Hi Noah, AdWords API reports are not real-time, they are usually delayed by upto 3 hours. However, you can request HourOfDay as a column in most reports, that should tell you what hour the stats are for.
Cheers, Anash P. Oommen, AdWords API Advisor. On Thursday, May 23, 2013 10:43:23 PM UTC+5:30, Noah wrote: > > Hello, > > I want to consistently download a report of ad performance (impressions, > clicks, position, cpc, etc.) through the API (Using Python.) > > I have this code written, and it seems work fine. However, I don't > understand the timing of this report. If I run the code, then re-run it a > few minutes later, the counts for things increase (more impressions, > clicks, etc.) But I'm not clear as to how the timing works. > > Is this data "real-time"? Is there a delay? What is the minimum waiting > time between reports to ensure accuracy? > > More generally, are the reported values time correct. For example, if I > run the report at 9:00 and then again at 10:00, can I assume that the > reported values are for that exact hour? (i.e., how many impressions and > clicks we received from 9:00 to 10:00) > > Thanks! > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
