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semiflex
semiflex

Reputation: 1246

Google Adwords - CUSTOMER_ID_IS_REQUIRED ERROR (Python)

I'm trying to use the Google Adwords Test API. I'm trying to connect to the Google Adwords API, but I keep getting the following error:

googleads.errors.GoogleAdsServerFault: [AuthenticationError.CLIENT_CUSTOMER_ID_IS_REQUIRED @ ; trigger:'<null>']

I've made a Google Adwords Production Account in order to get the developer API key. I've then made a Google Adwords Manager Test account and managed to get a Oauth Client id, and Secret Id. I then used the Google Oauth 2.0 playground to get the refresh token. My google_adwords.yaml file now looks something like this:

# AdWordsClient configurations
adwords:
  #############################################################################
  # Required Fields                                                           #
  #############################################################################
  developer_token: **DEVELOPER TOKEN FROM PRODUCTION ACCOUNT PASTED HERE**
  #############################################################################
  # Optional Fields                                                           #
  #############################################################################
  # client_customer_id: **CLIENT CUSTOMER ID FROM MANAGER TEST ACCOUNT PASTED HERE** 
  # user_agent: INSERT_USER_AGENT_HERE
  # partial_failure: True
  # validate_only: True
  #############################################################################
  # OAuth2 Configuration                                                      #
  # Below you may provide credentials for either the installed application or #
  # service account flows. Remove or comment the lines for the flow you're    #
  # not using.                                                                #
  #############################################################################
  # The following values configure the client for the installed application
  # flow.
  client_id: **CLIENT ID FROM MANAGER TEST ACCOUNT PASTED HERE** 
  client_secret: **CLIENT CUSTOMER SECRET FROM MANAGER TEST ACCOUNT PASTED HERE** 
  refresh_token: **REFRESH TOKEN FROM OAUTH PLAYGROUND ON BEHALF OF MANAGER TEST ACCOUNT PASTED HERE** 
  # The following values configure the client for the service account flow.
  # path_to_private_key_file: INSERT_PATH_TO_JSON_KEY_FILE_HERE
  # delegated_account: INSERT_DOMAIN_WIDE_DELEGATION_ACCOUNT
  #############################################################################
  # ReportDownloader Headers                                                  #
  # Below you may specify boolean values for optional headers that will be    #
  # applied to all requests made by the ReportDownloader utility by default.  #
  #############################################################################
  # report_downloader_headers:
    # skip_report_header: False
    # skip_column_header: False
    # skip_report_summary: False
    # use_raw_enum_values: False

My Python code looks like this:

    from googleads import adwords

adwords_client = adwords.AdWordsClient.LoadFromStorage('C:\Python36\google_adwords.yaml')
ad_group_service = adwords_client.GetService('TargetingIdeaService', version='v201806')

selector = {
    'ideaType': 'KEYWORD',
    'requestType': 'IDEAS'
}

selector['requestedAttributeTypes'] = [
    'KEYWORD_TEXT', 'SEARCH_VOLUME', 'CATEGORY_PRODUCTS_AND_SERVICES']

offset = 0
selector['paging'] = {
    'startIndex': str(offset),
    'numberResults': str(5)
}

selector['searchParameters'] = [{
    'xsi_type': 'RelatedToQuerySearchParameter',
    'queries': ['dog']
}]

page = ad_group_service.get(selector)

print (page)

Does anyone know where I'm going wrong? I reckon there is something wrong with my YAML file, but can't quite place what it may be. Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 369

Answers (1)

dorian
dorian

Reputation: 6292

You'll need to uncomment the client_customer_id line in your configuration file and insert the ID of the Test Account you created.

The item is marked optional because there is a single service CustomerService that does not require it—rather, CustomerService allows you to retrieve the IDs of the accessible accounts for the authenticated user.

But for all other services, including TargetingIdeaService, which you want to access, it's a required setting.

Upvotes: 1

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