Google Data Api returning an invalid access token?

Ok so the problem was in the scope when requesting an authorization code. I had accidentally set the scope to be https://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/default/full (the url for retrieving all contacts), the perils of late night coding. Ironically as the example in the question used the correct hard coded url it did not have the error.

I'll leave the question in the hope that those having a similar problem will find it and the code in the question works.

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