Hi Ken, The developer would need to be able to run reports, and modify bids to get this done. Here are your options as far as I can tell:
1. Ask the developer to write code against the AdWords API Sandbox. This would allow the developer to write code, but not to test it beyond a point. (you won't get real stats from sandbox accounts). Once the development is done, change the settings to point to the production account, substitute your token and your MCC login credentials. This way, you don't have to share your account details or tokens with the developer at all. Also, sandbox account won't cost you any money for development. 2. Ask the developer to get his own test adwords account and tokens. Ask him to use that for development. Once done, switch the settings as in (1). This would allow the developer to test against real stats, but will cost the developer money (generating stats would require serving ads, which costs money. So does making API calls against production account). Doing development against live account is not a good idea even if you trust the developer, since any issue in the script during the development phase can mess up your live accounts. Cheers, Anash P. Oommen, AdWords API Advisor. -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en
