How to create gmail business user account using google API with PHP

Question

I want to create a new gmail business user account in gmail using PHP. When I run this code it will shows some message like Open the following link in your browser: with URL and asking for verification code. If I run the link in browser it will generate some random string. I got 403 error when I paste the random string in terminal for verification. Here is my code.

<?php
require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';


define('APPLICATION_NAME', 'Directory API PHP Quickstart');
define('CREDENTIALS_PATH', '~/.credentials/admin-directory_v1-php-quickstart.json');
define('CLIENT_SECRET_PATH', __DIR__ . '/client_secret.json');
// If modifying these scopes, delete your previously saved credentials
// at ~/.credentials/admin-directory_v1-php-quickstart.json
define('SCOPES', implode(' ', array(
  Google_Service_Directory::ADMIN_DIRECTORY_USER_READONLY)
));

if (php_sapi_name() != 'cli') {
  throw new Exception('This application must be run on the command line.');
}

/**
 * Returns an authorized API client.
 * @return Google_Client the authorized client object
 */
function getClient() {
  $client = new Google_Client();
  $client->setApplicationName(APPLICATION_NAME);
  $client->setScopes(SCOPES);
  $client->setAuthConfig(CLIENT_SECRET_PATH);
  $client->setAccessType('offline');

  // Load previously authorized credentials from a file.
  $credentialsPath = expandHomeDirectory(CREDENTIALS_PATH);
  if (file_exists($credentialsPath)) {
    $accessToken = json_decode(file_get_contents($credentialsPath), true);
  } else {
    // Request authorization from the user.
    $authUrl = $client->createAuthUrl();
    printf("Open the following link in your browser:\n%s\n", $authUrl);
    print 'Enter verification code: ';
    $authCode = trim(fgets(STDIN));

    // Exchange authorization code for an access token.
    $accessToken = $client->fetchAccessTokenWithAuthCode($authCode);

    // Store the credentials to disk.
    if(!file_exists(dirname($credentialsPath))) {
      mkdir(dirname($credentialsPath), 0700, true);
    }
    file_put_contents($credentialsPath, json_encode($accessToken));
    printf("Credentials saved to %s\n", $credentialsPath);
  }
  $client->setAccessToken($accessToken);

  // Refresh the token if it's expired.
  if ($client->isAccessTokenExpired()) {
    $client->fetchAccessTokenWithRefreshToken($client->getRefreshToken());
    file_put_contents($credentialsPath, json_encode($client->getAccessToken()));
  }
  return $client;
}

My error

Fatal error: Uncaught Google_Service_Exception: { "error": { "errors": [ { "domain": "global", "reason": "forbidden", "message": "Not Authorized to access this resource/api" } ], "code": 403, "message": "Not Authorized to access this resource/api" } }

Welcome to stack please read https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask. Your question is to broad please show us what you have tried and describe any problems you are having with your current solution. — Linda Lawton - DaImTo, Jul 04 '17 at 12:36
Which 403 error please copy the full error into your question. — Linda Lawton - DaImTo, Jul 04 '17 at 14:15
`Fatal error: Uncaught Google_Service_Exception: { "error": { "errors": [ { "domain": "global", "reason": "forbidden", "message": "Not Authorized to access this resource/api" } ], "code": 403, "message": "Not Authorized to access this resource/api" } }` — Matthew Vijay, Jul 05 '17 at 12:59

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 05 '17 at 13:05

Fatal error: Uncaught Google_Service_Exception:

{  
   "error":{  
      "errors":[  
         {  
            "domain":"global",
            "reason":"forbidden",
            "message":"Not Authorized to access this resource/api"
         }
      ],
      "code":403,
      "message":"Not Authorized to access this resource/api"
   }
}

Means that the user you are authenticating with does not have access to an admin directory account

The Directory API lets you perform administrative operations on users, groups, organizational units, and devices in your account.

Solution: Login with a user who has access to the G suite account.

Its woking now. Is that a way to create a user account using PHP? — Matthew Vijay, Jul 07 '17 at 06:33

How to create gmail business user account using google API with PHP

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