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Search and advertising signals · First-party paid-search campaign data API

Google Ads API: coverage and access

Retrieve campaign and advertising performance for accounts you manage, then connect paid-search outcomes with landing-page and customer data.

Reviewed 2026-10-09Open source ↗

What it covers

Geography and granularity

Geography: Google Ads accounts and campaigns managed by the authorized user

Granularity: Campaign, ad group, keyword and performance reporting fields subject to API resource and reporting limits

Source type: First-party paid-search campaign data API

Potential use

Retrieve campaign and advertising performance for accounts you manage, then connect paid-search outcomes with landing-page and customer data.

Access and cost

OAuth account and developer token

Authorize a Google Ads account and obtain a developer token; token access level controls API quotas.

Cost: The documentation does not state a separate API charge; advertising spend and account requirements are separate.

Update cadence: Campaign reporting data is updated through Google Ads; reporting windows and resource limits apply.

Interpret carefully

Limits that affect the decision

This is account-authorized first-party data, not a way to inspect arbitrary competitors. API quotas and field availability depend on access level.

Campaign reporting data is updated through Google Ads; reporting windows and resource limits apply.

This record summarizes source documentation; Jon Bishop did not conduct an independent audit of the underlying dataset.

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