Many thanks Dorian for the clarification! It's starting to make sense now. Oliver
On Thursday, August 23, 2012 11:09:40 AM UTC+1, Dorian Kind wrote: > > 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
