Hi Drew, To access an AdWords account's data via the API, you need two things: a developer token <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/first-api-call#request_a_developer_token> (associated with a manager account) and valid OAuth credentials <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/first-api-call#set_up_oauth2_authentication> (associated with the target AdWords account or the manager account of the target AdWords account).
Access levels related to a developer token define the limits on your account (such as test vs production accounts and the number of operations that you can perform with your token). You are required to set your developer token in the SOAP header of your request, when trying to make an API call. OAuth credentials, however, can be used to control data access to a user on a particular account. The access token generated using the OAuth credentials should be set in the HTTP header of your request, when making an API call. This implementation is a part of all of our client libraries <https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/clientlibraries>, which can be used to make API calls without having to go through the hassle of constructing the SOAP request manually (client libraries can be used to develop both Web and Desktop based applications). Hope this helps. If you have additional questions, please feel free to revert. Regards, Vishal, AdWords API Team -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/1c0458b5-ae58-41cf-bdc3-ee0622d89ef9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
