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Asked: 2026-06-10T07:27:49+00:00

A quick search for the RGoogleDocs packages gives several old SO threads: https://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=newest&q=rgoogledocs Does

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A quick search for the RGoogleDocs packages gives several old SO threads: https://stackoverflow.com/search?tab=newest&q=rgoogledocs

Does anyone have recent experience with this package?

I have the package installed, but when I try to use it with my private Google App account I get a simple: Error: Forbidden message.

When I switch over to my regular Google account, the authentication step noted here works, but the getDocs(x) function gives:

Error in getDocs(gcon) :
problems connecting to get the list of documents: Forbidden (403)

Any advice would be appreciated.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Have you tried this? It works for me. I am not using an app account but rather a personal account. When last I tried it on an app account it worked. 

    library(RGoogleDocs)  
if(exists("ps")) print("got password, keep going") else ps <-readline(prompt="get the password in ")  #conditional password asking  
options(RCurlOptions = list(capath = system.file("CurlSSL", "cacert.pem", package = "RCurl"), ssl.verifypeer = FALSE))  
sheets.con <- getGoogleDocsConnection(getGoogleAuth("yourusername@gmail.com", ps, service ="wise"))  
data<-getWorksheets("yourspreadsheetnamehere",sheets.con)  
names(data)  
sheetofinterest <-sheetAsMatrix(data$"nameoftabehere",header=TRUE, as.data.frame=TRUE, trim=TRUE) #Get one sheet
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