Request failure for basic example (Developer token not approved)

[Vladi Iancu]

Hello

So I was trying out some of the basic examples provided here https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/rest/examples

I have previously made a call, successfully to https://googleads.googleapis.com/v11/customers:listAccessibleCustomers

However, when trying out the googleAds:searchStream and pushing a query I get this error:

{
    "error": {
        "code": 403,
        "message": "The caller does not have permission",
        "status": "PERMISSION_DENIED",
        "details": [
            {
                "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.ads.googleads.v11.errors.GoogleAdsFailure",
                "errors": [
                    {
                        "errorCode": {
                            "authorizationError": "DEVELOPER_TOKEN_NOT_APPROVED"
                        },
                        "message": "The developer token is not approved. Non-approved developer tokens can only be used with test accounts."
                    }
                ],
                "requestId": "DEjgGZhte1lRi94I__iogA"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Since the first call worked, it's clear that I have a test account and I'm using it to make requests but it won't work

Can you please provide assistance on this?

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Vladi,

Thanks for reaching out to the Google Ads API support. I understand that you have encountered the DEVELOPER_TOKEN_NOT_APPROVED error. Please note that non-approved developer tokens can only be used with test accounts as you mentioned as well. The solution is to either upgrade your access level to Basic access via this form or make API calls to test accounts.

Hope that helps clarify things. Let me know if you have any remaining questions.


Best,

Anthony Cyril Google Ads API Team

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[Vladi Iancu]

Hi All

It seems I confused the access type of the MCC account with the test account

So, to recap for anybody possibly reading this you need:

1. Production MCC account which will provide develop-token. Initially, this developer token can be used against test-accounts.

2. Then you can create A manager Test account

3. Then you can add a test client under that manager test account. 

4. Then you can make requests with the developer token on those client ids. 

I also had another error regarding DEVELOPER TOKEN access not granted for project X.

Once you make requests under a certain project (Google Cloud I think) you cannot make using a different one.