How does Admaxxer connect to Google Ads?

Admaxxer is a DTC analytics platform with built-in Meta + Google ad ops. For Google Ads specifically, the integration question is: how does Admaxxer connect to Google Ads? We use the official Google Ads API via an OAuth refresh token plus a developer token, query data with GAQL, and respect the default 15,000 operations-per-day quota that Google grants new developer tokens. ## The short answer Admaxxer uses the Google Ads API (v17) with an OAuth refresh token plus a developer token. You complete a Google OAuth flow once, we store the refresh token encrypted with AES-256-GCM, and syncs run inside Google's 15,000 operations-per-day quota. ## Full answer ### The connection flow When you click **Connect Google Ads**, Admaxxer redirects you to Google's OAuth consent screen and requests the `adwords` scope. After you authorize, Google returns a short-lived access token plus a long-lived refresh token. We: 1. Validate the refresh token by listing accessible customer IDs. 2. Let you pick which customer IDs (linked accounts and MCCs) to enable. 3. Encrypt the refresh token with AES-256-GCM and store it alongside your workspace. From that point forward, Admaxxer exchanges the refresh token for access tokens as needed and makes authenticated API calls. ### GAQL queries All Google Ads data in Admaxxer is fetched via **GAQL** (Google Ads Query Language). We run parameterized queries against resources like `campaign`, `ad_group`, `ad_group_ad`, `customer`, and `metrics` objects. One important detail we handle for you: `cost_micros` is always divided by 1,000,000 before it reaches dashboards, so spend values display in standard currency units without manual conversion. ### Quota and rate limits Google Ads defaults to a **15,000 operations-per-day** cap per developer token before you apply for higher tiers. Admaxxer plans pulls so that a typical workspace stays far under this ceiling: - Daily full syncs are consolidated into a small number of segmented GAQL reports rather than one query per campaign. - Near-real-time insight pulls fall back to cached results if the daily quota is near exhaustion. - Write operations (pause/update/create) are only invoked via explicit user or agent confirmation. ### Developer token and API version `GOOGLE_ADS_API_VERSION` defaults to `v17`. The developer token is managed at the platform level; you never paste one in. If Google changes the API version or quota structure, we roll the version flag forward without requiring you to re-auth. ## Related questions - [How does Admaxxer connect to Meta Ads?](/faq/how-does-admaxxer-connect-to-meta-ads) - [How does Admaxxer store my credentials?](/faq/how-does-admaxxer-store-my-credentials) - [Can the AI agent pause or launch campaigns?](/faq/can-the-ai-agent-pause-or-launch-campaigns)