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This page describes how to sign up for Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API.

Note

You don't need to sign up with Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API when using Yahoo! JAPAN Ads through our official partners' applications (Campaign Management Tool, etc.).
Find our official partners (listed on https://marketing.yahoo.co.jp/partner/technology_partner/partner_list/).

To use the Campaign Management Tool, grant access from the application.
Learn more on the following pages:
- About OAuth2.0
- Approve Application
When outsourcing the development of your application to an external company, refer to "Apply For API" in our FAQ.

Before you start

To sign up for Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API, you must sign in with a Yahoo! JAPAN ID linked to a Yahoo! JAPAN Business ID that has administrator permission.

Note 1:Sign in with your Yahoo! JAPAN ID.
If you haven't linked your Yahoo! JAPAN ID with a Business ID that has administrator permission, link them before signing up for Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API.(Sign in with your Yahoo! JAPAN ID first.)

Learn more about Business ID and account access on the following pages:
-Yahoo! JAPANビジネスIDとは (What is Yahoo! JAPAN Business ID) *Available in Japanese
-Manage account access

Note 2: If you don't have a Yahoo! JAPAN ID, create one from the page that appears after signing in with your Business ID. Continue the Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API sign-up after you get one.

*To create Yahoo! JAPAN ID, you need a mobile phone that can receive SMS from Japan. If you can't create a Yahoo! JAPAN ID using your mobile phone number, see Note 3.

Note 3: If you don't have Yahoo! JAPAN Ads account, sign up using the following form in advance. After you get a Yahoo! JAPAN Ads account, sign in with your Yahoo! JAPAN ID. Then sign up for Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API. We will review your entry, and up to 15 business days may require completing it.
Sign up for Yahoo! JAPAN Ads

*If you don't have a Yahoo! JAPAN Ads account and can't create a Yahoo! JAPAN ID because of not having a mobile phone in Japan, sign up from the link following this section.
After you get a Yahoo! JAPAN Ads account, sign in with your Yahoo! JAPAN ID. Then sign up for Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API.
It may take up to 15 business days.
Sign up for Yahoo! JAPAN Ads (for users who don't have mobile phones in Japan)

Note

If your Business ID doesn't have administrator permission, take one of the following options:
•Ask another employee who has a Business ID with administrator permission to sign up for you.
•Add administrator permission to your Business ID.
For more information, visit "法人管理権限の追加、交代、取り消し (Add, change, remove administrator permission)."*Available in Japanese

*If you sign in with a Yahoo! JAPAN ID linked with a Business ID that doesn't have administrator permission, you will be taken to the following page.

Enter the information needed to sign up with Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API.

Enter the following information in the sign-up form:

Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API application

After sign-up

When you are ready to use Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API, you will receive an email "[Yahoo! JAPAN Ads] API-Registration completed" at the registered email address for your Business ID. You can find your test account in this email.

After the registration completes, Add application.

Tool Access for Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API

To add more employees to use the API, sign into the Yahoo! JAPAN Business Manager and give administrator permission or user permission on the "Tool Manager."

Note

Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API won't be available to users who have received a Yahoo! JAPAN Ads guideline violation in the past.
If someone in your company has already signed up for Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API, you will receive an error.
To sign up using another Business ID, cancel the existing Yahoo! JAPAN Ads API account.
Learn more FAQ page.

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