googleads.yaml Location Problem

[Sam]

Probably a stupid question, but I'm just starting to play around using Python and testing using the examples in the library, but am getting an error where the googleads.yaml file (which is up to date) is being search for in a location other than the one in which it sits (its original one when unzipped - C:\Python27\TestApp\googleads-python-lib-master). The error is:

PS C:\Python27\TestApp\googleads-python-lib-master\examples\adwords\v201409\reporting> python get_report_fields.py

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "get_report_fields.py", line 54, in <module>

    adwords_client = adwords.AdWordsClient.LoadFromStorage()

  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\googleads\adwords.py", line 218, in LoadFromStorage

  File "build\bdist.win32\egg\googleads\common.py", line 81, in LoadFromStorage

googleads.errors.GoogleAdsValueError: Given yaml file, C:\Users\Sam\googleads.yaml, could not be opened.

Do I need to move the file to this location? Why is this?

[Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team)]

Hi,

By default, the library is going to look for your configuration file in your home directory. However, if you want it to load the file from an alternate location you can pass the path when creating your AdWords client, e.g.,

adwords_client = AdWordsClient.LoadFromStorage("full_path_to_your_config")

Cheers,

Josh, AdWords API Team

[atro...@prosper.com]

What is the name of the config file? 

[Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team)]

Hi,

The file is named googleads.yaml. There's a sample version of this file in the library as well.

Thanks,

Josh, AdWords API Team