Send events

Work through this guide to get familiar with the process of sending Google Analytics recommended and custom events with the Data Manager API.

In this guide, you complete the following steps:

  1. Prepare a Destination to receive event data.
  2. Prepare event data to send.
  3. Build an IngestionService request for events.
  4. Send the request with the Google APIs Explorer.
  5. Understand success and failure responses.

Prepare destinations

Before you can send data, you need to prepare at least one Destination for the data. Here are the fields of a Destination. Check out Configure destinations for more details and examples of destinations for different scenarios.

operatingAccount

The Google Analytics property that receives the events. Set accountType to GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_PROPERTY and accountId to the Google Analytics Property ID (for example, 123456789).

The request's credentials must be for a Google Account with the Editor or Administrator role for the property.

loginAccount

The account where the credential's user has access. Set accountType to GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_PROPERTY and accountId to the ID of the Google Analytics property.

productDestinationId

The identifier of the data stream that receives the events.

Web data stream

Set to the Measurement ID of a Google Analytics web data stream (in the format G-XXXXXXXXXX).

App data stream

Set to the Firebase App ID of a Google Analytics iOS or Android app data stream.

{
  "operatingAccount": {
    "accountType": "GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_PROPERTY",
    "accountId": "PROPERTY_ID"
  },
  "loginAccount": {
    "accountType": "GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_PROPERTY",
    "accountId": "LOGIN_ACCOUNT_ID"
  },
  "productDestinationId": "PRODUCT_DESTINATION_ID"
}

The example in this guide shows how to construct a request that sends every event to the same destination. If you want to send events for multiple destinations in the same request, see send events for multiple destinations.

Prepare event data

Before sending event data in a request, you must prepare the data:

  1. Format raw values as specified in the formatting guide.
  2. User identifiers such as email addresses, given names and family names must be hashed using the SHA-256 algorithm and encoded using hexadecimal (hex) or Base64 encoding.
  3. Construct your Event payload using the formatted and hashed values.

The following tabs show example event data progressing from raw input, through formatting, to the final payload value:

Event 1

Event attribute Raw value Formatted Payload value
event_timestamp June 10, 2025 3:07:01PM America/Chicago 2025-06-10T15:07:01-05:00 (ISO 8601) 2025-06-10T15:07:01-05:00
product_destination_id G-1234567890 G-1234567890 G-1234567890
event_name purchase purchase purchase
client_id 1234567890.1761581763 1234567890.1761581763 1234567890.1761581763
user_id user_ABC12345 user_ABC12345 user_ABC12345
transaction_id XYZ987654321 XYZ987654321 XYZ987654321
conversion_value 30.03 30.03 30.03
currency usd USD (3-letter ISO code) USD
ad_unit_name Banner_01 Banner_01 Banner_01
Cart data
item_id SKU_12345 SKU_12345 SKU_12345
unit_price 10.01 10.01 10.01
quantity 3 3 3
Additional item parameters
item_name Stan and Friends Tee Stan and Friends Tee Stan and Friends Tee
item_category Apparel Apparel Apparel
item_brand Google Google Google

Event 2

Event attribute Raw value Formatted Payload value
event_timestamp June 10, 2025 11:42:33PM America/New_York 2025-06-10T23:42:33-05:00 (ISO 8601) 2025-06-10T23:42:33-05:00
product_destination_id G-1234567890 G-1234567890 G-1234567890
event_name purchase purchase purchase
client_id 9876543210.1761582117 9876543210.1761582117 9876543210.1761582117
user_id user_DEF9876 user_DEF9876 user_DEF9876
transaction_id DEF999911111 DEF999911111 DEF999911111
conversion_value 42.02 42.02 42.02
currency eur EUR (3-letter ISO code) EUR
email_address

zoe@EXAMPLE.COM

cloudy.sanfrancisco@gmail.com

zoe@example.com (trimmed, lowercase)

cloudysanfrancisco@gmail.com (trimmed, lowercase, removed period before @gmail.com)

3E693CF7E5B67880BFF33B2D2626DADB7BF1D4BC737192E47CF8BAA89ACF2250 (SHA-256 hex)

223EBDA6F6889B1494551BA902D9D381DAF2F642BAE055888E96343D53E9F9C4 (SHA-256 hex)

given_name zoë zoë (trimmed, lowercase) 2752B88686847FA5C86F47B94CE652B7B3F22A91C37617D451A4DB9AFA431450 (SHA-256 hex)
family_name pérez pérez (trimmed, lowercase) 6654977D57DDDD3C0329CA741B109EF6CD6430BEDD00008AAD213DF25683D77F (SHA-256 hex)
address_line 1800 Amphibious Blvd. 1800 amphibious blvd (lowercase, no punctuation) FF75E73A0E768CC1FA28A64FAEBBCECCB562D7C05F2FFCDD8D100ABAD73E4579 (SHA-256 hex)
city Mountain View mountain view (trimmed, lowercase) mountain view
administrative_area CA ca (trimmed, lowercase) ca
region_code US US (2-letter ISO code) US
postal_code 94043 94043 94043
customer_type RETURNING RETURNING RETURNING
ad_unit_name Banner_02 Banner_02 Banner_02
Cart data
item_id SKU_12346 SKU_12346 SKU_12346
unit_price 21.01 21.01 21.01
quantity 2 2 2
Additional item parameters
item_name Google Grey Women's Tee Google Grey Women's Tee Google Grey Women's Tee
item_category Apparel Apparel Apparel
item_brand Google Google Google

Convert the data to Event objects

Convert each event's formatted and hashed data to an Event.

Event field requirements

Construct your events according to the requirements in the following table. Refer to the Event reference documentation for the complete list of available fields.

