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Build a Search Ads 360 Reporting API-to-database pipeline in Python using dlt with AI harness support for Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex.

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The Search Ads 360 Reporting API allows programmatic access to Search Ads 360 performance data and management configurations. The REST API base URL is https://searchads360.googleapis.com and all requests require a Bearer token and potentially a login-customer-id header.

dlt is an open-source Python library that handles authentication, pagination, and schema evolution automatically. dlthub provides AI context files that enable code assistants to generate production-ready pipelines. Install with uv add "dlt[hub]" and start loading Search Ads 360 Reporting API data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from Search Ads 360 Reporting API?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from Search Ads 360 Reporting API:

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
customers/v0/customers
GETReturns resource names of customers directly accessible by the user.
custom_columns/v0/customers/{customerId}/customColumnsGETReturns all custom columns associated with the customer.
custom_column/v0/{resourceName=customers//customColumns/}GETReturns the requested custom column in full detail.
search/v0/customers/{customerId}/searchAds360
POSTresultsReturns all rows matching the search query (supports pagination).
search_stream/v0/customers/{customerId}/searchAds360
POSTReturns all rows matching the search stream query (streaming).
field_metadata/v0/searchAds360Fields
POSTReturns fields that match the search query (metadata).

How do I authenticate with the Search Ads 360 Reporting API API?

All API requests require an Authorization header with a Bearer access token generated via OAuth 2.0. When acting on behalf of a manager account, an additional login-customer-id header must be included with the manager's 10-digit numeric customer ID (hyphens removed).

1. Get your credentials

  1. Create a Google Cloud project in the Google Cloud Console. 2. Enable the Search Ads 360 Reporting API in the API Library. 3. Navigate to the Credentials page and select Create Credentials > OAuth client ID. 4. Choose your application type (e.g., Web application) and configure authorized redirect URIs. 5. Download the JSON credentials file or copy the client ID and client secret. 6. Use the client ID, client secret, and an authorized OAuth2 flow (or the OAuth2 Playground) to generate a refresh token. 7. The credentials consist of the Client ID, Client Secret, and Refresh Token.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.search_ads_360_reporting_api_source] refresh_token = "REPLACE_ME"

dlt reads this automatically at runtime — never hardcode tokens in your pipeline script. For production environments, see setting up credentials with dlt for environment variable and vault-based options.


How do I set up and run the pipeline?

Set up a virtual environment and install dlt:

uv init uv add "dlt[hub]"

1. Install the dlt AI harness:

uv run dlthub ai init --agent <your-agent> # <agent>: claude | cursor | codex

This installs project rules, a secrets management skill, appropriate ignore files, and configures the dlt MCP server for your agent. Learn more →

2. Install the rest-api-pipeline toolkit:

uv run dlthub ai toolkit install rest-api-pipeline

This loads the skills and context about dlt the agent uses to build the pipeline iteratively, efficiently, and safely. The agent uses MCP tools to inspect credentials — it never needs to read your secrets.toml directly. Learn more →

3. Start LLM-assisted coding:

Use /find-source to load data from the Search Ads 360 Reporting API API into DuckDB.

The rest-api-pipeline toolkit takes over from here — it reads relevant API documentation, presents you with options for which endpoints to load, and follows a structured workflow to scaffold, debug, and validate the pipeline step by step.

4. Run the pipeline:

uv run python search_ads_360_reporting_api_pipeline.py

If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:

Pipeline search_ads_360_reporting_api_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset search_ads_360_reporting_api_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/search_ads_360_reporting_api.duckdb location to store data Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs

Inspect your pipeline and data:

uv run dlthub show

This opens the Pipeline Dashboard where you can verify pipeline state, load metrics, schema (tables, columns, types), and query the loaded data directly.


Python pipeline example

This example loads search and searchStream from the Search Ads 360 Reporting API API into DuckDB. It mirrors the endpoint and data selector configuration from the table above:

import dlt from dlt.sources.rest_api import RESTAPIConfig, rest_api_resources @dlt.source def search_ads_360_reporting_api_source(refresh_token=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://searchads360.googleapis.com", "auth": {"type": "bearer", "token": refresh_token}, }, "resources": [ {"name": "searchAds360_search", "endpoint": {"path": "v0/customers/{customerId}/searchAds360:search", "data_selector": "results"}}, {"name": "list_accessible_customers", "endpoint": {"path": "v0/customers:listAccessibleCustomers"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="search_ads_360_reporting_api_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="search_ads_360_reporting_api_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(search_ads_360_reporting_api_source()) print(load_info)

To add more endpoints, append entries from the resource table to the "resources" list using the same name, path, and data_selector pattern.


How do I query the loaded data?

Once the pipeline runs, dlt creates one table per resource. You can query with Python or SQL.

Python (pandas DataFrame):

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("search_ads_360_reporting_api_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.searchAds360_search.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM search_ads_360_reporting_api_data.searchAds360_search LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("search_ads_360_reporting_api_pipeline").dataset() data.searchAds360_search.df().head()

See how to explore your data in marimo Notebooks and how to query your data in Python with dataset.


What destinations can I load Search Ads 360 Reporting API data to?

dlt supports loading into any of these destinations — only the destination parameter changes:

DestinationExample value
DuckDB (local, default)"duckdb"
PostgreSQL"postgres"
BigQuery"bigquery"
Snowflake"snowflake"
Redshift"redshift"
Databricks"databricks"
Filesystem (S3, GCS, Azure)"filesystem"

Change the destination in dlt.pipeline(destination="snowflake") and add credentials in .dlt/secrets.toml. See the full destinations list.


Next steps

Continue your data engineering journey with the other toolkits of the dltHub AI harness:

  • data-exploration — Build custom notebooks, charts, and dashboards for deeper analysis with marimo notebooks.
  • dlthub-platform — Deploy, schedule, and monitor your pipeline in production.
uv run dlthub ai toolkit install data-exploration uv run dlthub ai toolkit install dlthub-platform

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