Google Ads - SOAP/REST APIs?

[peter lang]

Hi,

I'm confused about the possibilities to use the APIs for Google Ads. On some pages the API is described as SOAP, on other pages as REST. As far as I know recommends Google to use the REST API, but I haven't found a specific statement for this recommendation.

Which API is used by the Client libraries? REST or SOAP?

And which API would you recommend?

And where can I find the specific documentations for this?

It would be great if someone could help me.

Regards

Peter

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hello Peter,

I see that a response may have been sent, but it doesn't look like it was posted correctly and got a bit garbled. So, I'm posting a summary here to be a bit more clear. For the Google Ads product, we have currently two APIs for accessing the product. 

• The AdWords API is based on SOAP, and this API has been around for over 10 years.
• The Google Ads API can be accessed via two different protocols (REST or gRPC). Our client libraries for Java, .NET, PHP, Python, and Ruby access the API with gRPC.

The Google Ads API will some day replace the AdWords API. We have not announced a sunset date for the AdWords API, yet. Right now, people are still using the AdWords API for their production systems. Overall, we recommend using the client libraries for these APIs, so you don't have to figure out any of the protocols. You can contact us with what features you are trying to implement so we can provide the best recommendation for you right now.

Best,
Nadine Sundquist, Google Ads API Team 

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