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Apple search ads: make it a one-click connection

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Jose Sotelo User

Which connector?:Apple search ads 

 

Additional details: right now the configuration is per account, and it required the user to be an API user plus manual copy pasting.

Other platforms like Funnel achieve a better UX by making it a one-click integration that gets all accounts that the user has access.

The main issue is that I need to reduce the access of my user to API manager, and end up with multiple connections / datasets.

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    Lucas Alexander Fivetranner

    Hi Jose,

    Thank you for the feature request to simplify Apple Search Ads setup. 

    I'm not following the part about the configuration being per account and ending up with multiple connections. The connector's default sync mode is "Sync All Organizations," which calls Apple's ACLS endpoint to automatically discover and sync every organization your API user has access to within a single connection. If your API user already has access to multiple orgs, you shouldn't need separate connections or manual per-org setup. 

    Can you elaborate on this part of the issue? Alternatively, we can discuss live on an upcoming weekly sync. 

    On the part of your ask that's about simplifying setup, avoiding the API Account Manager role and the manual public-key upload, thanks for flagging this. It's not very well documented, but it appears that Apple does offer a lighter-weight "secure Apple sign-in" authorization flow for third-party integrations, where an Account Admin can grant access by signing in with their Apple ID, with no invited API user or key pair required (Apple Campaign Management API docs). Our connector doesn't currently support this flow, so I've filed an internal feature ticket to investigate enabling it.

    This sign-in flow appears to be gated behind an Apple partner program rather than something any developer can self-serve, so I can't promise a timeline for when we'll be able to offer it. I'll make sure the team is aware of the demand from your account as they evaluate it.

    Cheers, Luke

  • Jose Sotelo User

    Hey Lucas,

    I don't understand you question, as you say, it connects All Organizations, not all accounts, and we have multiple accounts, so I will need a ton of connections to cover Apple search ads, which is not ideal, so my request is to be able to connect all accounts with a normal authentication process, and not the current one.

  • Lucas Alexander Fivetranner

    Hi Jose,

    Sorry for the confusion. I misunderstood and thought that in addition to splitting by account, you were splitting by organization.

    I spoke with Apple and confirmed their alternate flow grants access to all accounts assigned to a user. We'll start implementing this alternative authentication method on the connector soon.

    Thanks,
    Luke