Google Ads Links: insert

Requires authorization

Creates a webProperty-Google Ads link. Try it now or see an example.

Request

HTTP request

POST https://www.googleapis.com/analytics/v3/management/accounts/accountId/webproperties/webPropertyId/entityAdWordsLinks

Parameters

Parameter name Value Description
Path parameters
accountId string ID of the Google Analytics account to create the link for.
webPropertyId string Web property ID to create the link for.

Authorization

This request requires authorization with the following scope (read more about authentication and authorization).

Scope
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.edit

Request body

In the request body, supply an Google Ads Links resource with the following properties:

Property name Value Description Notes
Required Properties
adWordsAccounts[] list A list of Google Ads client accounts. These cannot be MCC accounts. This field is required when creating a Google Ads link. It cannot be empty. writable
adWordsAccounts[].customerId string Customer ID. This field is required when creating a Google Ads link.
name string Name of the link. This field is required when creating a Google Ads link. writable

Response

If successful, this method returns an Google Ads Links resource in the response body.

Examples

Note: The code examples available for this method do not represent all supported programming languages (see the client libraries page for a list of supported languages).

Java

Uses the Java client library.

/*
 * Note: this code assumes you have an authorized Analytics service object.
 * See the Google Ads Links Developer Guide for details.
 */

/*
 * This request creates a new Google Ads Link.
 */

// Construct a list of AdWordsAccounts.
AdWordsAccount adWordsAccount = new AdWordsAccount();
adWordsAccount.setCustomerId("123-456-7890");
List<AdWordsAccount> adWordsAccounts = Arrays.asList(adWordsAccount);

// Construct the body of the request.
EntityAdWordsLink adWordsLink = new EntityAdWordsLink();
adWordsLink.setAdWordsAccounts(adWordsAccounts);
adWordsLink.setName("Google Ads Link");

try{
  analytics.management().webPropertyAdWordsLinks().insert("123456",
      "UA-123456-1", adWordsLink).execute();
} catch (GoogleJsonResponseException e) {
  System.err.println("There was a service error: "
      + e.getDetails().getCode() + " : "
      + e.getDetails().getMessage());
}

PHP

Uses the PHP client library.

/**
 * Note: This code assumes you have an authorized Analytics service object.
 * See the Google Ads Links Developer Guide for details.
 */

/**
 * This request creates a new Google Ads Link.
 */

// Construct an Google Ads account object.
$adWordsAccount = new Google_Service_Analytics_AdWordsAccount();
$adWordsAccount->setCustomerId("123-456-7890");

// Construct the body of the request.
$adWordsLink = new Google_Service_Analytics_EntityAdWordsLink();
$adWordsLink->setName('Google Ads Link');
$adWordsLink->setAdWordsAccounts(array($adWordsAccount));

try {
  $analytics->management_webPropertyAdWordsLinks->insert('123456',
      'UA-123456-1', $adWordsLink);

} catch (apiServiceException $e) {
  print 'There was an Analytics API service error '
      . $e->getCode() . ':' . $e->getMessage();

} catch (apiException $e) {
  print 'There was a general API error '
      . $e->getCode() . ':' . $e->getMessage();
}

Python

Uses the Python client library.

# Note: This code assumes you have an authorized Analytics service object.
# See the Google Ads Links Developer Guide for details.

# This request creates a new Google Ads Link.
try:
  analytics.management().webPropertyAdWordsLinks().insert(
      accountId='123456',
      webPropertyId='UA-123456-1',
      body={
          'adWordsAccounts': [
              {
                  'customerId': '123-456-7890'
              }
          ],
          'name': 'Google Ads Link'
      }
  ).execute()

except TypeError, error:
  # Handle errors in constructing a query.
  print 'There was an error in constructing your query : %s' % error

except HttpError, error:
  # Handle API errors.
  print ('There was an API error : %s : %s' %
         (error.resp.status, error.resp.reason))

JavaScript

Uses the JavaScript client library.

/*
 * Note: This code assumes you have an authorized Analytics client object.
 * See the Google Ads Links Developer Guide for details.
 */

/*
 * This request creates a new Google Ads Link.
 */
function insertAdWordsLink() {
  var request = gapi.client.analytics.management.webPropertyAdWordsLinks.insert(
    {
      'accountId': '123456',
      'webPropertyId': 'UA-123456-1',
      'resource': {
        'adWordsAccounts': [ { 'customerId': '123-456-7890'} ],
        'name': 'Google Ads Link'
      }
    });
  request.execute(function (response) { // Handle the response. });
}

Try it!

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