How do I get the adwords MCC / Manager Account ID using the Google Adwords API. I have gone through the documentation but was unable to find it.
In the documentation it states
ClientCustomerId will be required for all requests except for
CustomerService.get
The details of the CustomerService.get request can be seen here
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We were using Google Adwords API to create an Audience(UserList). Adwords API returns userListId as response. In Google Ads API in order to update the Audience, we need to pass resource Name (as compared to UserListId in Adwords API). How do I go about using Audience(UserList) created in Adwords API using Google Ads API?
The documentation explains how the resource name for each resource is composed. In the case of a user list, it's
customers/{customer_id}/userLists/{user_list_id}
where customer_id is the ID of the Ads account and user_list_id is the ID you obtained when you created the list.
I have google oauth2 authorization. To work with google adwords, I need developer token. I can see it on the website in my account, but is there any way to find it programmatically through the api?
google support replied that now there is no such possibility https://groups.google.com/d/msg/adwords-api/RLpvEMFay4s/Wm75mEj9BAAJ
I am a telephony based company. I would like my users to authenticate me using OAuth method to fetch their google adwords campaign details related to the google account. Which google adwords api should be used to achieve this requirement.
What do you mean by campaign details? There are many kinds of campaign-level report API that gives information about campaign like this performance report, for example: https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/campaign-performance-report
I am looking at developing an app using the google adwords api.
I have found here that I need an MCC account to be able to access the google adwords API.
Does this mean that only people with adwords accounts linked to my MCC account can use my app?
Or can my app be accessed by anyone with an adwords account?
Your app will be able to access any AdWords account provided the owner of that account allows it.
The AdWords account does not need to be linked to your MCC.
The user of your app will have to grant permission for your app to access their AdWords account before any calls to the AdWords API are made by your app.
Check these docs on the OAuth2 flow out for further details and then these for installed applications.
What i need to do to use Google AdWords API? Is it real that i must register at My Client Center, pay money and pass stupid tests on google testing service?
in order to use AdWords API, you need to:
have a regular Google AdWords account (not My Client Center - MCC one) with campaigns
have an MCC account... which cannot have campaigns but have an access to API
link your regular AdWords account with the MCC account
ask for API access from your MCC Account (My Profile section)
pay for API use per Google's rate sheet
... you can apply for free API usage, however this does come with a cost. This is where you need to do those stupid tests to get recognized as Certified Partner and fulfill some other requirements. And yes, you need to pay for these tests (last time I checked, it was $50 per test, there are about 4 of them for AdWords altogether, don't know how many you need to pass to get certified though).
P.S.: those 2 accounts (AdWords and MCC) cannot be combined and for some reason only the MCC one has access to API... wierd but that goes "by design" according to API Support (can't find the link at the moment).
You can use the Adwords API without having a MCC or passing any tests, even WITHOUT having an Adwords account, by using the Adwords API sandbox
http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/docs/sandbox.html
Of course this is to be used only for developing and testing purposes..
For getting Google AdWords API access you do not need to give any test.
Google adwords api is free for basic access but billing detail you need to
provide to google adwords.
you can refer this link for sign Up process and how to get approve token,
https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/signingup?hl=en