Adwords: How to make the example scripts run (Python)?

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Before starting development, I would like to get some simple samples running. e.g. download_criteria_report.py (link).

Developer Token is from an account pending approval. Test account is created through this guide. Taken from the test account are these values:

  • client ID (from created oauth credentials)
  • client Secret (from created oauth credentials)
  • client customer ID

With this data I am able to run the "get_report_fields.py" script (link). However, the above mentioned script (download_criteria_report) returns a ReportDefinitionError.CUSTOMER_SERVING_TYPE_REPORT_MISMATCH error, which means afaik that I'm using a MCC account. But to my understanding I am not using an MCC account but the test account. And what the developer token is concerned, I require an MCC account otherwise I am not able to get a developer token (otherwise the "Adwords API Center" in "Account Setting" is missing).

What is my error?

PS. In the future, I would like to make requests on behalf of other Adwords-accounts.

EDIT: Another try with following data:

  • developer token: from MCC account (to my knowledge this must be an MCC)
  • client ID: created oauth credentials from MCC account (the developer token owner account)
  • client Secret: created oauth credentials from MCC account (the developer token owner account)
  • client customer ID: from test account
  • refresh token: from test account

I think, this should be the right way to access the (test-) adwords account. However, this ends with the same error.

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1 Answers

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The test account described in the guide (link) is also a MCC account. Once logged into the test MCC, one must

  1. create a child account
  2. sign into the child account (click the account)
  3. obtain a oauth refresh token (using the generate_refresh_token.py for example) for this test child account (=> TCA)
  4. use client Id and secret (from main account), developer token, refreshToken (TCA), client-customer-id (TCA)