Rate limits and location search

[Jens Theisen]

Hello,

with Basic Access, we have 10,000 requests per day, that's a bit more than one request every ten seconds.

In order to implement a location search autocomplete field as Google itself has it in their campaign edit forms, one will have to do at least one request per second (multiple concurrent sessions could in principle share such requests). This leads to about 10 times the number of requests if the usage is continuous (which it isn't right now).

With Standard access, which we do not yet have, the limitations are no longer so transparent.

I'd like to have a ballpark figure from somebody who can tell about whether with Standard Access, when it will become necessary, the necessary roughly 100,000 requests per day can be made to ensure autocomplete location search fields can work reasonably well.

Having a ballpark figure for Standard Access request limits would also help in protecting against throttling failures up front and estimating whether and when we may have a scalability problem.

Thank you for any assistance,

Jens

[Vincent Racaza (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Jens,

The basic access level of a developer token can only execute up to 10,000 operations and 1,000 report downloads per day. If you believe that you will be exceeding these numbers on your end, then you need to apply for the standard access level as it provides you unlimited daily operations and report downloads as described here. You can also check this guide for more information regarding access levels in the AdWords API.

If you want to apply for a standard access, kindly fill out this form. 

Thanks,

Vincent

AdWords API Team