Field Status Description
eventName Required The name of the Google Analytics event. If the event name is a reserved name, the Data Manager API rejects the event with the error INVALID_EVENT_NAME.
eventTimestamp Required The time the event occurred. See Timestamp format. Events for Google Analytics must have an eventTimestamp within the last 72 hours. In addition, you must send Google Analytics events that you want to join or process alongside events that the Google Analytics for Firebase SDK or gtag.js collects within 48 hours of the original client-side event timestamp. Google Analytics might not process events sent later than this as expected, particularly for conversion attribution.
transactionId Conditionally Required Required if indicated in the Google Analytics event reference for the event.
eventSource Optional The origin of the event. If set, must be WEB for web data streams or APP for app data streams.
conversionValue Optional The monetary value associated with the event.
currency Optional The currency code (such as USD or EUR) associated with monetary values in this event.
cartData Conditionally Required Required if indicated in the Google Analytics event reference for the event. See Add cart data.
userId Optional A unique identifier for a user. See Measure activity across platforms with User-ID for more information.
userData Optional User-provided data, such as email address, phone number, and address, representing the user associated with the event. See Format user data for guidance on how to normalize and hash values.
additionalEventParameters Optional Optional, but recommended. Populate this list with any Google Analytics event parameters that aren't captured in the other Event fields. See Add event parameters.
userProperties Optional User properties for the user. See Add user properties.
destinationReferences Conditionally Required Required if the request-level destinations list contains more than one Google Analytics Destination. See Send events for multiple destinations.
consent Optional Digital Markets Act (DMA) consent settings for the user, specifying whether consent is granted for adUserData and adPersonalization.

Identifier requirements

Here are the identifier requirements for each type of data stream:

Web data stream

clientId
Required. Set to the unique identifier for a user instance of a web client. See the Measurement Protocol instructions.

App data stream

appInstanceId
Required. Set to the unique identifier for the user instance of the app client. See the Measurement Protocol instructions.

How Google handles multi-source data

Within the same event and property, Google Analytics uses transactionId to deduplicate the event from different sources (like your website tag and Data Manager API ingestion requests). Google Analytics uses the information from the first instance of the same event that it received.

Add cart data

Populate the cartData field of the Event with information about the items associated with the event. Use this field when sending Google Analytics recommended events such as purchase that require an items list.

Here are the fields of the CartData object:

items
Required. Include at least one Item in this list.

Item fields

Add one or more Item objects to the items list of CartData.

Populate the following fields for each Item:

items.itemId
Required. A unique identifier for the item.
items.unitPrice

Optional. The unit price excluding tax, shipping, and event-scoped (transaction-level) discounts for this item.

If the item has an item-scoped discount, use the discounted unit price. For example, if an item has a unit price of 27.67 and a unit discount of 6.66, set unitPrice to 21.01.

items.quantity

Required. The quantity of units for this particular item.

items.additionalItemParameters

Optional. Populate this list with any item-scoped parameters that aren't captured in the other Item fields. Use the parameter name from the Google Analytics documentation as the parameterName of the ItemParameter.

For example, for Google Analytics, if you have the brand and category for an item for a purchase event, add an entry to the item's additionalItemParameters with parameterName set to item_brand and value set to the brand name.

We don't recommend adding entries to additionalItemParameters for the quantity, price, or item_id item parameters. Instead, populate the itemId, unitPrice, and quantity fields of the Item, which take precedence over any entries in additionalItemParameters.

Add event parameters

Populate the additionalEventParameters list with any Google Analytics event parameters that aren't captured in the other Event fields. The parameters can include additional recommended parameters for the event or any other parameters you want to capture. Use the Google Analytics parameter name for the parameterName of the EventParameter.

For example, if you have the taxes associated with a transaction, add an entry to additionalEventParameters with parameterName set to tax, and value set to the tax cost.

We don't recommend adding entries to additionalEventParameters for the transactionId, currency, or value Google Analytics event parameters. Instead, populate the transactionId, currency, and conversionValue fields of the Event, which take precedence over any entries in additionalEventParameters.

Add user properties

User properties describe the user at the time of the event. Add a separate entry to the additionalUserProperties list for each user property.

Sample requests

Here are sample Event objects for the formatted data from each event:

Event 1

{
  "additionalEventParameters": [
    {
      "parameterName": "ad_unit_name",
      "value": "Banner_01"
    }
  ],
  "cartData": {
    "items": [
      {
        "additionalItemParameters": [
          {
            "parameterName": "item_name",
            "value": "Stan and Friends Tee"
          },
          {
            "parameterName": "item_category",
            "value": "Apparel"
          },
          {
            "parameterName": "item_brand",
            "value": "Google"
          }
        ],
        "itemId": "SKU_12345",
        "quantity": 3,
        "unitPrice": 10.01
      }
    ]
  },
  "clientId": "1234567890.1761581763",
  "conversionValue": 30.03,
  "currency": "USD",
  "eventName": "purchase",
  "eventTimestamp": "2025-06-10T15:07:01-05:00",
  "transactionId": "XYZ987654321",
  "userId": "user_ABC12345"
}

Event 2

{
  "additionalEventParameters": [
    {
      "parameterName": "ad_unit_name",
      "value": "Banner_02"
    }
  ],
  "cartData": {
    "items": [
      {
        "additionalItemParameters": [
          {
            "parameterName": "item_name",
            "value": "Google Grey Women's Tee"
          },
          {
            "parameterName": "item_category",
            "value": "Apparel"
          },
          {
            "parameterName": "item_brand",
            "value": "Google"
          }
        ],
        "itemId": "SKU_12346",
        "quantity": 2,
        "unitPrice": 21.01
      }
    ]
  },
  "clientId": "9876543210.1761582117",
  "conversionValue": 42.02,
  "currency": "EUR",
  "eventName": "purchase",
  "eventTimestamp": "2025-06-10T23:42:33-05:00",
  "transactionId": "DEF999911111",
  "userData": {
    "userIdentifiers": [
      {
        "emailAddress": "3E693CF7E5B67880BFF33B2D2626DADB7BF1D4BC737192E47CF8BAA89ACF2250"
      },
      {
        "emailAddress": "223EBDA6F6889B1494551BA902D9D381DAF2F642BAE055888E96343D53E9F9C4"
      },
      {
        "address": {
          "addressLine": "FF75E73A0E768CC1FA28A64FAEBBCECCB562D7C05F2FFCDD8D100ABAD73E4579",
          "administrativeArea": "ca",
          "city": "mountain view",
          "familyName": "6654977D57DDDD3C0329CA741B109EF6CD6430BEDD00008AAD213DF25683D77F",
          "givenName": "2752B88686847FA5C86F47B94CE652B7B3F22A91C37617D451A4DB9AFA431450",
          "postalCode": "94043",
          "regionCode": "US"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "userId": "user_DEF9876",
  "userProperties": {
    "additionalUserProperties": [
      {
        "propertyName": "customer_type",
        "value": "RETURNING"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Build the request body

To build the request body, combine the destinations and events, set the encoding field, and add any other request fields you want to include such as validateOnly and consent.

