In this part we'll show how to import the Google Ads client library and initialize a Google Ads client so that it can make requests to the API.
Part 3.1 - Insert necessary import statements
To import the Google Ads client into the script, add this statement to the top of the file:
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# imports the Google Ads client from the google-ads package
from google.ads.googleads.client import GoogleAdsClient
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Part 3.2 - Define your client customer ID as a global variable
Where appropriate depending on the language you're using, add the client customer ID of the test account you're using as a global variable in the script:
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# Set your test CID
_CUSTOMER_ID = "1234567890"
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Part 3.3 - Initialize a Google Ads client
As with the AdWords API client library, we'll initialize a Google Ads API client using credentials stored in the local configuration file. Add the highlighted line below to the bottom of the script:
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if __name__ == "__main__":
# Initialize the client object.
# By default, it will read the config file from the Home Directory.
adwords_client = adwords.AdWordsClient.LoadFromStorage()
# Add the googleads_client here alongside the adwords_client
googleads_client = GoogleAdsClient.load_from_storage()
budget_id = _create_campaign_budget(adwords_client)
campaign_id = _create_campaign(adwords_client, budget_id)
ad_group_id = _create_ad_group(adwords_client, campaign_id)
_create_text_ads(adwords_client, ad_group_id)
_create_keywords(adwords_client, ad_group_id, KEYWORDS_TO_ADD)
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