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 Ed,
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.
Cheers,
Anash P. Oommen,
AdWords API Advisor.
On
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
Hi Ed,
Sorry to hear your frustration. It is however possible to use AWQL within
the AdWords API. There is an example on how to do that within the PHP
Client Library, it's called GetCampaignsWithAwql.php and it's within the
BasicOperations folder. Every Service class should have its own
Hi Ed,
In addition to the information Niels posted, you can also download a report
without writing it to an intermediate file. Simply pass NULL for the
second argument to DownloadReportWithAwql.
$adwords_config = array(
'server'= 'https://adwords.google.com',
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.
If you do not have big background with APIs, usage of Adwords PHP Client
Library will be headache for you. But such problems are only for start,
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
