API Bidder software Multi-Token issue

[Előd Czakó]

Hail Migthy AdWords Users!

We have created an efficient API program that helps us to optimize our clients spendings a way manually would not be possible (with a 5 minute polling). 

We decided to do a bit more coding and put in extra effort to offer this software for our clients as a self service solution. However we face a problem what I don't know how to solve. 

If a client want's to efficiently join in the software and start using it immediately, then waiting for a Token approval would be problematic. Even if we consider how painful it can be for a non-technical person. Is there any good solution to bridge this gap? Even linking their MCC could not be delivered automatically because requires manual confirmation. Also the limited amount of MCC links and the depth of level they may be interrelated, causes an issue (even if the limits are high). 

So the question is:

Is there a way to provide a service like a campaign manager / builder solution for a user without the dev token for them? We have of course one, but can we somehow solve this?

I know solutions like http://supermetrics.com/product/supermetrics-data-grabber/ using the API to gather data, however this is just collection and not propagation of data. 

All help are much appreciated! 

Thank you in advance,

Elod

[Nadine Sundquist (AdWords API Team)]

Greetings Előd,

That sounds like a cool application. Based on what you've described, it sounds like your application is a good candidate for the OAuth 2.0 web flow. We mention it when describing how you can set up authentication in the AdWords API. The software user wouldn't need to deal with things like developer tokens. Check out the guide on Using OAuth 2.0 for Web Server Applications to see how it can simplify your user experience.

Cheers,

Nadine, AdWords API Team