Java NoSuchMethodError with Google Drive API JsonFactory

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I’m working on a Google Drive integration in Java and need to get OAuth tokens for authentication. I keep running into this error when trying to process the authentication response:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.google.api.client.json.JsonFactory.fromInputStream(Ljava/io/InputStream;Ljava/lang/Class;)

This happens when my code tries to parse the JSON response from Google’s OAuth endpoint. I think I might be missing the right library or have a version mismatch. Which specific JAR file should I include in my project to fix this missing method error? Are there any known compatibility issues with different versions of the Google API client libraries?

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This happens when your Google HTTP Client library and JSON processing library versions don’t match. I hit this exact issue last month with a Drive API integration. Had google-http-client version 1.39.2 but google-http-client-gson was still on 1.35.1. The JsonFactory.fromInputStream method signature changed between versions, so it throws NoSuchMethodError at runtime. Make sure you’re using the same versions for all Google client libraries - especially google-http-client, google-http-client-gson, and google-api-client. I fixed it by explicitly setting all three dependencies to the same version in my Maven POM file. This stops Maven from auto-resolving to incompatible versions.

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I hit the same issue when updating to the latest Google API libraries. That NoSuchMethodError usually means your library versions don’t match up. Check that your google-api-client version matches your google-api-services-drive version. I’d use version 1.34.0 or newer for the API client - it fixes those JsonFactory method signature problems. Also watch out for transitive dependencies pulling in old library versions. Running a Maven dependency tree analysis saved me when I had version conflicts.

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had this exact problem yesterday! I was mixing old Jackson libs with newer Google client versions. the jsonFactory method got refactored around version 1.32. quick fix - update all your Google dependencies to match. don’t mix versions. also check for old Jackson jars in your classpath.