Hi Oliver, the link between the developer token and MCC is only for API unit billing purposes (and may some other administrative grounds). In general, every account, whether linked to an (arbitrary) MCC or unlinked, can be accessed with any developer token. Usually (I only know the Python library, but I suppose it's the same for the others) the client library lets you specify any sort of valid credentials, which may be for an MCC or a "single" account. If it's an MCC account, you can optionally specify which sub-account you need to access. In that sense, all accesses via the API are really no different than if you just logged into the web interface with that specific credentials.
Hope this helps, cheers Dorian On Thursday, August 23, 2012 11:35:01 AM UTC+2, Oliver wrote: > > I had always assumed that, in order to access an adwords account data via > the API, that account HAS to be managed by the MCC account for which the > developer token was issued. > > However, I've been seeing some recent posts that indicate 'unlinked' > accounts can also be accessed via the API. By 'unlinked' I presume it > means the client account is NOT under the MCC account which has the token. > > Can someone please elaborate on, or direct me to some documentation about, > which accounts exactly can and can't be accessed via the API from an MCC > accoutn with a token? > > Thanks > > Oliver > -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
