Twitter Ads API First time Developer Experience

[psuedorandom]

HI @jillblaz

Thanks for looking into this but the issue is still there: Please find the screehshot along with the time stamp.

My twitter handle = @ZenMarketingHQ

[jillblaz]

Oh - we don’t whitelist group/corporate handles for documentation access (for security purposes, we want to be able to grant and revoke access individually.)

Try accessing the docs on your @psuedorandom account.

[psuedorandom]

Yep did that as well and it shows the same thing. Note that I moved the app to corporate account upon request from Twitter.

[jillblaz]

@psuedorandom - that screen shot is what you should be seeing. The docs can be accessed through the left menu.

Yes, the API key must be registered to a corporate account but the doc access is restricted to non-corporate accounts.

[psuedorandom]

Got it. Sorry - didn’t see the whole thing before uploading. Thanks for help

[fjania]

Looks like I’m having the same problem. Can we please have these accounts whitelisted for access to the ads docs?

fjania
notjeffrand
gilgul

Thanks!

[jillblaz]

Hi @fjania - Yep, we’re aware of the access issues with these usernames. In this case, it’s not a bug - the process for granting access is convoluted, unfortunately. I will reach out with an update when your access has been granted.

[fjania]

Hey @jillblaz - Any progress on getting us access to the docs?

[jillblaz]

@fjania You should be all set now!

[fjania]

Checking it out @jillblaz - It looks like I might only have access to the “read” section of the API docs? e.g.

The first link in the targeting documentation points to the write api for setting targeting, https://dev.twitter.com/ads/reference/post/accounts/%3Aaccount_id/targeting_criteria but I’m unauthorized to view it.

The page for “get” for that same endpoint works just fine though - https://dev.twitter.com/ads/reference/get/accounts/%3Aaccount_id/targeting_criteria

[Michael]

Hi @fjania - Happy to help. We have a policy to not discuss account permissions on the forum. If you have additional questions, please DM me directly @mnengle. Thanks, Michael

[Will_Parker]

Hi, we’re having a similar issue at Gallop Labs. We sent an email about it and were told to post on the forums.

We can access the API fine, and read almost all the documentation, except for the articles for POST / PUT / DELETE endpoints in the campaign section. They give an access denied message.

(The endpoints themselves work fine, we are able to publish campaign objects in the sandbox.)

Any advice?

Thanks!

William

[jillblaz]

Hi @Will_Parker,

Sorry about that - try accessing those docs now and let me know if you are still unable.

[Will_Parker]

Thanks for the help. Unfortunately, I’m still not able to see these docs. Maybe it’s because I’m registered as a different name on Twitter (@Will_Park_IAM) as on this forum?

Can read:
https://dev.twitter.com/ads/campaigns/targeting
https://dev.twitter.com/ads/reference/get/accounts/%3Aaccount_id/targeting_criteria

Can’t read:
https://dev.twitter.com/ads/reference/post/accounts/%3Aaccount_id/targeting_criteria

[jillblaz]

@Will_Parker

Your company provided us with a list of usernames that we whitelisted for access to the relevant docs. You will only be able to access the docs when you are logged into those usernames. @Will_Park_IAM is on that list, @Will_Parker is not.

Would you like me to swap those out?

[Will_Parker]

Sorry for ambiguity, I am indeed signed in as @Will_Park_IAM when reading the docs. I can read most of them, including the two above, and also:

Yes:
https://dev.twitter.com/ads/reference/post/accounts/%3Aaccount_id/cards/image_app_download (creative writes)
https://dev.twitter.com/ads/reference/post/accounts/%3Aaccount_id/tailored_audiences (audience writes)

And “yes” to campaign management reads, but “no” to campaign management writes (POST / PUT / DELETE).

And again, the actual API works fine so far in our development, it’s the docs that are restricting us. Thanks again for the help. I’m happy to make whatever personal account changes you need.

William

[jillblaz]

Hi @Will_Parker,

Before this morning, there was an error in the configuration of your company’s permissions. That has been fixed now and I just tested the permissions myself with a test account and was able to access https://dev.twitter.com/ads/reference/post/accounts/%3Aaccount_id/targeting_criteria

Can you please ask another member of your team to attempt to access that page? Clearing cache may help as well.

[Will_Parker]

Hi, I can read that page now, thank you!

William

[psuedorandom]

Hi @jillblaz,

I need some help on this topic - Spend from UI & API doesn't match

The difference is very large and in fact, we are missing some campaigns when reading through the APIs. Can you help provide some clues as to why reporting API could be missing some campaigns?

My skype: abhi_calling

Abhi

[Sangs]

Hi @jillblaz. I got Ads API access for an account but when I tried to get the data I always got an unauthorized error. Also can you please tell me what is the data we can exactly get from the Ads API?