Add a User / Invite Management Access

[Alec Thomas]

To whom it may concern,

It seems to me there are 2 ways to invite a user on an MCC account:

1. Create a ManagedCustomer and send an invite. This will create a customer account managed by the MCC and allow a user to access it via their google account (at the email address you provided).
2. Invite a user to manage the account (aka adding a user to the account). This will send an invite link so that the user can access/manage the MCC.

The first is very clearly documented in the API docs/refs.

I have yet to find any documentation in the API docs/refs for the second.

That being said, I have the following questions:

1. Is it possible to invite a user to manage the MCC account from the API (the second kind)?
2. Must these emails be attached to a google account?
• If so, can I invite a non-google account email and have the user setup a google account through the invite link?
  

Thanks,

Alec

P.S. - It seems like the question was answered here 2 years ago and I would like to know if there have been any changes to the API functionality since then.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/adwords-api/cx3xEUTlzWg

[Peter Oliquino (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Alec,

The process you mentioned is correct and there had been no changes as to how the email access can be granted. As for your questions, the #1 item should not be possible since the email sent to the other AdWords account is just an invitation to link (MCC to client account) the said accounts. Invitations to emails for accessing/modifying AdWords accounts via the AdWords UI can only be sent via the UI.

For the email accounts to send invites to, they don't necessarily need to be associated to a google account, and yes, you should be able to invite non-google or gmail email accounts to manage your account(s) without a need for them to setup a separate google or gmail email account.

I hope this helps.

Thanks and regards,
Peter

AdWords API Team