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Shopping for a Ruby to Go with new Content API samples

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Our Samples and Libraries page has been updated with additional languages: Ruby and Go. For Ruby, the new samples are written in plain Ruby, which should make them easy to integrate into whatever Ruby framework you may be using for your particular project. If you haven't had a chance to try your hand at Go yet, the new Go examples provide the perfect excuse.

If you have questions about the samples or any feedback on how they might be improved or expanded, please feel free to file an issue on GitHub! If you have any other questions or feedback concerning the Content API for Shopping in general, please let us know on the forum.

- Stevie Strickland, Content API for Shopping Team

Updated DoubleClick Ad Exchange Buyer REST API examples to get you started

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Whether you’re just starting out with the DoubleClick Ad Exchange Buyer REST API or are working with an unfamiliar client library, our examples will help you get started! Our examples are now on GitHub and have been expanded to cover the following languages:

Each of these include documentation to help you get started with the corresponding client library and demonstrate how you can use the Service Account authorization flow with the DoubleClick Ad Exchange Buyer REST API.If you have any feedback or feature requests for these examples, we’d definitely be interested in hearing about it! Feel free to contact us via the forum or our Google+ page.

- Mark Saniscalchi, Ad Exchange Team

New demo application: Using the AdWords API with Ruby on Rails

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The Ruby programming language is currently a popular choice for web development with Rails being the most commonly used framework. With this in mind we're releasing a new demo application that shows how to easily use the AdWords API Ruby client library with Rails.

This simple web application demonstrates the following:

authorization against AdWords with OAuth 1.0a and credentials re-use
accounts hierarchy retrieval and account selection
simple service request (CampaignService.get) and display results
basic AdHoc reporting functionality with download support

Check out the README file on installation instructions and detailed walkthrough for the demo.

Download the application from the library site or via git. It is also mirrored on GitHub (pull requests are welcome).

- Danial Klimkin, AdWords API Team.

Streamline your coding with AdWords API examples

Friday, February 24, 2012

Are you getting started with the AdWords API but short on time to read the documentation? Do you need a reference implementation of a particular API operation? Check out our client libraries code examples which have undergone extensive renovations in the last libraries release!

The code examples are one of the best resources to learn the API and understand version changes. It is also helpful to have a working code to troubleshoot issues you may have with your own implementation. You can find the list of the client libraries and the resources for each library on the AdWords API site.

There were a number of changes introduced which we hope will make the examples code base more useful and easy to follow:

The code examples are now oriented around typical use cases rather than the API-specific operations. To get Criteria report look for the getCriteriaReport example, to create text ads - for the createTextAds example.
The number of input parameters was reduced which means you can run more examples as-is now, without adding specific object IDs.
For each example the code is wrapped into a function which can be called with parameters. This makes it easier to find out what parameters are required and improves examples testability.
Some of our Best Practices are now also demonstrated in the examples and described in the comments.

We’ve also changed the example files layout. We’ve noticed developers find it easier to navigate defined sections:

BasicOperations: start here if you are new to the AdWords API. This directory contains examples of basic operations such as creation, updating and deletion of most commonly used objects. The examples demonstrate the principles used in the rest of the API: selectors, predicates, paging, grouping of operations.
Targeting, CampaignManagement: these sections contain more advanced examples on the AdWords API such as geo targeting, location extensions, experiments and ad parameters.
ErrorHandling: examples in the ErrorHandling directory demonstrate how to handle different kind of errors occurring during the API calls. The errors covered here are API-specific (e.g. not network errors) and not transient so they could not be solved by retrying the exact same request.
Reporting: this section includes examples on how to retrieve a report with the client libraries. You can find the list of reports and their fields available on our codesite page.
AccountManagement: examples in the AccountManagement section will be helpful if you manage more than one account via the API. Here you can find code which retrieves accounts’ hierarchy or finds units spent on particular account.
Optimization: If you are looking for keyword or placement ideas or traffic estimations, you can find the examples in this section.
Remarketing: conversion tracker and audience operations are shown in examples in the Remarketing section.
Misc: this section contains examples that don’t fit into any other category and also some library-specific code samples. Check out our OAuth authorization code example here.

Browse updated examples code in: DotNet, Python, Ruby, Perl, PHP. We are working to update examples for Java and JavaScript as well.

As always, please feel free to ask any questions regarding the AdWords API on our forum or during scheduled office hours.

- Danial Klimkin, AdWords API Team

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Shopping for a Ruby to Go with new Content API samples

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New demo application: Using the AdWords API with Ruby on Rails

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