Write data to Amazon Ads using SSIS (Import data)

In this section we will learn how to configure and use Amazon Ads Connector in the API Destination to write data to Amazon Ads.

Video tutorial

This video covers following and more so watch carefully. After watching this video follow the steps described in this article.

• How to download SSIS PowerPack for Amazon Ads integration in SSIS
• How to configure connection for Amazon Ads
• How to write or lookup data to Amazon Ads
• Features about SSIS API Destination
• Using Amazon Ads Connector in SSIS

Step-by-step instructions

In upper section we learned how to read data, now in this section we will learn how to configure Amazon Ads in the API Source to POST data to the Amazon Ads.

1. Read the data from the source, being any desired source component. In example we will use ZappySys Dummy Data Source component.

2. From the SSIS Toolbox drag and drop API Destination (Predefined Templates) on the Data Flow Designer surface and connect source component with it, and double click to edit it.
   

3. Select New Connection to create a new connection:
   

   API Destination - Amazon Ads

   Amazon Ads Connector can be used to get Amazon advertisements using Amazon Advertisements API, download various advertisement-related reports.

   

4. Use a preinstalled Amazon Ads Connector from Popular Connector List or press Search Online radio button to download Amazon Ads Connector. Once downloaded simply use it in the configuration:
   

   Amazon Ads

   

5. Proceed with selecting the desired Authentication Type. Then select API Base URL (in most cases default one is the right one). Finally, fill in all the required parameters and set optional parameters if needed. You may press a link Steps to Configure which will help set certain parameters. More info is available in Authentication section.

    OAuth Authentication [OAuth]

   Amazon OAuth Security Profile has be created in Amazon Developer portal. [API reference]

   Steps how to get and use Amazon Ads credentials : OAuth Authentication [OAuth]
   

   1. Firstly, login into Amazon Developer portal in https://developer.amazon.com.
   2. Then click Sign in.
   3. If you don't have an account, press Create your Amazon Developer account button to create one.
   4. Once logged in, click on your profile icon on the right-top of the window and hit Settings:
   5. Then click Security Profiles and proceed with creating a new Security Profile:
   
   6. After that, click Web Settings subtab, then hit Show Secret button to reveal the Client Secret (you will need it later), and click Edit to add a Redirect URL:
   
   7. Continue by setting Allowed Return URLs (you can have your own or use https://zappysys.com/oauth):
   8. Done! Now you can use Client ID, Client Secret, and Redirect URL when configuring OAuth Authentication parameters:

   Fill in all required parameters and set optional parameters if needed:

   AmazonAdsDSN

   Amazon Ads

   OAuth Authentication [OAuth]

   https://advertising-api.amazon.com/v2

   Required Parameters
   ClientId	Fill-in the parameter...
   ClientSecret	Fill-in the parameter...
   AuthorizationUrl	Fill-in the parameter...
   ReturnUrl	Fill-in the parameter...
   Scope	Fill-in the parameter...
   Profile (click 'Generate Token' before this)	Fill-in the parameter...
   Optional Parameters
   RetryMode	RetryWhenStatusCodeMatch
   RetryStatusCodeList	429
   RetryCountMax	5
   RetryMultiplyWaitTime	True

   

6. Select the desired endpoint, change/pass the properties values, and go to the Mappings tab to map the columns.

   API Destination - Amazon Ads

   Amazon Ads Connector can be used to get Amazon advertisements using Amazon Advertisements API, download various advertisement-related reports.

   

7. Finally, map the desired columns:

   API Destination - Amazon Ads

   Amazon Ads Connector can be used to get Amazon advertisements using Amazon Advertisements API, download various advertisement-related reports.

   

8. That's it; we successfully configured the POST API Call. In a few clicks we configured the Amazon Ads API call using ZappySys Amazon Ads Connector