Send the request

Here are the steps to try a request from your browser:

  1. Select the REST tab and click Open in API Explorer to open the API Explorer in a new tab or window.
  2. In the request body in the API Explorer, replace each string beginning with REPLACE_WITH, such as REPLACE_WITH_OPERATING_ACCOUNT_TYPE, with the relevant value.
  3. Click Execute at the bottom of the API Explorer page and complete the authorization prompts to send the request.
  4. Set validateOnly to true to validate the request without applying the changes. When you're ready to apply the changes, set validateOnly to false.

If you installed a client library, select the tab for your chosen programming language to see a complete code sample of how to construct and send a request.

REST

{
    "destinations": [
        {
            "operatingAccount": {
                "accountType": "OPERATING_ACCOUNT_TYPE",
                "accountId": "OPERATING_ACCOUNT_ID"
            },
            "loginAccount": {
                "accountType": "LOGIN_ACCOUNT_TYPE",
                "accountId": "LOGIN_ACCOUNT_ID"
            },
            "productDestinationId": "PRODUCT_DESTINATION_ID"
        }
    ],
    "encoding": "HEX",
    "consent": {
        "adUserData": "CONSENT_GRANTED",
        "adPersonalization": "CONSENT_GRANTED"
    },
    "events": [
        {
            "additionalEventParameters": [
                {
                    "parameterName": "ad_unit_name",
                    "value": "Banner_01"
                }
            ],
            "cartData": {
                "items": [
                    {
                        "additionalItemParameters": [
                            {
                                "parameterName": "item_name",
                                "value": "Stan and Friends Tee"
                            },
                            {
                                "parameterName": "item_category",
                                "value": "Apparel"
                            },
                            {
                                "parameterName": "item_brand",
                                "value": "Google"
                            }
                        ],
                        "itemId": "SKU_12345",
                        "quantity": 3,
                        "unitPrice": 10.01
                    }
                ]
            },
            "clientId": "1234567890.1761581763",
            "conversionValue": 30.03,
            "currency": "USD",
            "eventName": "purchase",
            "eventTimestamp": "2025-06-10T15:07:01-05:00",
            "transactionId": "XYZ987654321",
            "userId": "user_ABC12345"
        },
        {
            "additionalEventParameters": [
                {
                    "parameterName": "ad_unit_name",
                    "value": "Banner_02"
                }
            ],
            "cartData": {
                "items": [
                    {
                        "additionalItemParameters": [
                            {
                                "parameterName": "item_name",
                                "value": "Google Grey Women's Tee"
                            },
                            {
                                "parameterName": "item_category",
                                "value": "Apparel"
                            },
                            {
                                "parameterName": "item_brand",
                                "value": "Google"
                            }
                        ],
                        "itemId": "SKU_12346",
                        "quantity": 2,
                        "unitPrice": 21.01
                    }
                ]
            },
            "clientId": "9876543210.1761582117",
            "conversionValue": 42.02,
            "currency": "EUR",
            "eventName": "purchase",
            "eventTimestamp": "2025-06-10T23:42:33-05:00",
            "transactionId": "DEF999911111",
            "userData": {
                "userIdentifiers": [
                    {
                        "emailAddress": "3E693CF7E5B67880BFF33B2D2626DADB7BF1D4BC737192E47CF8BAA89ACF2250"
                    },
                    {
                        "emailAddress": "223EBDA6F6889B1494551BA902D9D381DAF2F642BAE055888E96343D53E9F9C4"
                    },
                    {
                        "address": {
                            "addressLine": "FF75E73A0E768CC1FA28A64FAEBBCECCB562D7C05F2FFCDD8D100ABAD73E4579",
                            "administrativeArea": "ca",
                            "city": "mountain view",
                            "familyName": "6654977D57DDDD3C0329CA741B109EF6CD6430BEDD00008AAD213DF25683D77F",
                            "givenName": "2752B88686847FA5C86F47B94CE652B7B3F22A91C37617D451A4DB9AFA431450",
                            "postalCode": "94043",
                            "regionCode": "US"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            },
            "userId": "user_DEF9876",
            "userProperties": {
                "additionalUserProperties": [
                    {
                        "propertyName": "customer_type",
                        "value": "RETURNING"
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "validateOnly": true
}

.NET

// Copyright 2025 Google LLC
//
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// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
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//
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// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

using System.Text.Json;
using CommandLine;
using Google.Ads.DataManager.Util;
using Google.Ads.DataManager.V1;
using Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes;
using static Google.Ads.DataManager.V1.ProductAccount.Types;

namespace Google.Ads.DataManager.Samples
{
    // <summary>
    // Sends an <see cref="IngestEventsRequest" /> without using encryption.
    //
    // Event data is read from a data file. See the <c>events_1.json</c> file in the
    // <c>sampledata</c> directory for an example.
    // </summary>
    public class IngestEvents
    {
        private static readonly int MaxEventsPerRequest = 2_000;

        [Verb("ingest-events", HelpText = "Sends an IngestEventsRequest without using encryption.")]
        public class Options
        {
            [Option(
                "operatingAccountType",
                Required = true,
                HelpText = "Account type of the operating account"
            )]
            public AccountType OperatingAccountType { get; set; }

            [Option(
                "operatingAccountId",
                Required = true,
                HelpText = "ID of the operating account"
            )]
            public string OperatingAccountId { get; set; } = null!;

            [Option(
                "loginAccountType",
                Required = false,
                HelpText = "Account type of the login account"
            )]
            public AccountType? LoginAccountType { get; set; }

            [Option("loginAccountId", Required = false, HelpText = "ID of the login account")]
            public string? LoginAccountId { get; set; }

