Google Groups Settings API failing with System Errors

Question

Having had repeatedly no joy with accessing groups settings via UrlFetch in GoogleAppsScript I looked to test the basic query I was using according to the docs in the APIs Explorer

UrlFetchApp.fetch('https://www.googleapis.com/groups/v1/groups/exampleGroupId@example.com?key={YOUR_API_KEY}', fetchArgs);

Never completes a round tring

The fact that the APIs explorer also fails with similar errors at least gives me some comfort, but where to report the failing?

GET https://www.googleapis.com/groups/v1/groups/exampleGroupId@example.com?key={YOUR_API_KEY}
Authorization:  Bearer ya29....[snip]
X-JavaScript-User-Agent:  Google APIs Explorer

gives

200 OK
cache-control:  private, max-age=0, must-revalidate, no-transform
content-encoding:  gzip
content-length:  731
content-type:  application/atom+xml; charset=UTF-8
date:  Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:31:09 GMT
etag:  "N…[snip]…I"
expires:  Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:31:09 GMT
server:  GSE

[application/atom+xml; charset=UTF-8 data]

adding any field to the query

GET https://www.googleapis.com/groups/v1/groups/exampleGroupId@example.com?fields=archiveOnly&key={YOUR_API_KEY}
Authorization:  Bearer ya29....[snip]
X-JavaScript-User-Agent:  Google APIs Explorer

always results in error

400 Bad Request
cache-control:  private, max-age=0
content-encoding:  gzip
content-length:  209
content-type:  application/vnd.google.gdata.error+xml; charset=UTF-8
date:  Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:33:34 GMT
expires:  Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:33:34 GMT
server:  GSE

[application/vnd.google.gdata.error+xml; charset=UTF-8 data]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<errors xmlns="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005">
 <error>
  <domain>GData</domain>
  <code>invalidParameter</code>
  <location type="parameter">fields</location>
  <internalReason>Invalid field selection archiveOnly</internalReason>
 </error>
</errors>

Is the API borked?

Answer 1

Try using the Google OAuth 2.0 Playground instead. I think the Groups Settings API Explorer is broken.

I am also having trouble with implementing with in Apps Script. I am stuck in an authorization loop. Similar to this reported bug. https://code.google.com/p/google-apps-script-issues/issues/detail?id=3046