How to use the Google Ads API using REST Only

[De1]

Hi,

I'm creating a solution using Apps Script so I'm not using a client library. I'm finding it difficult to get at how to do things using REST as the documentation focuses on gRPC.

eg.

I would like to retrieve a list of accounts.

The section that explains the Call Structure gives some insights into the RESTful stuff, but then, to retrieve a list of accounts it says;

Note: You can retrieve the list of accounts that are directly accessible via your OAuth credentials by issuing a CustomerService.ListAccessibleCustomers request. The login-customer-id is not required for this request type, and has no effect on the list of customers returned.

I can't figure out how to resolve that into a RESTful call.

Any guidance?

Thanks

De1

[derek....@metrictheory.com]

Hi De1, 

Try this:

  var options = {

    method: 'POST',

    muteHttpExceptions: true,

    headers: {

      'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN',

      'developer-token': 'YOUR_DEVELOPER_TOKEN',

      'login-customer-id': 'YOUR_LOGIN_CUSTOMER_ID',

      'x-goog-api-client': 'YOUR_USER_AGENT_NAME',

    },

    body: {

      query: 'SELECT customer.id, customer.descriptive_name, customer_client.resource_name, customer_client.client_customer, customer_client.level, customer_client.hidden FROM customer_client',

    },

  };

  try {

    var url = 'https://googleads.googleapis.com/v0/customers/YOUR_LOGIN_CUSTOMER_ID/googleAds:search';

    var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, options);

    Logger.log(response.getContentText())

  } catch (err) {

    throw err;

  }

[Afonso Praça]

Tks man, I will try and let you know about that. Best,

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[De1]

Thanks a bunch Derek. Seems like when in doubt...Query!

Nice.

[De1]

Actually...now that I sat down to use this. This is the wrong list. What I need is the list of accounts I have access too, not the list of accounts under a manager account. When I log in to Google Ads I am presented with different accounts to click on (some individual some MCC), it is that list I need. Hope someone can help!

On Monday, 25 February 2019 14:53:41 UTC-4, derek....@metrictheory.com wrote:

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hello,

To get the accessible accounts for a user you can use CustomerService.ListAccessibleCustomers which returns resource names of customers directly accessible by the user authenticating the call. Please give it a try, If you still has concerns, please share the screenshot of the accounts list that you are expecting to get via API? You could use reply privately to the author option while sharing the information requested.

Regards,
Sai Teja, Google Ads API Team

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[De1]

Hi Sai,

The issue is that I'm not using a client library and I don't know how to resolve  CustomerService.ListAccessibleCustomers into a RESTful call.

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hello,

You could try using the Method: google.ads.googleads.v1.services.CustomerService/ListAccessibleCustomers and Endpoint: googleads.googleapis while trying your RESTful call. You have to pass the OAuth credentials the same way you pass for other RESTful API calls. You could refer this API call structure for reference. 

Also, below is the CURL request In case you want to take a look.

curl --header "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN_HERE" --header "developer-token: DEVELOPER_TOKEN_HERE" https://googleads.googleapis.com/v1/customers:listAccessibleCustomers

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Regards,
Sai Teja, Google Ads API Team

[De1]

Awesome! That worked!

Thanks Much!