Google Ads API

API

Create and manage Google Ads campaigns, budgets and performance reports

Price: Free API use; ad spend applies
Access: OAuth 2.0 and Cloud project access

About

Google Ads API lets applications create and update campaigns and budgets, manage ad resources, and query campaign performance with Google Ads Query Language. API access is tied to an approved Google Cloud project and uses OAuth 2.0 credentials.

What you can do with it

Create and update Google Ads campaigns and their budgets
Query campaign clicks, impressions and spend with Google Ads Query Language
Automate account reporting across accessible Google Ads customers

Get started

Enable Google Ads API access for a Google Cloud project
Authorize a user or service account with OAuth 2.0
Query an accessible customer ID or mutate campaign resources

Example

curl -X POST "https://googleads.googleapis.com/v25/customers/$CUSTOMER_ID/googleAds:search" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"SELECT campaign.id, campaign.name, campaign.status FROM campaign"}'

Details

Hosting: Hosted service
Available in: Worldwide
Official SDKs: Java, C#, PHP, Python, Ruby
MCP server: Local
Works with: Google Ads