            [Option(
                "linkedAccountProduct",
                Required = false,
                HelpText = "Account type of the linked account"
            )]
            public AccountType? LinkedAccountType { get; set; }

            [Option("linkedAccountId", Required = false, HelpText = "ID of the linked account")]
            public string? LinkedAccountId { get; set; }

            [Option(
                "conversionActionId",
                Required = true,
                HelpText = "ID of the conversion action"
            )]
            public string ConversionActionId { get; set; } = null!;

            [Option(
                "jsonFile",
                Required = true,
                HelpText = "JSON file containing user data to ingest"
            )]
            public string JsonFile { get; set; } = null!;

            [Option(
                "validateOnly",
                Default = true,
                HelpText = "Whether to enable validateOnly on the request"
            )]
            public bool ValidateOnly { get; set; }
        }

        public void Run(Options options)
        {
            RunExample(
                options.OperatingAccountType,
                options.OperatingAccountId,
                options.LoginAccountType,
                options.LoginAccountId,
                options.LinkedAccountType,
                options.LinkedAccountId,
                options.ConversionActionId,
                options.JsonFile,
                options.ValidateOnly
            );
        }

        private void RunExample(
            AccountType operatingAccountType,
            string operatingAccountId,
            AccountType? loginAccountType,
            string? loginAccountId,
            AccountType? linkedAccountType,
            string? linkedAccountId,
            string conversionActionId,
            string jsonFile,
            bool validateOnly
        )
        {
            if (loginAccountId == null ^ loginAccountType == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException(
                    "Must specify either both or neither of login account ID and login account "
                        + "type"
                );
            }
            if (linkedAccountId == null ^ linkedAccountType == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentException(
                    "Must specify either both or neither of linked account ID and linked account "
                        + "type"
                );
            }

            // Reads member data from the data file.
            List<EventRecord> eventRecords = ReadEventData(jsonFile);
            // Gets an instance of the UserDataFormatter for normalizing and formatting the data.
            UserDataFormatter userDataFormatter = new UserDataFormatter();

            // Builds the events collection for the request.
            var events = new List<Event>();
            foreach (var eventRecord in eventRecords)
            {
                var eventBuilder = new Event();

                try
                {
                    eventBuilder.EventTimestamp = Timestamp.FromDateTime(
                        DateTime.Parse(eventRecord.Timestamp ?? "").ToUniversalTime()
                    );
                }
                catch (FormatException)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(
                        $"Skipping event with invalid timestamp: {eventRecord.Timestamp}"
                    );
                    continue;
                }

                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(eventRecord.TransactionId))
                {
                    Console.WriteLine("Skipping event with no transaction ID");
                    continue;
                }
                eventBuilder.TransactionId = eventRecord.TransactionId;

                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(eventRecord.EventSource))
                {
                    if (
                        System.Enum.TryParse(
                            eventRecord.EventSource,
                            true,
                            out EventSource eventSource
                        )
                    )
                    {
                        eventBuilder.EventSource = eventSource;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(
                            $"Skipping event with invalid event source: {eventRecord.EventSource}"
                        );
                        continue;
                    }
                }

                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(eventRecord.Gclid))
                {
                    eventBuilder.AdIdentifiers = new AdIdentifiers { Gclid = eventRecord.Gclid };
                }

                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(eventRecord.Currency))
                {
                    eventBuilder.Currency = eventRecord.Currency;
                }

                if (eventRecord.Value.HasValue)
                {
                    eventBuilder.ConversionValue = eventRecord.Value.Value;
                }

                var userDataBuilder = new UserData();

                // Adds a UserIdentifier for each valid email address for the eventRecord.
                if (eventRecord.Emails != null)
                {
                    foreach (var email in eventRecord.Emails)
                    {
                        try
                        {
                            string preparedEmail = userDataFormatter.ProcessEmailAddress(
                                email,
                                UserDataFormatter.Encoding.Hex
                            );
                            // Adds an email address identifier with the encoded email hash.
                            userDataBuilder.UserIdentifiers.Add(
                                new UserIdentifier { EmailAddress = preparedEmail }
                            );
                        }
                        catch (ArgumentException)
                        {
                            // Skips invalid input.
                            continue;
                        }
                    }
                }

                // Adds a UserIdentifier for each valid phone number for the eventRecord.
                if (eventRecord.PhoneNumbers != null)
                {
                    foreach (var phoneNumber in eventRecord.PhoneNumbers)
                    {
                        try
                        {
                            string preparedPhoneNumber = userDataFormatter.ProcessPhoneNumber(
                                phoneNumber,
                                UserDataFormatter.Encoding.Hex
                            );
                            // Adds a phone number identifier with the encoded phone hash.
                            userDataBuilder.UserIdentifiers.Add(
                                new UserIdentifier { PhoneNumber = preparedPhoneNumber }
                            );
                        }
                        catch (ArgumentException)
                        {
                            // Skips invalid input.
                            continue;
                        }
                    }
                }

                if (userDataBuilder.UserIdentifiers.Any())
                {
                    eventBuilder.UserData = userDataBuilder;
                }
                events.Add(eventBuilder);
            }

            // Builds the Destination for the request.
            var destinationBuilder = new Destination
            {
                OperatingAccount = new ProductAccount
                {
                    AccountType = operatingAccountType,
                    AccountId = operatingAccountId,
                },
                ProductDestinationId = conversionActionId,
            };

            if (loginAccountType.HasValue && loginAccountId != null)
            {
                destinationBuilder.LoginAccount = new ProductAccount
                {
                    AccountType = loginAccountType.Value,
                    AccountId = loginAccountId,
                };
            }

            if (linkedAccountType.HasValue && linkedAccountId != null)
            {
                destinationBuilder.LinkedAccount = new ProductAccount
                {
                    AccountType = linkedAccountType.Value,
                    AccountId = linkedAccountId,
                };
            }

            IngestionServiceClient ingestionServiceClient = IngestionServiceClient.Create();

            int requestCount = 0;

