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With the release of v1.2 (and the subsequent v1.3) of the AdSense Management API, older versions became deprecated, and we announced we would be retiring them later this year. The turnoff date will be August 12, 2013.

If your application is still using v1 or v1.1, please be sure to update it to use v1.2 ‒ or preferably, v1.3. The new versions build on top of the old ones, so all previous functionality will still be available and work exactly the same, which should make for an easy upgrade.

If you have any questions or need any help, be sure to join us in the forum!

 - Sérgio Gomes, AdSense Management API Team

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We’ll soon be sunsetting v1.0 and v1.1 of the AdSense Management API so we encourage you to migrate to v1.2 as soon as possible. To get you started, follow this simple guide.

If you don't use the client libraries you need to replace the version on the base URL that you are using:

https://www.googleapis.com/adsense/v1.1/

with

https://www.googleapis.com/adsense/v1.2/

That will allow you to continue using the API as you were and should require no further modifications to your code.

If you use the client libraries, what you need to do depends on the language you use:

• Java
  Download the latest client libraries and replace your project dependencies.
• PHP
  Make sure you get the latest files from the trunk of the repository. You may only need to replace trunk/src/contrib/Google_AdSenseService.php but you should update all the files you use.
• Python
  Good news for you! No need to download any libraries, the discovery service knows what to do. Create the service as follows:
  http = httplib2.Http()
service = build("adsense", "v1.2", http=http)
• C#
  Download the latest client libraries and replace your project dependencies.

To make sure you’re using the latest version, list your saved ad styles. It’s a new feature only available to v1.2, so if you don’t get an error, you’re on the right track.

To learn about the AdSense Management API read the docs and post your questions on the AdSense API Forum and we’ll do our best to help you! Also, follow our Google Ads Developers G+ page to receive important announcements and tips.

 - Jose Alcérreca, AdSense API Team

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Good news, everyone! Version 1.2 of the AdSense Management API is now available, and with it come two new features:

• the ability to retrieve saved ad styles
• the ability to retrieve and run saved reports

In addition, we’ll soon be deprecating versions 1.0 and 1.1. These will both be sunset six months from now, on April 17, 2013. Migration to the new version should be extremely simple, since version 1.2 is a superset of both previous versions, with no breaking changes.

If you have any questions or comments, let us know in the forum!


 - Sérgio Gomes, on behalf of the AdSense API Team

Over the last few weeks, we’ve identified a list of common questions that some of you’ve been asking. In this post, we'd like to share the answers with all of you.Read More

Over the last few weeks, we’ve identified a list of common questions that some of you’ve been asking. In this post, we'd like to share the answers with all of you.

AdSense Host API v3

- How do I set the AdSense login email and the AdSense login password of the application developer for a request to the API?

All requests sent to the AdSense Host API Web Services must include the following header elements:

• developer_email - the developer’s AdSense login email.
• developer_password - the developer’s AdSense login password.

Check our code examples to see how to include the headers for different languages and different types of requests.

- How do I handle the account confirmation email when I’m developing against the API Sandbox?

The AdSense Host API Sandbox is a replica of the production API services but with some additional support that helps developers test and debug their applications.

The production web services require that when a developer creates an account for a publisher, that publisher receives an email which asks them to go to a web page to perform various actions.

The Sandbox sends the email request to you, the developer (instead of the publisher), which lets you see the messages the publisher would have seen. However, the verification link in that email will not work, because the Sandbox doesn't have a replica of the AdSense website to which to take the publisher.

When developing against the Sandbox you can use the following special request headers to include zip, phone and approval settings that are normally requested of the publisher by email:

• debug_association_type - the state of the association between the developer and publisher
• debug_zip - the publisher's zip code
• debug_phone - the publisher's phone number

AdSense Management API

- How do I check the API usage statistics for my project?

You can check the usage statistics for a project in the API console under the "Reports" tab:

If the current usage is approaching the 10k daily limit, or you estimate that future usage will exceed it, you may request additional quota via the "Quotas" tab in the API console.

If you have any additional questions on these topics, please post on our forum or join one of our upcoming AdSense APIs Office Hours Hangouts.

 - Silvano Luciani, AdSense API Team