Where I can find google ads refresh token

Question

I would like call google ads API with django application and I am unable to find refresh_token

I am using below code

credentials = { 'developer_token': 'xxxx', 'refresh_token': '', 'client_id': 'xxx.apps.googleusercontent.com', 'client_secret': 'xxx'}

adwords_client = GoogleAdsClient.load_from_dict(credentials)

And getting below code in django

('invalid_request: Missing required parameter: refresh_token', '{\n "error": "invalid_request",\n "error_description": "Missing required parameter: refresh_token"\n}')

Answer 1

You need to run the initial authentication script provided by Google first. You can get it here.

Download that and run it from the command line and it will open a browser window for you displaying a code. Copy the code and paste it back into the command line. Google will then do the dance and provide you with a refresh token on the command line. Copy and paste this into your google_ads.yaml file. It doesn't expire, so it only needs to be done once.