            // Batches requests to send up to the maximum number of events per request.
            for (var i = 0; i < events.Count; i += MaxEventsPerRequest)
            {
                IEnumerable<Event> batch = events.Skip(i).Take(MaxEventsPerRequest);
                requestCount++;
                var request = new IngestEventsRequest
                {
                    Destinations = { destinationBuilder },
                    // Adds events from the current batch.
                    Events = { batch },
                    Consent = new Consent
                    {
                        AdPersonalization = ConsentStatus.ConsentGranted,
                        AdUserData = ConsentStatus.ConsentGranted,
                    },
                    // Sets validate_only. If true, then the Data Manager API only validates the
                    // request but doesn't apply changes.
                    ValidateOnly = validateOnly,
                    Encoding = V1.Encoding.Hex,
                };

                // Sends the data to the Data Manager API.
                IngestEventsResponse response = ingestionServiceClient.IngestEvents(request);
                Console.WriteLine($"Response for request #{requestCount}:\n{response}");

                if (response.FieldWarnings.Any())
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(
                        "Request ingested successfully, but field warnings were returned. "
                            + "Review warning details and update your implementation as needed."
                    );
                }
            }
            Console.WriteLine($"# of requests sent: {requestCount}");
        }

        private class EventRecord
        {
            public List<string>? Emails { get; set; }
            public List<string>? PhoneNumbers { get; set; }
            public string? Timestamp { get; set; }
            public string? TransactionId { get; set; }
            public string? EventSource { get; set; }
            public double? Value { get; set; }
            public string? Currency { get; set; }
            public string? Gclid { get; set; }
        }

        private List<EventRecord> ReadEventData(string jsonFile)
        {
            string jsonString = File.ReadAllText(jsonFile);
            var options = new JsonSerializerOptions { PropertyNameCaseInsensitive = true };
            return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<List<EventRecord>>(jsonString, options)
                ?? new List<EventRecord>();
        }
    }
}

Java

// Copyright 2025 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

package com.google.ads.datamanager.samples;

import com.beust.jcommander.Parameter;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.samples.common.BaseParamsConfig;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.util.UserDataFormatter;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.util.UserDataFormatter.Encoding;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.AdIdentifiers;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.Consent;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.ConsentStatus;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.Destination;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.Event;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.EventSource;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.IngestEventsRequest;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.IngestEventsResponse;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.IngestionServiceClient;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.ProductAccount;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.ProductAccount.AccountType;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.UserData;
import com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.UserIdentifier;
import com.google.common.base.Strings;
import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
import com.google.protobuf.util.Timestamps;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.lang.reflect.Type;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

/**
 * Sends an {@link IngestEventsRequest} without using encryption.
 *
 * <p>Event data is read from a data file. See the {@code events_1.json} file in the {@code
 * resources/sampledata} directory for a sample file.
 */
public class IngestEvents {
  private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(IngestEvents.class.getName());

  /** The maximum number of events allowed per request. */
  private static final int MAX_EVENTS_PER_REQUEST = 2_000;

  private static final class ParamsConfig extends BaseParamsConfig<ParamsConfig> {

    @Parameter(
        names = "--operatingAccountType",
        required = true,
        description = "Account type of the operating account")
    AccountType operatingAccountType;

    @Parameter(
        names = "--operatingAccountId",
        required = true,
        description = "ID of the operating account")
    String operatingAccountId;

    @Parameter(
        names = "--loginAccountType",
        required = false,
        description = "Account type of the login account")
    AccountType loginAccountType;

    @Parameter(
        names = "--loginAccountId",
        required = false,
        description = "ID of the login account")
    String loginAccountId;

    @Parameter(
        names = "--linkedAccountType",
        required = false,
        description = "Account type of the linked account")
    AccountType linkedAccountType;

    @Parameter(
        names = "--linkedAccountId",
        required = false,
        description = "ID of the linked account")
    String linkedAccountId;

    @Parameter(
        names = "--conversionActionId",
        required = true,
        description = "ID of the conversion action")
    String conversionActionId;

    @Parameter(
        names = "--jsonFile",
        required = true,
        description = "JSON file containing user data to ingest")
    String jsonFile;

    @Parameter(
        names = "--validateOnly",
        required = false,
        arity = 1,
        description = "Whether to enable validateOnly on the request")
    boolean validateOnly = true;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    ParamsConfig paramsConfig = new ParamsConfig().parseOrExit(args);
    if ((paramsConfig.loginAccountId == null) != (paramsConfig.loginAccountType == null)) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
          "Must specify either both or neither of login account ID and login account type");
    }
    if ((paramsConfig.linkedAccountId == null) != (paramsConfig.linkedAccountType == null)) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException(
          "Must specify either both or neither of linked account ID and linked account type");
    }
    new IngestEvents().runExample(paramsConfig);
  }

  /**
   * Runs the example. This sample assumes that the login and operating account are the same.
   *
   * @param params the parameters for the example
   */
  private void runExample(ParamsConfig params) throws IOException {
    // Reads event data from the JSON file.
    List<EventRecord> eventRecords = readEventData(params.jsonFile);

    // Gets an instance of the UserDataFormatter for normalizing and formatting the data.
    UserDataFormatter userDataFormatter = UserDataFormatter.create();

    // Builds the events collection for the request.
    List<Event> events = new ArrayList<>();
    for (EventRecord eventRecord : eventRecords) {
      Event.Builder eventBuilder = Event.newBuilder();
      try {
        eventBuilder.setEventTimestamp(Timestamps.parse(eventRecord.timestamp));
      } catch (ParseException pe) {
        LOGGER.warning(
            () ->
                String.format("Skipping event with invalid timestamp: %s", eventRecord.timestamp));
        continue;
      }

      if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(eventRecord.transactionId)) {
        LOGGER.warning("Skipping event with no transaction ID");
        continue;
      }
      eventBuilder.setTransactionId(eventRecord.transactionId);
      if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(eventRecord.eventSource)) {
        try {
          eventBuilder.setEventSource(EventSource.valueOf(eventRecord.eventSource));
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
          LOGGER.warning("Skipping event with invalid event source: " + eventRecord.eventSource);
          continue;
        }
      }

      if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(eventRecord.gclid)) {
        eventBuilder.setAdIdentifiers(AdIdentifiers.newBuilder().setGclid(eventRecord.gclid));
      }

      if (!Strings.isNullOrEmpty(eventRecord.currency)) {
        eventBuilder.setCurrency(eventRecord.currency);
      }

      if (eventRecord.value != null) {
        eventBuilder.setConversionValue(eventRecord.value);
      }

