Hi Evgeniy,
Adwords Scripts and Adwords API are different tools for different tasks.
Comparing them directly is not honest, as not correct to compare PHP and
Java.
I totally agree. However, I expected that the scripting would have a subset
of the API functionality... I didn't expect
Hi Niels,
Sorry to hear your frustration.
Most I expected - sorry, wrote the post after a frustrating weekend. It was
the need to parse reports instead of calling a function to get stats, and
the lack of selecting campaigns by label that messed me up.
It is however possible to use AWQL
Hi Anash,
From the scripts side, I understand that the lack of MCC scripts was a big
issue for you. If everything goes fine, support for MCC Scripts should be
available this quarter. You might want to take another look at Scripts
after that.
If you need a beta tester, yell - I'll be glad
https://plus.google.com/115280506435026199799/posts/a73o1yCktrX
Well, I thought I would have a nice post about how making the effort to
switch from AdWords Scripting to directly programming the AdWords API is
worth it. Now I'm not so sure.
Backgroup: AdWords scripts were doing exactly what I
Hi Danial,
assaf, you can get a report via HTTP request and then it's up to you
whether you want to keep it in memory or save to a file. Most of our client
libraries support both flows.
That's a big step backwards in ease of use.
I can't believe that data that is so easy to get via
