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API access using own credentials (server to server flow)

Josh Radcliff edited this page Mar 10, 2023 · 6 revisions

This guide will walk you through how to setup OAuth2 for API access using your own credentials using server to server flow. These steps only need to be done once, unless you revoke or delete your OAuth2 credentials.

Step 1 - Creating OAuth2 credentials

Follow the steps for the product you're using to generate a *service account ID and a JSON key file, then come back to this page.

Step 2 - Setting up the client library

Ad Manager

In your ads.properties file, set the full path to your JSON key file:

api.admanager.jsonKeyFilePath=INSERT_PATH_TO_JSON_KEY_FILE_HERE