I see Adwords Scripts allows you to upload .csv files directly from your google drive. Is it still the case that this kind of thing cannot be done through the API? If not, is there any kind of similar solution?
On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 3:37:42 PM UTC-7, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hi Michelle, > > The API does not directly support importing from Excel. A better fit for > that use case is the AdWords Editor > <http://www.google.com/intl/en_US/adwordseditor/> or AdWords Scripts > <https://developers.google.com/adwords/scripts/>. > > Cheers, > Josh, AdWords API Team > > On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 10:13:02 AM UTC-5, > michell...@schooloutfitters.com wrote: >> >> I have a similar question. I want to upload an excel spreadsheet with ad >> group and keyword bid changes. Does the API support this today? If so, what >> format does the spreadsheet require? >> >> Thanks, >> Michelle >> >> On Thursday, August 20, 2009 at 2:41:18 PM UTC-4, AdWords API Advisor >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi John, >>> >>> Unfortunately there isn't the ability to upload a list of changes in a >>> spreadsheet directly via the API, you would need to write a program >>> that will parse the spreadsheet and make API calls to modify the >>> keywords. There are a number of client libraries available that make >>> it simpler to call API methods, which are listed here: >>> http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/docs/clients.html. >>> >>> You may also want to investigate using the AdWords Editor, a free >>> program provided by Google that allows you to work with your AdWords >>> account. It supports the upload of CSV files, and this may be a >>> simpler way to achieve your goals. You can download it here: >>> http://www.google.com/intl/en/adwordseditor/. >>> >>> At this time the report data can only be returned in XML format, but >>> thanks for letting us know about your interest in other formats. >>> >>> Best, >>> - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team >>> >>> On Aug 19, 11:12 am, John <chenshu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > I have requirements to delete keywords from AdWords accounts based on >>> > an excel spreadsheet which contains a list of >>> > account,adgroup,campaign, keywords. What would be best way to do this? >>> > Does AdWords API accept an upload file like this for deleting >>> > keywords? >>> > >>> > Second question, when using ReportService, is xml is only format for a >>> > download report? Is it possible to get an excel report like from the >>> > Google AdWords user web interface? >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > John >> >> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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/4e048695-ca15-42b6-920d-2956ef43e44d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
