Hello Noah,
There are two options: 1. OAuth2.0 as you've described. The user will only need to grant you access once, via web. After that you can use a refresh token to get new set of credentials. 2. Using Service Account (JWT). It will require no manual user actions. Unfortunately, we do not have JWT support in the Perl library yet. I suggest creating a simple form for user to grant your application access. As per test account, MCC account is the one you can have sub-account in, but no campaigns. You can only create campaigns In "normal" accounts. -Danial, AdWords API Team. On Sunday, December 30, 2012 8:00:14 AM UTC+4, Noah wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm developing my first application. Will be using the AdWords API in Perl. > > I am confused about how to best setup authentication for my intended use. > > We will be managing AdWords accounts for multiple clients. (Reporting, > campaigns, ads, budgets, etc.) The client will never touch or use the > software. There is no website front end. Just a server, running a Perl > script from the shell. > > It seems as if OAuth requires passing a URL to the client, which they then > visit in their browser, then collecting an authentication key, which may > then expire at a later date. We'd prefer to not ad this layer of > complication for the client. > > So, my questions: > > 1) What would be the correct workflow for us to setup access to client's > account? > > 2) To start, we were just approved for a test account. But, I don't know > if that is an "MCC" account, or a "regular" account. How can we setup the > test account as a "sub-account" under our master account so that we can > develop and test code. > > Thank You, > > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords 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
