How do I start using the AdSense for Audio API?
If you're new to the AdSense for Audio API, here's how we recommend you get started:
- Read the Getting Started Guide to learn about the certification process, the registration process, the AdSense for Audio API Terms of Service, and the development tools you will need.
- Read the Developer's Guide to learn how the API works, how to implement it, and how to use best coding practices.
- Read the Reference Guide to learn about the web service operations and data objects that are available through the AdSense for Audio API.
What is the AdSense for Audio API?
The Google™ AdSense™ for Audio API is a web service that enables you to integrate AdSense for Audio into a broadcast system, such as a radio automation system. By integrating AdSense for Audio into a broadcast system you give radio stations access to the AdSense for Audio network, which makes their unsold commercial inventory available to thousands of new advertisers through the Google Audio Ads™ program. You also gain the ability to market your broadcast system as being AdSense for Audio compatible.
When your broadcast system is AdSense for Audio compatible, your customers get:
- Automated delivery of air-ready commercials from the AdSense for Audio system.
- Complete control over which AdSense for Audio ads will air, right up to air time.
- Real-time ad matching based on the spots that your customers make available to the AdSense for Audio program.
- Real-time reporting of advertising schedules and revenue reports.
- Consistent revenues from a single source, with Google managing advertiser billings for all the ads it provides.
To learn more about the AdSense for Audio program and the AdSense for Audio API, see the Overview and the FAQ.