API Test account - how sandboxed and what data is available?

[Si J]

Hi

If I was to grant test level API access to a developer, what is the limit of the data that they can pull? We're wanting to make sure they're sandbox from prod but still able to access datapoints such as historical search volume on our keywords that are in use.

Thanks,
Si

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hi Si,

For developerToken's with test account access level, they would only be able to make calls using test accounts and only dummy data will be used. For more information on test accounts, you can refer to this guide.

Thanks and regards,

Peter

AdWords API Team

=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~
Also find us on our blog and discussion group:
    http://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/search/label/adwords_api
    https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/community/
=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~

Was your question answered? Please rate your experience with us by taking a short survey.
If not -- reply to this email and tell us what else we can do to help.

Take Survey

Also find us on our blog and discussion group:
http://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/search/label/adwords_api
https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/community/

--
--
=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~
Also find us on our blog:
https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/
=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~
 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "AdWords API and Google Ads API Forum" group.
To post to this group, send email to adwor...@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
adwords-api+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API and Google Ads API Forum" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adwords-api+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api.
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/ca75b55e-b98b-4100-bc81-61fc93b0e391%40googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

[Si J]

Hi Peter 

Thanks for the reply. I've had a look at the docs, that's helpful thank you. 

If someone was using a test account can they still access the optimization service, in particular historical search volumes per keyword using seed or upload test data?

Thanks,

Si.

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hi Si,

They can still use any of the AdWords API's services, but will only be able to use and retrieve dummy data. The kind of data that will be accessed will have no relevance to actual production data and cannot be used to determine any real situation statistics.

Actual data can only be accessed through an approved developerToken and also by using a production AdWords account.

Thanks and regards,

Peter

AdWords API Team

=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~
Also find us on our blog and discussion group:
    http://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/search/label/adwords_api
    https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/community/
=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~

Was your question answered? Please rate your experience with us by taking a short survey.
If not -- reply to this email and tell us what else we can do to help.

Take Survey

Also find us on our blog and discussion group:
http://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/search/label/adwords_api
https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/community/

--

--
=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~
Also find us on our blog:
https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/
=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~
 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "AdWords API and Google Ads API Forum" group.
To post to this group, send email to adwor...@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
adwords-api+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API and Google Ads API Forum" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adwords-api+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api.

To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/71aa81a2-6d0e-45e6-8d64-2de999ac6ed9%40googlegroups.com.

[Dorian Kind]

Hi Si,

you might be able to handle the scenario by using a production developer token, but giving your developer read-only access to the Google Ads account in question. That way, he'll be able to access all account data without risking any unwanted modifications to the setup.

Cheers,

Dorian

[Si J]

Great thanks Dorian.

To double check - the permissions set in the GUI persist to api access, because access still requires an individual client id/secret?

Cheers,
Si.

[Dorian Kind]

Yes, that is correct. You could say that there's three "levels" of credentials:

• Developer token: Identifies a given Adwords API developer, used for RMF enforcement, rate limiting and the like.
• OAuth2 client: Used to identify a given application towards a user and creating access tokens that can be used to access the API on the user's behalf. Multiple OAuth2 clients/applications can use the same developer token, and I assume the same OAuth2 client can be used with different developer tokens (haven't tested the second case, though).
• The actual Adwords user making the API call, identified via the OAuth2 access token. The effective Adwords permissions of that Adwords user determine what operations can be performed, both in the Web UI and via the Adwords API

I hope that clears up things somewhat.

Cheers,

Dorian

[Si J]

Great, thanks Dorian that's exactly what I wanted to know.

Cheers,
Si.