ZC API statements - Not application owner issue

ZC API statements - Not application owner issue

I have come across an issue several times in the last few weeks. If my client is allows me to develop an application in his workspace I cannot add API commands (zoho.crm.updateRecord etc) to the ZC app as I am not the application owner. This only becomes an issue when the client will not let me use his ZC credentials to build the application as they are his Google Apps credentials. (It doesn't happen every time either. Sometimes I have added the statement as a comment and asked the owner to 'un-comment' the line other times it works okay?)

What is the best work around for this? As more and more cross application functionality is added here it is becoming tougher to develop for Google Apps clients when using these integration methods, especially when I want to see how the apps usage is affecting deluge statement quotas.

Thanks
Mark