AdWords API Center doesn't appear as menu option under account settings

[Meir Cohen]

Hi,

I'm trying to connect to the API for the first time, run some tests and basically learn how to work with it as a manager account. I have 2 MCC accounts - test and non-test, and I have a problem with both of them.

The non-test manager account doesn't have any production account yet (simply because I don't have clients yet....) so I can connect to it through the API and play with it a little bit but there are no campaigns/ads/reports to work with so it doesn't really help me...

The test manager account - I created under the manager account 2 accounts and then campaigns and ads so in terms of data it has what I need but then when I click on the gear icon and then on "Account Settings" and look for the "AdWords API Center" menu item - it doesn't exist.

I read somewhere on the web that test manager accounts doesn't have access to the API center and can't get a Developer token. Is that the case? If yes - how can I start working with the API and see some actual data return from the calls?

[Peter Oliquino]

Hi Meir,

Yes, that's correct. The API center is only accessible via a production MCC. However, you may use the developer token from your production MCC with your test MCC to connect to the API and use your test client account to create test campaigns and ads . Please refer to this AdWords guideline for detailed instructions on how to accomplish that.

Best regards,

Peter

AdWords API Team