How to generate credentials for third-party access to data using API?

[Akash Dave]

My company has a developer token. Now I want to give read-only access to a non-member of our organization. I have couple of questions regarding the process:

1. Can I use the same developer token or have to generate a new one?

2. Do I need to generate new set of credentials (ClientID/ClientSecret) from the manager account ? Or it has be generated from the third party account?

3. Does changing the login customer id will affect the authorization?

Note: I do have read-only access to the manager account.

Thanks

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Akash,

Thank you for posting your concern. Allow me to provide support here.

Please see my answer below for each question:

1. Can I use the same developer token or have to generate a new one?

-Since you've mentioned that you want to give read-only access to a non-member of your organization, then I believe that they should generate a new one. However, you can clarify this with the Compliance team via this form as they are more equipped with this matter.

2. Do I need to generate new set of credentials (ClientID/ClientSecret) from the manager account ? Or it has be generated from the third party account?

If they have their own sub MCC account that is under your manager account, then they should be the one to generate a new set of credentials (ClientID/ClientSecret). You need to ensure that the user account / email address that will be used in the generating credentials should be added with read-only access so that they can do reporting only as well.

3. Does changing the login customer id will affect the authorization?

-Yes, if they have access to the sub MCC account, then its customer ID (without hyphens) should be set in the login-customer-id of the request header.

Let me know if you have further questions.

Regards,

Ernie John Google Ads API Team

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