Bing Ads

This connector captures data from Bing Ads into Flow collections via the Bing Ads API.

It is available for use in the Flow web application. For local development or open-source workflows, ghcr.io/estuary/source-bing-ads:dev provides the latest version of the connector as a Docker image. You can also follow the link in your browser to see past image versions.

This connector is based on an open-source connector from a third party, with modifications for performance in the Flow system. You can find their documentation here, but keep in mind that the two versions may be significantly different.

Supported data resources

The following data resources are supported:

• Accounts
• Account performance reports: hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly (four resources)
• Ad groups
• Ad group performance reports: hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly (four resources)
• Ads
• Ad performance reports: hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly (four resources).
• Budget summary report
• Campaigns
• Campaign performance reports: hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly (four resources).
• Keyword performance reports: hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly (four resources).

By default, each resource is mapped to a Flow collection through a separate binding.

Prerequisites

This connector uses OAuth2 to authenticate with Microsoft. You can do this in the Flow web app, or configure manually if you're using the flowctl CLI.

Using OAuth2 to authenticate with Microsoft in the Flow web app

You'll need:

• User credentials with access to the Bing Ads account.

• A developer token associated with the user.

Authenticating manually using the CLI

You'll need:

• A registered Bing Ads application with the following credentials retrieved:

  • Client ID

  • Client Secret

  • Refresh Token

To set get these items, complete the following steps:

1. Register your Bing Ads Application in the Azure Portal.

   1. During setup, note the client_id and client_secret.

2. Get a user access token.

   1. Redeem the user authorization code for OAuth tokens, and note the refresh_token.

Configuration

You configure connectors either in the Flow web app, or by directly editing the catalog specification file. See connectors to learn more about using connectors. The values and specification sample below provide configuration details specific to the Bing Ads source connector.

Properties

Endpoint

The properties in the table below reflect the manual authentication method. If you're working in the Flow web app, you'll use OAuth2, so many of these properties aren't required.

Property	Title	Description	Type	Required/Default
/credentials	Credentials		object	Required
/credentials/auth_method	Authentication method	Set to oauth2.0	String	oauth2.0
/credentials/client_id	Client ID	The Client ID of your Microsoft Advertising developer application.	String	Required
/credentials/client_secret	Client Secret	The Client Secret of your Microsoft Advertising developer application.	String	Required
/credentials/refresh_token	Refresh Token	Refresh Token to renew the expired Access Token.	String	Required
/developer_token	Developer Token	Developer token associated with user.	String	Required
/reports_start_date	Credentials	The start date from which to begin replicating report data. Any data generated before this date will not be replicated in reports. This is a UTC date in YYYY-MM-DD format.	String	Required, 2020-01-01
/tenant_id	Credentials	The Tenant ID of your Microsoft Advertising developer application. Set this to common unless you know you need a different value.	String	Required

Bindings

Property	Title	Description	Type	Required/Default
/stream	Stream	Bing Ads resource from which a collection is captured.	string	Required
/syncMode	Sync Mode	Connection method.	string	Required

Sample

This sample specification reflects the manual authentication method.

captures:
  ${PREFIX}/${CAPTURE_NAME}:
    endpoint:
      connector:
        image: ghcr.io/estuary/source-bing-ads:dev
          config:
            credentials:
              auth_type: oauth2.0
              client_id: 6731de76-14a6-49ae-97bc-6eba6914391e
              client_secret: <secret>
              refresh_token: <token>
            developer_token: <token>
            reports_start_date: 2020-01-01
            tenant_id: common

      bindings:
        - resource:
            stream: accounts
            syncMode: full_refresh
          target: ${PREFIX}/accounts
       {}