OAuth2 in the Google Ads API

All Google Ads API calls must be authorized through OAuth2. OAuth2 enables your Google Ads API client app to access a user's Google Ads account without having to handle or store the user's login info.

The following steps must be completed to authorize requests to the Google Ads API.

1. Configure a Cloud project for the Google Ads API

2. Configure a client library for OAuth in the Google Ads API

Supporting materials are also available for related topics.

• Optimizing OAuth requests.

• Using Service Accounts.

• Getting familiar with OAuth2 internals for the Google Ads API.

• Using the OAuth Playground to generate refresh and access tokens.