      UserData.Builder userDataBuilder = UserData.newBuilder();

      // Adds a UserIdentifier for each valid email address for the eventRecord.
      if (eventRecord.emails != null) {
        for (String email : eventRecord.emails) {
          String preparedEmail;
          try {
            preparedEmail = userDataFormatter.processEmailAddress(email, Encoding.HEX);
          } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
            // Skips invalid input.
            continue;
          }
          // Sets the email address identifier to the encoded email hash.
          userDataBuilder.addUserIdentifiers(
              UserIdentifier.newBuilder().setEmailAddress(preparedEmail));
        }
      }

      // Adds a UserIdentifier for each valid phone number for the eventRecord.
      if (eventRecord.phoneNumbers != null) {
        for (String phoneNumber : eventRecord.phoneNumbers) {
          String preparedPhoneNumber;
          try {
            preparedPhoneNumber = userDataFormatter.processPhoneNumber(phoneNumber, Encoding.HEX);
          } catch (IllegalArgumentException iae) {
            // Skips invalid input.
            continue;
          }
          // Sets the phone number identifier to the encoded phone number hash.
          userDataBuilder.addUserIdentifiers(
              UserIdentifier.newBuilder().setPhoneNumber(preparedPhoneNumber));
        }
      }

      if (userDataBuilder.getUserIdentifiersCount() > 0) {
        eventBuilder.setUserData(userDataBuilder);
      }
      events.add(eventBuilder.build());
    }

    // Builds the Destination for the request.
    Destination.Builder destinationBuilder =
        Destination.newBuilder()
            .setOperatingAccount(
                ProductAccount.newBuilder()
                    .setAccountType(params.operatingAccountType)
                    .setAccountId(params.operatingAccountId))
            .setProductDestinationId(params.conversionActionId);
    if (params.loginAccountType != null && params.loginAccountId != null) {
      destinationBuilder.setLoginAccount(
          ProductAccount.newBuilder()
              .setAccountType(params.loginAccountType)
              .setAccountId(params.loginAccountId));
    }
    if (params.linkedAccountType != null && params.linkedAccountId != null) {
      destinationBuilder.setLinkedAccount(
          ProductAccount.newBuilder()
              .setAccountType(params.linkedAccountType)
              .setAccountId(params.linkedAccountId));
    }

    try (IngestionServiceClient ingestionServiceClient = IngestionServiceClient.create()) {
      int requestCount = 0;
      // Batches requests to send up to the maximum number of events per request.
      for (List<Event> eventsBatch : Lists.partition(events, MAX_EVENTS_PER_REQUEST)) {
        requestCount++;
        // Builds the request.
        IngestEventsRequest request =
            IngestEventsRequest.newBuilder()
                .addDestinations(destinationBuilder)
                // Adds events from the current batch.
                .addAllEvents(eventsBatch)
                .setConsent(
                    Consent.newBuilder()
                        .setAdPersonalization(ConsentStatus.CONSENT_GRANTED)
                        .setAdUserData(ConsentStatus.CONSENT_GRANTED))
                // Sets validate_only. If true, then the Data Manager API only validates the request
                // but doesn't apply changes.
                .setValidateOnly(params.validateOnly)
                // Sets encoding to match the encoding used.
                .setEncoding(com.google.ads.datamanager.v1.Encoding.HEX)
                .build();

        LOGGER.info(() -> String.format("Request:%n%s", request));
        IngestEventsResponse response = ingestionServiceClient.ingestEvents(request);
        LOGGER.info(String.format("Response for request #:%n%s", requestCount, response));
      }

      LOGGER.info("# of requests sent: " + requestCount);
    }
  }

  /** Data object for a single row of input data. */
  @SuppressWarnings("unused")
  private static class EventRecord {
    private List<String> emails;
    private List<String> phoneNumbers;
    private String timestamp;
    private String transactionId;
    private String eventSource;
    private Double value;
    private String currency;
    private String gclid;
  }

  /** Reads the data file and parses each line into a {@link EventRecord} object. */
  private List<EventRecord> readEventData(String jsonFile) throws IOException {
    try (BufferedReader jsonReader =
        Files.newBufferedReader(Paths.get(jsonFile), StandardCharsets.UTF_8)) {
      // Define the type for Gson to deserialize into (List of EventRecord objects)
      Type recordListType = new TypeToken<ArrayList<EventRecord>>() {}.getType();

      // Parse the JSON string from the file into a List of EventRecord objects
      return new GsonBuilder().create().fromJson(jsonReader, recordListType);
    }
  }
}

Node

#!/usr/bin/env node
// Copyright 2025 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

'use strict';

import {IngestionServiceClient} from '@google-ads/datamanager';
import {protos} from '@google-ads/datamanager';
const {
  Event: DataManagerEvent,
  Destination,
  Encoding: DataManagerEncoding,
  EventSource,
  Consent,
  ConsentStatus,
  IngestEventsRequest,
  ProductAccount,
  UserData,
  UserIdentifier,
} = protos.google.ads.datamanager.v1;
import {UserDataFormatter, Encoding} from '@google-ads/datamanager-util';
import * as fs from 'fs';
import * as yargs from 'yargs';

const MAX_EVENTS_PER_REQUEST = 10000;

interface Arguments {
  operating_account_type: string;
  operating_account_id: string;
  conversion_action_id: string;
  json_file: string;
  validate_only: boolean;
  login_account_type?: string;
  login_account_id?: string;
  linked_account_type?: string;
  linked_account_id?: string;
  [x: string]: unknown;
}

interface EventRow {
  timestamp: string;
  transactionId: string;
  eventSource?: string;
  gclid?: string;
  currency?: string;
  value?: number;
  emails?: string[];
  phoneNumbers?: string[];
}

