Login failed. Ensure that correct credentials are provided.

[PacoH]

This used to work. Now it doesn't, even with valid credentials.

$ gplaydl -id com.whatsapp
Login failed. Ensure that correct credentials are provided.

[mysticaltech]

Same here! What could be happening?

[worldofprasanna]

Yes. For me too !!

[arbitraryrw]

Looks like the response from the GooglePlayAPI.login has changed for one reason or another. This means the token key referenced for login will be None. I imagine this is why your logins are failing.

The snippet below is what the current dictionary response looks like from GooglePlayAPI.login:

{
'authSubToken': None, 
'gsfId': None, 
'device_config_token': None, 
'deviceCheckinConsistencyToken': None, 
'dfeCookie': None, 
'proxies_config': None, 
'deviceBuilder'None
}

Update:
gplaydl/blob/master/gplaydl/gplaydl.py actually does correctly reference authSubToken, this shouldn't be a problem.

[PacoH]

the token key referenced for login will be None. I imagine this is why your logins are failing.

So what can we, the users, do about it?

[arbitraryrw]

Just looked through the source a bit more thoroughly, it is correctly referencing authSubToken. I'm building something on top of the googleplay-api which this tool is built on, if I find any issues I'll make sure to update.

[PacoH]

I'm building something on top of the googleplay-api which this tool is built on, if I find any issues I'll make sure to update.

Oh. that would be great. Thanks a lot.

[rehmatworks]

Are you using app passwords? Regular passwords will trigger a security challenge at Google's end. I ran a test and all looks fine for me. It works pretty well. Ensure that you are using app passwords. I'll do more testing and I'll release an upgrade if something needs a rewrite.

[PacoH]

What 'app passwords' are you talking about? You mean API keys? That would be ridiculous since getting one isn't free.

The gplaydl help clearly states:

gplaydl
usage: gplaydl [-h] [-c] [-id PACKAGEID] [-e EMAIL] [-p PASSWORD]
			   [-d STORAGEPATH] [-dc DEVICECODE] [-ex]
-e EMAIL, --email EMAIL
						Google username
-p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
						Google password

I tried both without and with single and double quotes (not specified in help), and username alone and email address, which I always use to log in to Google, and still, nothing works.

You need to be very specific when answering a question and give an actual example of what worked for you in order for your answer to be of help.

[PacoH]

I even uninstalled and reinstalled the app

Successfully uninstalled gplaydl-1.0.3
Successfully installed gplaydl-1.0.3

and added credentials to config file

gplaydl --configure -e email@gmail.com -p passwordOrAppPassword
Configuration file created successfully! Try downloading an APK file now.

Still getting:

Login failed. Ensure that correct credentials are provided.

I am even already logged in to my account in Chrome.

[rehmatworks]

@PacoH I've released a major upgrade. Even the old version was working fine for me (on Ubuntu servers and on my Macbook Pro), but that was using an older version of gpapi. Now I've published a custom version of gpapi and I'm using it for gplaydl.

To upgrade to the latest version, execute this in your terminal:

pip3 install --upgrade --force-reinstall gplaydl

In terms of app passwords, they aren't like the API keys. Would you kindly do a Google search? You should be able to set up an application-specific password within 5 minutes. If you can't find help from Google, follow these instructions:

1. Go to your Google account settings
2. Go to "Security Settings" & and then enable 2-factor auth on your account
3. Once 2-factor auth is enabled, create an app password here

And then use that app password in place of your regular account password. Once you have your login info, write the following command in terminal:

gplaydl configure

And hit enter. You will be asked for your Google email and password. Provide your Google email and app password. If all goes well, your auth config will be configured.

Now try downloading an app:

gplaydl download --packageId com.twitter

And please check the readme in the main repo for complete documentation. To improve the code and overall functionality of the package, I have rewritten a major part of it and commands are changed too. I hope you will love the new version.

I hope this explanation addresses the issues for all of you.

[PacoH]

OK. Thanks. I upgraded and now it doesn't even run.

gplaydl
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/gplaydl", line 7, in <module>
	from gplaydl.gplaydl import main
  File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/gplaydl/gplaydl.py", line 9, in <module>
	import validators
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'validators'

[rehmatworks]

pip3 install validators

BTW this module should get installed itself. I don't know what went wrong. Please run pip3 install validators and that should fix your issue.

[rehmatworks]

Strangely, the requirements were removed from setup.py file. Thank you for reporting this issue. I've added the requirements in setup.py file as well as have included a requirements.txt file too. Now installing the package from PyPi forcing a reinstall i.e. pip3 install --upgrade --force-reinstall gplaydl should work.

[PacoH]

Thanks! pip3 install validators worked with existing and uninstalling/reinstalling worked as well. I see syntax has changed and creating config file is easier. I only added gmail and password, no app password. This is great. Good support.

[rehmatworks]

That's great. I'm closing this issue for now considering that the issue should be addressed for all users by the latest upgrade.

[nazarwaheed]

That's great. I'm closing this issue for now considering that the issue should be addressed for all users by the latest upgrade.

AoA Rehmat

I am trying to use this api but unfortunately, the 'server says: BadAuthentication' error keeps coming up - I have generated app password and using it but still does not work - any help will be appreciated - I need to Download APKs from Google Play directly. Thanks