performance-marketing

google-ads-python: Automate Ads

Name: google-ads-python: Automate Ads
Author: googleads

Manage Google Ads with python,, with the google-ads-python library

intermediate⏱ 1-2 hours💵 Free (but may incur Google Ads API costs)

746 stars547 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10Updated 9/8/2026100% free · open source

What it is

Use the Google Ads Python library to interact with Google Ads.

Real use case example

"A founder, Alex, wants to manage their Google Ads campaigns automatically. They use the Google Ads Python library to write a script that creates a new ad group and targets specific audiences based on their product's features. Within a few minutes, Alex has their Google Ads campaigns set up and running with minimal manual effort."

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When to use it

•When you need to automate Google Ads campaign management
•When you want to integrate Google Ads data with your own analytics or CRM systems
•When you need to perform complex Google Ads optimization tasks, such as bidding or ad rotation

Ready-to-paste prompt

campaign_service.mutate([{'operator': 'ADD', 'operand': {'name': 'My Test Campaign', 'status': 'ENABLED'}}])

Heads up: You need to have a Google Ads account and enable the Google Ads API in the Google Cloud Console, and also set up OAuth2 credentials to use the google-ads-python library

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Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🔑 Needs an API key

Works after you add credentials — the setup agent will ask you for them.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/google-ads-python && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/google-ads-python/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/google-ads-python/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How google-ads-python: Automate Ads works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Google-ads-python: Automate Ads is a very large Python project (~2.3M lines across 8500 code files, plus 33 test files). Setup is light: installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~2.3M lines · 8500 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

One-command install

Installs like a normal app. Reading the code is optional.

Runs on

Python · Docker

No API keys detected

Python 100%

Where to start reading

1
README.rst
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
pyproject.toml
Dependencies and the commands it exposes
3
examples/__init__.py
A worked example — copy this to get going

What's in each folder

examples/Examples you can copy135 files

google/Folder8921 files

tests/Tests — proof it works36 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)4 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedNo CIDocker readyExamples includedApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🔑 Needs an API key

Works after you add credentials — the setup agent will ask you for them.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/google-ads-python && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/google-ads-python/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/google-ads-python/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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Details

Creator

googleads

Language

Python