoolinux · 2021-02-15T18:55:01Z

When I downgrade urllib3 with pip3 install --upgrade urllib3==1.24.2, the plaintext password works.

Awesome! After downgrading urllib3 from 1.26.2 to 1.25.11 gplaycli is working for me again, too.

Thanks to your hint, I have found this issue: urllib3/urllib3#2101
Obviously the issue can be fixed by adjusting the supported cipher suites.
I did not had time to check how to apply this to gplaycli.

BiatuAutMiahn · 2021-03-05T23:29:20Z

Confirmed

shalva97 · 2021-05-02T16:45:14Z

same here, no matter what it always says [ERROR] Bad authentication, login or password incorrect ('server says: BadAuthentication')

fontanon · 2021-06-14T08:11:27Z

I might have found something...

On a fresh install (alpine; pyhton3.8) I have the same error as mentioned above. pip3 install gplaycli shows:

Requirement already satisfied: gplaycli in /gplaycli (3.29)
Requirement already satisfied: matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from gplaycli) (0.4.4.5)
Requirement already satisfied: pyaxmlparser in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from gplaycli) (0.3.24)
Requirement already satisfied: protobuf>=3.5.2 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (3.14.0)
Requirement already satisfied: cryptography>=2.2 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (3.3.2)
Requirement already satisfied: requests in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (2.25.1)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.4.1 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from cryptography>=2.2->matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (1.15.0)
Requirement already satisfied: cffi>=1.12 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from cryptography>=2.2->matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (1.14.4)
Requirement already satisfied: pycparser in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from cffi>=1.12->cryptography>=2.2->matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (2.20)
Requirement already satisfied: click>=6.7 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pyaxmlparser->gplaycli) (7.1.2)
Requirement already satisfied: lxml in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from pyaxmlparser->gplaycli) (4.6.2)
Requirement already satisfied: chardet<5,>=3.0.2 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from requests->matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (4.0.0)
Requirement already satisfied: idna<3.2,>=2.5 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from requests->matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (3.1)
Requirement already satisfied: urllib3<1.27,>=1.21.1 in /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages (from requests->matlink-gpapi>=0.4.4.4->gplaycli) (1.26.2)

When I downgrade urllib3 with pip3 install --upgrade urllib3==1.24.2, the plaintext password works.

This worked for me.

gentoolinux · 2021-06-27T14:25:31Z

Finally I managed to take a deeper look at this issue.
The issue can not be fixed in gplaycli. It needs to be fixed in googleplay-api.
I was able to resolve the issue using to following (quick and dirty) patch: gentoolinux/googleplay-api@6e4c7a4

onny · 2021-06-27T15:25:40Z

Finally I managed to take a deeper look at this issue.
The issue can not be fixed in gplaycli. It needs to be fixed in googleplay-api.
I was able to resolve the issue using to following (quick and dirty) patch: gentoolinux/googleplay-api@6e4c7a4

Have you opened a pull request? Thanks for your work!

matlink · 2021-06-28T20:15:15Z

Thank you for investingating it. I could pin the urllib version as a temporary fix.

sudofox · 2021-08-17T15:20:43Z

I could pin the urllib version as a temporay fix

How are we doing here? I'm trying to write a utility to automatically generate diffs between app versions when a new one is released, but this seems to be standing in the way

This lets you use the CLI tool of your choice to supply username and password, thereby letting you avoid storing your gmail username and password in plain text in the config file. POC because the code is brittle, ugly, undocumented, and untested. That last is of course the major crime, and is because I got authentication errors from Google Play no matter what I tried. I tried two different versions of urllib as described in this issue: matlink#260 as well as using an app password rather than my usual normal password. Alas, despite all that, I got nowhere, and so I threw my hands in the air and gave up.

besendorf · 2022-04-12T09:08:01Z

Is there any news on this issue? This has already lead other projects like exodus to maintain their own version of gplayapi: Exodus-Privacy/exodus@685ae5c

besendorf · 2022-04-12T14:24:47Z

I forked the projected and the library used by it. I also uploaded it to pypi. You can check it out here or just do pip install gplaycli2

muzzyrost · 2022-05-13T09:16:03Z

Same issue again on both login types with MFA and without it.

gplaycli -v -s youtube
[INFO] GPlayCli version 3.29 [Python3.9.5]
[INFO] Configuration file is /home/ub/.local/etc/gplaycli/gplaycli.conf
[INFO] Device is bacon
[INFO] Using credentials to connect to API
[INFO] Using plaintext password
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ub/.local/bin/gplaycli", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/ub/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gplaycli/gplaycli.py", line 651, in main
    cli.search(args.search, not args.paid)
  File "/home/ub/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gplaycli/hooks.py", line 8, in check_connection
    ok, err = self.connect()
  File "/home/ub/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gplaycli/gplaycli.py", line 415, in connect
    ok, err = self.connect_credentials()
  File "/home/ub/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gplaycli/gplaycli.py", line 448, in connect_credentials
    self.api.login(email=self.gmail_address, password=password)
  File "/home/ub/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/gpapi/googleplay.py", line 262, in login
    raise SecurityCheckError("Security check is needed, try to visit "
gpapi.googleplay.SecurityCheckError: 'Security check is needed, try to visit https://accounts.google.com/b/0/DisplayUnlockCaptcha to unlock, or setup an app-specific password'

aerickson · 2022-08-16T15:53:05Z

@besendorf is your fork still working for you? Getting 'bad authentication' even when using an app password. Thanks!

besendorf · 2022-08-16T16:03:56Z

@besendorf is your fork still working for you? Getting 'bad authentication' even when using an app password. Thanks!

Unfortunatly not but this still works for me:
https://github.com/89z/googleplay
however it's not as easy to use

MC874 · 2022-11-27T11:16:02Z

The repository is gone, do You have backup or alternatives? @besendorf

MC874 · 2022-11-28T01:31:07Z

Thanks, will try @9hk

ShaunLWM mentioned this issue Jun 18, 2020

BadAuthentication using an App Password ShaunLWM/node-whatsapp-drive-extractor#2

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FliegendeWurst mentioned this issue Jul 3, 2021

Fix "Bad Authentication" and APK downloading NoMore201/googleplay-api#145

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pnu-s mentioned this issue Sep 19, 2021

fix: Downgrade urllib3 to fix issue with gpapi Exodus-Privacy/exodus#456

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