They told me the following from the Google Ads Product support team:
*Unfortunately, we're not able to check the origin.Have a nice rest of the day!* So they are not able to check the origin of the GCLID provided. Is there a way to check the origin of the GCLID (ourselves), without the need to interact with the API? Meaning, via the User Dashboard. On Thursday, March 3, 2022 at 8:05:06 AM UTC+1 adsapi wrote: > Hi Alex, > > I understand the inconvenience you are encountering due to this issue. > > Firstly, for the GCLID that you provided, could you confirm where you > initially acquired this? I asked because, if this GCLID is indeed > associated to your Google Ads account, then performing a click_view > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v10/click_view> > report request should confirm this and you can refer to the values returned > by the click_view.gclid > <https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v10/click_view#click_view.gclid> > > field. > > In addition, you may note that our API team does not have visibility as to > other possible platforms a GCLID could be generated from. If there are > external sources, then this is already outside of our API team's scope. > > For this reason, our team has recommended that you reach out to the Google > Ads Product support team, so that you may be able to inquire from their > team regarding the origin of the said GCLID, and if they can look it up as > a valid one that can be uploaded into your account. You may note as well > that if you inquire regarding the specific API error, instead of the > validity/origin of the GCLID itself, the support team may direct you back > to our channel. > > That being said, in the API's perspective, we recommend first that you > perform the request using the *click_view* report. If no results are > returned in your queries, then you may reach out once more to the Product > team to confirm the source or origin of the said GCLID. I hope this helps. > > Best regards, > > [image: Google Logo] > Peter Laurence > Google Ads API Team > > > ref:_00D1U1174p._5004Q2WyI7w:ref > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/adwords-api/b37bf9ba-5f81-4269-8fc8-f2dfe35bcc2cn%40googlegroups.com.
