type AuthenticationError (v202411)

  • The AuthenticationError in Google Ad Manager API signals an issue during the authentication process, arising from various reasons such as invalid login credentials, incorrect OAuth signatures, missing headers, or network access restrictions.

  • It is an inherited subclass of ApiError and provides a reason field, offering specific details about the authentication failure.

  • The reason field can contain various enumerations such as INVALID_EMAIL, AUTHENTICATION_FAILED, MISSING_SOAP_REQUEST_HEADER, NETWORK_API_ACCESS_DISABLED etc., assisting in troubleshooting.

  • This error usually occurs when using services like UserTeamAssociationService, AdRuleService, AdjustmentService, and others listed within the content, highlighting a crucial aspect of API interaction security.

  • Developers should carefully examine the reason field and refer to the provided documentation links to understand and resolve the specific authentication error encountered.
Service
AdRuleService AdjustmentService AdsTxtService AudienceSegmentService CdnConfigurationService CmsMetadataService CompanyService ContactService ContentBundleService ContentService CreativeService CreativeSetService CreativeTemplateService CreativeWrapperService CustomFieldService CustomTargetingService DaiAuthenticationKeyService DaiEncodingProfileService ForecastService InventoryService LabelService LineItemCreativeAssociationService LineItemService LineItemTemplateService LiveStreamEventService MobileApplicationService NativeStyleService NetworkService OrderService PlacementService ProposalLineItemService ProposalService PublisherQueryLanguageService ReportService SegmentPopulationService SiteService StreamActivityMonitorService SuggestedAdUnitService TargetingPresetService TeamService UserService UserTeamAssociationService YieldGroupService
Inheritance
ApiError
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ApiVersionError AuthenticationError CollectionSizeError CommonError FeatureError InternalApiError NotNullError NullError ParseError PermissionError PublisherQueryLanguageConte... PublisherQueryLanguageSynta... QuotaError RequiredCollectionError RequiredError ServerError StatementError StringFormatError StringLengthError TeamError

An error for an exception that occurred when authenticating.

Namespace
https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202411

Field
ApiError (inherited)

fieldPath

xsd:string

The OGNL field path to identify cause of error.

fieldPathElements

FieldPathElement[]

A parsed copy of the field path. For example, the field path "operations[1].operand" corresponds to this list: {FieldPathElement(field = "operations", index = 1), FieldPathElement(field = "operand", index = null)}.

trigger

xsd:string

The data that caused the error.

errorString

xsd:string

A simple string representation of the error and reason.

AuthenticationError

reason

AuthenticationError.Reason

Enumerations
AMBIGUOUS_SOAP_REQUEST_HEADER
The SOAP message contains a request header with an ambiguous definition of the authentication header fields. This means either the authToken and oAuthToken fields were both null or both were specified. Exactly one value should be specified with each request.
INVALID_EMAIL
The login provided is invalid.
AUTHENTICATION_FAILED
Tried to authenticate with provided information, but failed.
INVALID_OAUTH_SIGNATURE
The OAuth provided is invalid.
INVALID_SERVICE
The specified service to use was not recognized.
MISSING_SOAP_REQUEST_HEADER
The SOAP message is missing a request header with an authToken and optional networkCode.
MISSING_AUTHENTICATION_HTTP_HEADER
The HTTP request is missing a request header with an authToken
MISSING_AUTHENTICATION
The request is missing an authToken
NETWORK_API_ACCESS_DISABLED
The network does not have API access enabled.
NO_NETWORKS_TO_ACCESS
The user is not associated with any network.
NETWORK_NOT_FOUND
No network for the given networkCode was found.
NETWORK_CODE_REQUIRED
The user has access to more than one network, but did not provide a networkCode.
CONNECTION_ERROR
An error happened on the server side during connection to authentication service.
GOOGLE_ACCOUNT_ALREADY_ASSOCIATED_WITH_NETWORK
The user tried to create a test network using an account that already is associated with a network.
UNDER_INVESTIGATION
The account is blocked and under investigation by the collections team. Please contact Google for more information.
UNKNOWN
The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.