Hi, A test account is just like a production account except it will not serve ads. This means you can create campaigns, ad groups, ads, etc., but you won't get back any data from reports unless you run a structure report<https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/structure-reports> .
The term "test account" is slightly overloaded, but it means any account that meets either of the following criteria: 1. The account is an MCC account created as a test account via this link<https://adwords.google.com/um/StartNewMccAccount?testAccount=true>. The My Client Center UI will display a big red "This is a test account!" box in the upper right corner when you are logged in as one of these accounts. 2. The account is an AdWords (non-MCC) account that is a child of a test MCC (an account that meets criterion #1). The AdWords UI will also display a red box with "This is a test account!" when logged in as one of these accounts. See our Test Accounts documentation<https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/test-accounts> for step by step instructions on how to set up these accounts. As far as creating test data for your account, I would recommend using the code examples for your client library, which can be found in the *Code Examples* column of our Client Libraries page<https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/clientlibraries>. The examples for AddCampaigns, AddAdGroups, AddKeywords, etc. are a good place to start. You can use these to create test data with randomly generated names. Cheers, Josh, AdWords API Team On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 10:58:28 PM UTC-4, Van Sereyboth wrote: > > I am using testing account (created from my google email account) from > google api console and a developer token approved by google. I am able to > access the adwords api, yet there is no data to retrieve with my testing > account. > > I am not so clear about that testing account, should I create testing > account by using production MCC account or else? > > How can I get data for development purpose? > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
