How to generate tokens for stand alone test account?

[Richard Hatcher]

I went through the Test Account Setup doc and created a test account with this URL and also this one. I could not get the new test account linked to my production AdWords account. I called AdWords customer support and they said the ability to link test accounts to production MCC accounts was disabled in 7/2015. 

Without linking the test and production account I can't use the developer token to generate test access tokens. 

How do I generate a developer token for a test account that is not linked to a production account? 

[Anthony Madrigal]

Hi Richard,

You should be able to use the developer token of your production MCC on your test MCC by modifying the developerToken field with the production account's developer token. Please see step 1 of this guide to figure out which file to include the developer token. For example, the Java library uses the ads.properties file to insert your credentials.

Please let me know if you are still experiencing trouble. 

Cheers,

Anthony

AdWords API Team