Adwords ServiceAccount

[Chris Sturgeon]

Question regarding setting up a service account to access adwords.

On the following link I found what I believe is everything necessary:

https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/service-accounts

My question is the adwords account that i am accessing contains 10+ domains none of which have a Google Apps domain account. Is google saying that in order to access adwords via the API we are going to have to have a Google App domain at $50 per year per domain? 

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Steps to granting a service account impersonation abilities

1. Add a new authorized API client to your Google Apps domain by going to:

                https://www.google.com/a/cpanel/YOUR_DOMAIN/ManageOauthClients

                Note: Be sure to replace YOUR_DOMAIN with your actual domain (e.g., mydomain.com).

2. Add a new authorized API client using the client ID we generated in the API console in step 1 as the "Client Name".

3. Enter the following for the API scope:

             https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords

Repeat the process for all other service accounts you want to grant impersonation power to.

[Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team)]

Hi,

If you simply want a flow that allows you to access AdWords accounts on an ongoing basis, I would recommend using the much simpler installed application or web flows with offline access. This works particularly well if you place your accounts under a common MCC as shown in this guide:

https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/clientlogin-to-oauth2-single-mcc

Service accounts are quite complex and in my experience, 95% of the users who initially think they need to use a service account find that the installed application or web flows work for their use case.

Cheers,

Josh, AdWords API Team