Use Adwords API (MccApp) in Google Apps Script

Question

I have a custom API written in GAS (Google Apps Script) and would like to utilize the Adwords API from within it.

Sometimes used along with the MccApp, the service is readily available from within Adwords Scripts itself (My Client Center > Scripts).

For Example:

            function account(client) {
              var result = {
                  'id': null,
                  'campaigns': {}
              }
              result.id = client.getCustomerId()
              var currentAct = AdWordsApp.currentAccount()
              MccApp.select(client)
              var campaignIterator = AdWordsApp.campaigns().get()
              while (campaignIterator.hasNext()) {
                  var campaign = campaignIterator.next()
                  result.campaigns[campaign.getName()] = campaign.getId()
              }
              MccApp.select(currentAct)
              return result
            }

However, this API is not readily available inside a Google Apps Script. I have tried enabling it under "Resources > Advanced Google Services" and also under the developer console, but the UI offers no option that I can see.

QUESTION: Is it possible to enable use of the AdwordsApp and MccApp inside a Google Apps script so that the above code snippet would work in GAS?

If not, I understand already there are two workarounds:

Just use Adwords Script
Communicate with the API from GAS as though it were an external service (i.e... using SOAP, REST, etc...)

So, you already know about UrlFetchApp.fetchApp(the url) ? Google Documentation - UrlFetchApp Class — Alan Wells
Yes, but I am hoping there is a way to use the Adwords API in GAS in the same way that it is used in an Adwords Script. — Joshua Dannemann

Joshua Dannemann Joshua Dannemann · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-04T18:24:43

After much research, there really is no way to add the MccApp and AdwordsApp services for use in a Google Apps script. The nearest solution is to communicate with the API as though it were external or just use an Adwords Script.

Use Adwords API (MccApp) in Google Apps Script

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