Is it possible to access the AdSense API using ruby? - ruby-on-rails

Question

I am trying to access the AdSense Management API using ruby. They recommend using their generic Google-API client library:
http://code.google.com/p/google-api-ruby-client/#Google_AdSense_Management_API
This hasn't been very helpful and I have run into errors:
Faraday conflicts in google_drive and google-api-client
Where should I start in order to get access to my AdSense data?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Unfortunately, we haven't prepared any sample code for the AdSense Management API... yet! As you point out, though, the client library is generic, and should work with any of the newer Google APIs, so some of the other samples may help.
If you're running into any specific issues, please create a question focused on those and point me to it, and I'll do my best to help.
If you want a quick sample to get started, I can cook that up for you, but we should make sure the issues you're running into have to do with the AdSense Management API itself, and not just the client library, as the one you were linking to.
[Edit]
Here's a quick sample, based on Sinatra:
#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'sinatra'
require 'google/api_client'
FILENAME = 'auth.obj'
OAUTH_CLIENT_ID = 'INSERT_OAUTH2_CLIENT_ID_HERE'
OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET = 'INSERT_OAUTH2_CLIENT_SECRET_HERE'
before do
#client = Google::APIClient.new
#client.authorization.client_id = OAUTH_CLIENT_ID
#client.authorization.client_secret = OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET
#client.authorization.scope = 'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/adsense'
#client.authorization.redirect_uri = to('/oauth2callback')
#client.authorization.code = params[:code] if params[:code]
# Load the access token here if it's available
if File.exist?(FILENAME)
serialized_auth = IO.read(FILENAME)
#client.authorization = Marshal::load(serialized_auth)
end
if #client.authorization.refresh_token && #client.authorization.expired?
#client.authorization.fetch_access_token!
end
#adsense = #client.discovered_api('adsense', 'v1.1')
unless #client.authorization.access_token || request.path_info =~ /^\/oauth2/
redirect to('/oauth2authorize')
end
end
get '/oauth2authorize' do
redirect #client.authorization.authorization_uri.to_s, 303
end
get '/oauth2callback' do
#client.authorization.fetch_access_token!
# Persist the token here
serialized_auth = Marshal::dump(#client.authorization)
File.open(FILENAME, 'w') do |f|
f.write(serialized_auth)
end
redirect to('/')
end
get '/' do
call = {
:api_method => #adsense.reports.generate,
:parameters => {
'startDate' => '2011-01-01',
'endDate' => '2011-08-31',
'dimension' => ['MONTH', 'CUSTOM_CHANNEL_NAME'],
'metric' => ['EARNINGS', 'TOTAL_EARNINGS']
}
}
response = #client.execute(call)
output = ''
if response && response.data && response.data['rows'] &&
!response.data['rows'].empty?
result = response.data
output << '<table><tr>'
result['headers'].each do |header|
output << '<td>%s</td>' % header['name']
end
output << '</tr>'
result['rows'].each do |row|
output << '<tr>'
row.each do |column|
output << '<td>%s</td>' % column
end
output << '</tr>'
end
output << '</table>'
else
output << 'No rows returned'
end
output
end