REST Interface

The Google Ads API can be called either using gRPC or REST. Both interfaces expose a resource-oriented design shared with other Google Cloud APIs.

We recommend using Google's official client libraries wherever possible. They provide idiomatic, type-safe code in each supported language and handle many low-level details of communication with the API (like timeout settings, result set pagination , and authentication ). Our client libraries also include an extensive set of code examples and utilities that assist with common tasks, such as constructing resource names and handling field masks .

This guide presents details specific to REST and explains what you need to know to call the REST interface directly, without the use of a Google-supported client library. This guide may be useful if you are writing your own custom code to use REST directly or using a third-party HTTP client library.