/**
 * The main function for the IngestEvents sample.
 */
async function main() {
  const argv: Arguments = yargs
    .option('operating_account_type', {
      describe: 'The account type of the operating account.',
      type: 'string',
      required: true,
    })
    .option('operating_account_id', {
      describe: 'The ID of the operating account.',
      type: 'string',
      required: true,
    })
    .option('conversion_action_id', {
      describe: 'The ID of the conversion action.',
      type: 'string',
      required: true,
    })
    .option('json_file', {
      describe: 'JSON file containing user data to ingest.',
      type: 'string',
      required: true,
    })
    .option('validate_only', {
      describe: 'Whether to enable validate_only on the request.',
      type: 'boolean',
      default: true,
    })
    .option('login_account_type', {
      describe: 'The account type of the login account.',
      type: 'string',
    })
    .option('login_account_id', {
      describe: 'The ID of the login account.',
      type: 'string',
    })
    .option('linked_account_type', {
      describe: 'The account type of the linked account.',
      type: 'string',
    })
    .option('linked_account_id', {
      describe: 'The ID of the linked account.',
      type: 'string',
    })
    .option('config', {
      describe: 'Path to a JSON file with arguments.',
      type: 'string',
    })
    .config('config')
    .check((args: Arguments) => {
      if (
        (args.login_account_type && !args.login_account_id) ||
        (!args.login_account_type && args.login_account_id)
      ) {
        throw new Error(
          'Must specify either both or neither of login account type ' +
            'and login account ID',
        );
      }
      if (
        (args.linked_account_type && !args.linked_account_id) ||
        (!args.linked_account_type && args.linked_account_id)
      ) {
        throw new Error(
          'Must specify either both or neither of linked account type ' +
            'and linked account ID',
        );
      }
      return true;
    })
    .parseSync();

  // Reads event data from the JSON file.
  const eventRows: EventRow[] = readEventDataFile(argv.json_file);

  // Builds the events collection for the request.
  const events = [];
  const formatter = new UserDataFormatter();
  for (const eventRow of eventRows) {
    const event = DataManagerEvent.create();
    try {
      const date = new Date(eventRow.timestamp);
      event.eventTimestamp = {
        seconds: Math.floor(date.getTime() / 1000),
        nanos: (date.getTime() % 1000) * 1e6,
      };
    } catch (e) {
      console.warn(
        `Invalid timestamp format: ${eventRow.timestamp}. Skipping row.`,
      );
      continue;
    }

    if (!eventRow.transactionId) {
      console.warn('Skipping event with no transaction ID');
      continue;
    }
    event.transactionId = eventRow.transactionId;

    if (eventRow.eventSource) {
      const eventSourceEnumValue: number | undefined =
        EventSource[eventRow.eventSource as keyof typeof EventSource];
      if (eventSourceEnumValue === undefined) {
        console.warn(
          `Skipping event with invalid event_source: ${eventRow.eventSource}`,
        );
        continue;
      }
      event.eventSource = eventSourceEnumValue;
    }

    if (eventRow.gclid) {
      event.adIdentifiers = {gclid: eventRow.gclid};
    }

    if (eventRow.currency) {
      event.currency = eventRow.currency;
    }

    if (eventRow.value) {
      event.conversionValue = eventRow.value;
    }

    const userData = UserData.create();
    // Adds a UserIdentifier for each valid email address for the eventRecord.
    if (eventRow.emails) {
      for (const email of eventRow.emails) {
        try {
          const processedEmail = formatter.processEmailAddress(
            email,
            Encoding.HEX,
          );
          userData.userIdentifiers.push(
            UserIdentifier.create({emailAddress: processedEmail}),
          );
        } catch (e) {
          console.warn(`Invalid email address: ${email}. Skipping.`);
        }
      }
    }

    // Adds a UserIdentifier for each valid phone number for the eventRecord.
    if (eventRow.phoneNumbers) {
      for (const phoneNumber of eventRow.phoneNumbers) {
        try {
          const processedPhone = formatter.processPhoneNumber(
            phoneNumber,
            Encoding.HEX,
          );
          userData.userIdentifiers.push(
            UserIdentifier.create({phoneNumber: processedPhone}),
          );
        } catch (e) {
          console.warn(`Invalid phone: ${phoneNumber}. Skipping.`);
        }
      }
    }

    if (userData.userIdentifiers.length > 0) {
      event.userData = userData;
    }

    events.push(event);
  }

  // Sets up the Destination.
  const operatingAccountType = convertToAccountType(
    argv.operating_account_type,
    'operating_account_type',
  );

  const destination = Destination.create({
    operatingAccount: ProductAccount.create({
      accountType: operatingAccountType,
      accountId: argv.operating_account_id,
    }),
    productDestinationId: argv.conversion_action_id,
  });

  // The login account is optional.
  if (argv.login_account_type) {
    const loginAccountType = convertToAccountType(
      argv.login_account_type,
      'login_account_type',
    );
    destination.loginAccount = ProductAccount.create({
      accountType: loginAccountType,
      accountId: argv.login_account_id,
    });
  }

  // The linked account is optional.
  if (argv.linked_account_type) {
    const linkedAccountType = convertToAccountType(
      argv.linked_account_type,
      'linked_account_type',
    );
    destination.linkedAccount = ProductAccount.create({
      accountType: linkedAccountType,
      accountId: argv.linked_account_id,
    });
  }

  const client = new IngestionServiceClient();

  let requestCount = 0;
  // Batches requests to send up to the maximum number of events per request.
  for (let i = 0; i < events.length; i += MAX_EVENTS_PER_REQUEST) {
    requestCount++;
    const eventsBatch = events.slice(i, i + MAX_EVENTS_PER_REQUEST);

    // Builds the request.
    const request = IngestEventsRequest.create({
      destinations: [destination],
      // Adds events from the current batch.
      events: eventsBatch,
      consent: Consent.create({
        adUserData: ConsentStatus.CONSENT_GRANTED,
        adPersonalization: ConsentStatus.CONSENT_GRANTED,
      }),
      // Sets encoding to match the encoding used.
      encoding: DataManagerEncoding.HEX,
      // Sets validate_only. If true, then the Data Manager API only validates the request
      validateOnly: argv.validate_only,
    });

    const [response] = await client.ingestEvents(request);
    console.log(`Response for request #${requestCount}:\n`, response);

    if (response.fieldWarnings && response.fieldWarnings.length > 0) {
      console.warn(
        'Request ingested successfully, but field warnings were returned. ' +
          'Review warning details and update your implementation as needed.',
      );
    }
  }
  console.log(`# of requests sent: ${requestCount}`);
}

