Well, the developertoken allows you to use the AdWords API. It tells Google
who to charge for its usage. It does not allow you to access an account. To
access an account you either need a login and password ('client
authentication') or permission ('oAuth2').
There is no link between a developer token and the accounts it can access.
With a developer token you can access any account, provided that you have
either a login and password, or permission, to access that account.
Your questions:
1. Yes, you can access any account with your own developer token.
2. No, your customers do not need their own developer token.
3. Yes, you can access individual accounts. In this case, ask for a login
and password to that individual account instead of the MCC.
Hope this helps.
On Monday, April 30, 2012 2:43:02 PM UTC+2, Stephane Guerin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We are looking to integrate Google Adwords into our reporting tool for
> Google Analytics (http://dashthis.com). With GA, the process is simple:
> The user registers, authorizes access to his GA account using oAuth2 and
> that’s it we now have access to all his GA data. The process takes about 30
> seconds. From what I can see with the Adwords API, a process as simple
> doesn’t exist.
>
> Considering we do not manage client's campaign, only providing them
> reporting solution, I have few questions:
>
> #1- If we request a developer token can we access Adwords accounts simply
> by having clients authorizing an access token?
>
> #2- Do clients have to ask for their own developer key?
>
> #3- Can we access Adwords accounts from the API for clients not using My
> Client Center?
>
> In short, can we, and if so how, integrate Adwords data to improve our
> reporting tool?
>
> Any idea or tip is appreciated.
> Thanks,
>
> Stéphane Guérin
> DashThis
>
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