email_pastes API Key Generation insufficient

[jaraco]

Following the instructions on generating API keys for Custom Search API, and configuring those values in config.py, I still get an error message when searching Pastes that the key is not configured:

---> Finding Paste(s)..

[-] google_cse_key and google_cse_cx not configured. Skipping paste(s) search.
Please refer to http://datasploit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/apiGeneration/.

Doing a little troubleshooting, I find the error message is misleading, and that error message is posted when the query fails also:

$ python -m pdb emailOsint.py test@example.com
> .../datasploit/emailOsint.py(3)<module>()
-> from __future__ import absolute_import
(Pdb) b emails/email_pastes.py:68
Breakpoint 1 at .../datasploit/emails/email_pastes.py:68
(Pdb) c
[-] Skipping Clearbit because it is marked as disabled.

---> Finding Paste(s)..

> .../datasploit/emails/email_pastes.py(68)main()
-> if cfg.google_cse_key != "" and cfg.google_cse_key != "XYZ" and cfg.google_cse_cx != "" and cfg.google_cse_cx != "XYZ":
(Pdb) n
> .../datasploit/emails/email_pastes.py(69)main()
-> status, data = google_search(email)
(Pdb) n
> .../datasploit/emails/email_pastes.py(70)main()
-> return [status, data]
(Pdb) status
False
(Pdb) data
{'error': {'errors': [{'domain': 'usageLimits', 'reason': 'accessNotConfigured', 'message': 'Project ELIDED is not found and cannot be used for API calls. If it is recently created, enable CustomSearch API by visiting https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/customsearch.googleapis.com/overview?project=ELIDED then retry. If you enabled this API recently, wait a few minutes for the action to propagate to our systems and retry.', 'extendedHelp': 'https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/customsearch.googleapis.com/overview?project=ELIDED'}], 'code': 403, 'message': 'Project ELIDED is not found and cannot be used for API calls. If it is recently created, enable CustomSearch API by visiting https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/customsearch.googleapis.com/overview?project=ELIDED then retry. If you enabled this API recently, wait a few minutes for the action to propagate to our systems and retry.'}}

So this is sort of two bugs:

1. The instructions are insufficient. One must also enable the project with the search API.
2. When the query fails, the actual cause (and message to resolve) is masked and the wrong cause is reported.

[Chan9390]

Hey @jaraco thats for the suggestions. Please pull the latest code, and check if you are facing the same issue. Any further feedback would be grateful.

[hurrahhh]

Hi @Chan9390 i have pulled the latest code but i still see similar error when i try to search on an email ID and i have double checked that i have put in the correct google_cse_key and google_cse_cx.

Can you help me with this issue please? many thanks!

[encryptednonrandom]

These instructions need to be updated to include the api key for google custom search api:
https://datasploit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/apiGeneration/#google-custom-search-engine-api-key-and-cx-id
Get API KEY for "google_api" in config.py
https://developers.google.com/custom-search/json-api/v1/overview#api_key

confirm it works by passing info@test.com and it should return pastebin results