Regarding Developer token failure during rule execution in Google Ads API

[Safetynet Devs]

Hello Team,

We are facing below error while migrating AdWords API to Google Ads API

errors {
error_code {
authorization_error: DEVELOPER_TOKEN_PROHIBITED
}
message: "Developer token is not allowed with project XXXXX"
}

When we went through Google Ads API document, we came to know that "Each Google API Console project can be associated with the one developer token. Once we make a Google Ads API request, the developer token is permanently paired to the Google API Console project".

However, our Google Ads API console project contains multiple manager accounts, and they have their own developer tokens. We just wanted to know how it will impact on Billing and API requests (Mutate + GoogleAdsService Search) execution part if we use the single developer token of one manager account (the one with standard access) for all manager accounts.

We have below queries regarding the issue we have been facing :

1. How the billing is generated if we use single developer token for all the manager accounts, is it consolidated or individual for each manager account.
2. Will this impact number of API request (Mutate operation + Google Ads search operation) per day limits if we use single developer token for all the manager accounts.

Thanks.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Thank you for posting your concern.

Please see my answer below for each question:
1. How the billing is generated if we use single developer token for all the manager accounts, is it consolidated or individual for each manager account.
- You may raise this question to the GCP support team via this link as they are more knowledgeable about how billing will be accumulated for this scenario. 

2. Will this impact number of API request (Mutate operation + Google Ads search operation) per day limits if we use single developer token for all the manager accounts.
-Yes, the more Google Ads accounts are using the developer token, the more likely it will reach the limit of the basic access developer token that is discussed in this table. If you require more operations per day, then I would suggest applying for standard access developer token by following this guide.

Regards,

Ernie John Google Ads API Team

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