How do I get Ad Report Stats via the SDK?

[la-bas]

I can't figure out how to make calls to reportstats using the SDK.
The class AdAccount do have a method named getReportsStats() which takes an array of fields and an array of parameters as arguments, so I tried something like this:

    $fields = array('account_id', 'total_actions', 'spend'); // The fields I ask for?
    $params = array(
        'data_columns' => array (
            'account_id',
            'total_actions',
            'spend'
        ),
        'date_preset' => 'last_7_days',
    );

    $account = new AdAccount('act_' . $accountID);
    $account->getReportsStats($fields, $params);
    return json_encode($account->getData());        

However this just returns the ad account data, not the actual stats.
When I examined the object $account after the call to getReportsStats() method I found that it did indeed contain the stats. Still getData() doesn't return it. Am I supposed to use some other method to get the stats?

[la-bas]

Sorry, now I've got it.
If anyone else ever gets as confused as I was, this is the solution:

    $account = new AdAccount('act_' . $accountID);
    $reports = $account->getReportsStats($fields, $params);
    $response = array();
    foreach($reports as $report) {
        $response[] = $report->getData();
    }

    return json_encode($response);  

[paulbain]

it looks like you're doing a lot of work to just get the json again, you may want to think about something like:

$json = $reports->getResponse()->getRawResponse(); 

[la-bas]

Thanks, much better!

[siegerhansma]

I am using the same code as la-bas but I'm greeted with a permission error. It seems I can't reach reports as an Analyst account while I can reach the reports via the Ads Manager. What's the difference between calling them in the browser and calling them in code?

Error:
This Ads API call requires the user to be admin of the ad account. User xxxxxxxxxxxx not admin on ad account xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

[paulbain]

@siegerhansma, please create a new issue with the exact series of requests your using and we can look into it

[paulbain]

The SDK requires PHP 5.4 and above so this is why you see these errors.

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On Dec 5, 2014, at 7:55 PM, sandy69 notifications@github.com wrote:

I am getting PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_USE, expecting T_FUNCTION in /FacebookAds/Object/AdAccount.php on line 34

Below is the PHP Code, where I am accessing the class. Please let me know, if you see any issues with the code. I am not a PHP Expert. Thanks.

array ( 'account_id', 'total_actions', 'spend' ), 'date_preset' => 'last_7_days', ); $account = new AdAccount('act_' . $accountID); $account->getReportsStats($fields, $params); return json_encode($account->getData()); ?>

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