Thanks for the detailed response, but it sounds super confusing to me. Probably my fault, not yours.
I want the top left - middle accounts drop down (accounts under my MCC), so I guess I have to use https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/account-management/get-account-hierarchy, right? If I understand correctly the comments on that code, sending login_customer_id is not required but the API query should work OK if I send the login_customer_id (just like I'm doing in the other API queries that are working OK), right? I guess I don't need to send any Customer ID (it wouldnt make sense, because what I want to get is the list of Customer IDs under my MCC), but I still get the INVALID_CUSTOMER_ID error when I don't provide any. Also, do I have to use all the code on https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/account-management/get-account-hierarchy just to get a simple list of the Customer IDs (I don't care about hierarchy, I just want a simple list of IDs)? Seems a super complex code to get something very simple. All my other API queries are basically just the GAQL query, a couple of lines of Python code to process the info from the query and that's it. There is no simple solution like this to get a list of the Customer IDs? In case it helps this is a bigger version of the error that I get: *GoogleAdsException at /listing* *(<_SingleThreadedRendezvous of RPC that terminated with:* * status = StatusCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT* * details = "Request contains an invalid argument."* * debug_error_string = "{"created":"@1658904934.409000000","description":"Error received from peer ipv4:142.250.200.138:443 <http://142.250.200.138:443>","file":"src/core/lib/surface/call.cc","file_line":953,"grpc_message":"Request contains an invalid argument.","grpc_status":3}"* *>, <_SingleThreadedRendezvous of RPC that terminated with:* * status = StatusCode.INVALID_ARGUMENT* * details = "Request contains an invalid argument."* * debug_error_string = "{"created":"@1658904934.409000000","description":"Error received from peer ipv4:142.250.200.138:443 <http://142.250.200.138:443>","file":"src/core/lib/surface/call.cc","file_line":953,"grpc_message":"Request contains an invalid argument.","grpc_status":3}"* *>, errors {* * error_code {* * request_error: INVALID_CUSTOMER_ID* * }* * message: "Invalid customer ID \'\'."* *}* *request_id: "Vn8OyAiSL6hALb_i1O7feA"* *, 'Vn8OyAiSL6hALb_i1O7feA')* Thanks! On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 10:44 PM Google Ads API Forum Advisor <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Miguel, > > Thank you for reaching out to Google Ads API with your question. To > explain how to access accounts in a visual way here are the *following > pointers:* > > Imagine that the same Google account that generated the refresh token used > to access the API was to access an account in the Ads UI. They will see all > the the accounts that List Accessible Accounts > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/account-management/listing-accounts> > returns > in the top right drop down list when you click the circle representation of > the user in the UI. These are accounts the user has direct access to. If an > account in that list is an MCC with child accounts attached, then to see > the child accounts you would select that MCC in the top right of the UI and > then the child accounts are accessible in the top left - middle accounts > drop down list box in the UI. These are the same accounts that Get > Account Hierarchy > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/account-management/get-account-hierarchy> > shows. > > To access accounts that are in the top left - middle accounts drop down > list box via the API you would put the selected account in the top right > list in the UI as login customer Id, and you would put the selected account > in the top left - middle accounts drop down list box as the operating > customer. > > *Here are a few more useful pointers:* > > Here's our login customer Id guide > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/concepts/call-structure#cid> > and migration guide > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/migration/login-customer-id> > . > > Any account returned by List Accessible Accounts > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/account-management/listing-accounts> > when > using a specific refresh token doesn't need the login customer Id. > > Another property of those accounts returned by List Accessible Accounts > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/account-management/listing-accounts> > is > they are the only accounts that can be a login customer Id for the specific > refresh token making the API call. > > Any account returned by Get Account Hierarchy > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/account-management/get-account-hierarchy> > when > you you don't specify manager ID and login customer ID can be accessed by > your refresh token you used to make the API call. > > *Debugging API calls:* > > To generate a refresh token and be able to detect who generated it you can > follow our OAuth Playground > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/oauth/playground> guide > and add another scope -https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email. > > If that works, then generate an access token from that refresh token in a > Bash Terminal. > > - curl --data > > "refresh_token=<INSERT_REFRESH_TOKEN>&client_id=<INSERT_YOUR_CLIENT_ID_FROM_API_CONSOLE>&client_secret=<INSERT_CLIENT_SECRET>&grant_type=refresh_token" > -X POST "https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token"; > > Now, we want to check the data on the access token to make sure everything > on the access token is working as expected. Put this in your browser with > the access token inserted that you got back. > > - > https://oauth2.googleapis.com/tokeninfo?access_token=<INSERT_ACCESS_TOKEN> > ;; > > If that works, then let's try a request from the command line: > > - curl --header "Authorization: Bearer <INSERT_ACCESS_TOKEN>" --header > "developer-token: <INSERT_DEV_TOKEN>" --header "login-customer-id: > {LGNCID}" --data "{ 'query': 'SELECT campaign.id FROM campaign LIMIT > 1' }" -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" > https://googleads.googleapis.com/v11/customers/{ > CID}/googleAds:searchStream > > > If the above doesn't help you, can you send us the log of all your refresh > token creation attempt listed above and the list of accounts returned when > following the List Accessible Accounts > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/account-management/listing-accounts> > guide? > > You may send the requested information via "Reply to author" or via > [email protected] > <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?fs=1&tf=cm&source=mailto&[email protected]> > with > a link to this forum post added to the new thread. > > Regards, > > [image: Google Logo] > Aryeh > Google Ads API Team > > > > > > ref:_00D1U1174p._5004Q2d1gXF:ref > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API and Google Ads API Forum" group. 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