Are you able to create customers using the API under test accounts? I've tried with a service account that has access to the account that owns the test manager, but I keep getting permission errors although creating campaigns etc works fine.
On Wednesday, 2 April 2025 at 18:01:46 UTC+3 Google Ads API Forum Advisor wrote: > Hi, > > Thank you for reaching out to the Google Ads API support team. > > Kindly note that if you don't see the red Test account label on your > Google Ads account page, then the account is a production account. > You may follow the below steps to create a test manager account, a test > client account, and a few campaigns to populate the test client account. > Note that "client" here refers to a Google Ads client account, not your > client app. > > - Create a test manager account > <https://ads.google.com/um/Welcome/?sf=mt> (Select NEW GOOGLE ADS > ACCOUNT and then name the new account something like > test-m...@mycompany.example.com <https://groups.google.com/>). To > create a test account, you must have a *Google account* that is not > already linked to your production manager account. Create a new Google > account <https://accounts.google.com/signup>. > - While signed in to your test manager account, create a test client > account. Any client accounts you create from your test manager account are > automatically test accounts. You may create the test account > > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/account-management/create-account?hl=en> > and test client account > > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/samples/create-customer> > programmatically > via API. > - Create a few test campaigns under the test client account in the > Google Ads UI. > - Take note of the client customer ID for the new test client > account, and save it. You'll need this to make API calls later. > > Also, I would recommend you refer to the guides Introduction > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/get-started/introduction> > and Obtain a developer token > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/get-started/dev-token> to > get more information on how to make a Google Ads API call. > > I hope this helps! Feel free to get back to us in case of any further > queries. > > > Thanks, > > [image: Google Logo] Google Ads API Team > Feedback > How was our support today? > > [image: rating1] > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRhIg5VeThVmbcD0c5DTWTDjmpJuSktN8vFelEL7_KV_Orbg/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.141427034=1&entry.295079254=5004Q00002vHEjiQAG> > > [image: rating2] > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRhIg5VeThVmbcD0c5DTWTDjmpJuSktN8vFelEL7_KV_Orbg/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.141427034=2&entry.295079254=5004Q00002vHEjiQAG> > > [image: rating3] > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRhIg5VeThVmbcD0c5DTWTDjmpJuSktN8vFelEL7_KV_Orbg/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.141427034=3&entry.295079254=5004Q00002vHEjiQAG> > > [image: rating4] > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRhIg5VeThVmbcD0c5DTWTDjmpJuSktN8vFelEL7_KV_Orbg/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.141427034=4&entry.295079254=5004Q00002vHEjiQAG> > > [image: rating5] > <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeRhIg5VeThVmbcD0c5DTWTDjmpJuSktN8vFelEL7_KV_Orbg/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.141427034=5&entry.295079254=5004Q00002vHEjiQAG> > [2025-04-02 15:00:27Z GMT] This message is in relation to case > "ref:!00D1U01174p.!5004Q02vHEji:ref" (ADR-00298185) > > > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API and Google Ads API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Ads API and AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/12aba7ab-313d-4897-9ad8-4f26a83f0a49n%40googlegroups.com.
