OAuth2 in the Google Ads API
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Video: Check out the OAuth2 talk from the 2019 workshop
All Google Ads API calls must be authorized through OAuth2.
OAuth2 enables your Google Ads API client app to access a user's Google Ads account
without having to handle or store the user's login info.
The following steps must be completed to authorize requests to the Google Ads API.
Configure a Cloud project for the Google Ads API
Configure a client library for OAuth in the Google Ads API
Supporting materials are also available for related topics.
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Last updated 2025-08-25 UTC.
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