/**
 * Reads the event data from the given JSON file.
 * @param {string} jsonFile The path to the JSON file.
 * @return {EventRow[]} An array of event data.
 */
function readEventDataFile(jsonFile: string): EventRow[] {
  const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(jsonFile, 'utf8');
  return JSON.parse(fileContent);
}

/**
 * Validates that a given string is an enum value for the AccountType enum, and
 * if validation passes, returns the AccountType enum value.
 * @param proposedValue the name of an AccountType enum value
 * @param paramName the name of the parameter to use in the error message if validation fails
 * @returns {protos.google.ads.datamanager.v1.ProductAccount.AccountType} The corresponding enum value.
 * @throws {Error} If the string is not an AccountType enum value.
 */
function convertToAccountType(
  proposedValue: string,
  paramName: string,
): protos.google.ads.datamanager.v1.ProductAccount.AccountType {
  const AccountType = ProductAccount.AccountType;
  const accountTypeEnumNames = Object.keys(AccountType).filter(key =>
    isNaN(Number(key)),
  );
  if (!accountTypeEnumNames.includes(proposedValue)) {
    throw new Error(`Invalid ${paramName}: ${proposedValue}`);
  }
  return AccountType[proposedValue as keyof typeof AccountType];
}

if (require.main === module) {
  main().catch(console.error);
}

PHP

<?php
// Copyright 2025 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

/**
 * Sample of sending an IngestEventsRequest without encryption.
 */

require_once dirname(__DIR__, 1) . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use Google\Ads\DataManager\V1\AdIdentifiers;
use Google\Ads\DataManager\V1\Client\IngestionServiceClient;
use Google\Ads\DataManager\V1\Consent;
use Google\Ads\DataManager\V1\ConsentStatus;
use Google\Ads\DataManager\V1\Destination;
use Google\Ads\DataManager\V1\Encoding as DataManagerEncoding;
use Google\Ads\DataManager\V1\Event;
use Google\Ads\DataManager\V1\EventSource;
use Google\Ads\DataManager\V1\IngestEventsRequest;
use Google\Ads\DataManager\V1\ProductAccount;
use Google\Ads\DataManager\V1\ProductAccount\AccountType;
use Google\Ads\DataManager\V1\UserData;
use Google\Ads\DataManager\V1\UserIdentifier;
use Google\Ads\DataManagerUtil\Encoding;
use Google\Ads\DataManagerUtil\Formatter;
use Google\ApiCore\ApiException;
use Google\Protobuf\Timestamp;

// The maximum number of events allowed per request.
const MAX_EVENTS_PER_REQUEST = 2000;

/**
 * Reads the JSON-formatted event data file.
 *
 * @param string $jsonFile The event data file.
 * @return array A list of associative arrays, each representing an event.
 */
function readEventDataFile(string $jsonFile): array
{
    $jsonContent = file_get_contents($jsonFile);
    if ($jsonContent === false) {
        throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Could not read JSON file: %s', $jsonFile));
    }
    $events = json_decode($jsonContent, true);
    if (json_last_error() !== JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
        throw new \RuntimeException(sprintf('Invalid JSON in file: %s', $jsonFile));
    }
    return $events;
}

/**
 * Runs the sample.
 *
 * @param int $operatingAccountType The account type of the operating account.
 * @param string $operatingAccountId The ID of the operating account.
 * @param string $conversionActionId The ID of the conversion action.
 * @param string $jsonFile The JSON file containing event data.
 * @param bool $validateOnly Whether to enable validateOnly on the request.
 * @param int|null $loginAccountType The account type of the login account.
 * @param string|null $loginAccountId The ID of the login account.
 * @param int|null $linkedAccountType The account type of the linked account.
 * @param string|null $linkedAccountId The ID of the linked account.
 */
function main(
    int $operatingAccountType,
    string $operatingAccountId,
    string $conversionActionId,
    string $jsonFile,
    bool $validateOnly,
    ?int $loginAccountType = null,
    ?string $loginAccountId = null,
    ?int $linkedAccountType = null,
    ?string $linkedAccountId = null
): void {
    // Reads event data from the data file.
    $eventRecords = readEventDataFile($jsonFile);

    // Gets an instance of the UserDataFormatter for normalizing and formatting the data.
    $formatter = new Formatter();

    // Builds the events collection for the request.
    $events = [];
    foreach ($eventRecords as $eventRecord) {
        $event = new Event();

        if (empty($eventRecord['timestamp'])) {
            error_log('Skipping event with no timestamp.');
            continue;
        }
        try {
            $dateTime = new DateTime($eventRecord['timestamp']);
            $timestamp = new Timestamp();
            $timestamp->fromDateTime($dateTime);
            $event->setEventTimestamp($timestamp);
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
            error_log(sprintf('Skipping event with invalid timestamp: %s', $eventRecord['timestamp']));
            continue;
        }

        if (empty($eventRecord['transactionId'])) {
            error_log('Skipping event with no transaction ID');
            continue;
        }
        $event->setTransactionId($eventRecord['transactionId']);

        if (!empty($eventRecord['eventSource'])) {
            try {
                $event->setEventSource(EventSource::value($eventRecord['eventSource']));
            } catch (\UnexpectedValueException $e) {
                error_log('Skipping event with invalid event source: ' . $eventRecord['eventSource']);
                continue;
            }
        }

        if (!empty($eventRecord['gclid'])) {
            $event->setAdIdentifiers((new AdIdentifiers())->setGclid($eventRecord['gclid']));
        }

        if (!empty($eventRecord['currency'])) {
            $event->setCurrency($eventRecord['currency']);
        }

        if (isset($eventRecord['value'])) {
            $event->setConversionValue($eventRecord['value']);
        }

        $userData = new UserData();
        $identifiers = [];

        if (!empty($eventRecord['emails'])) {
            foreach ($eventRecord['emails'] as $email) {
                try {
                    $preparedEmail = $formatter->processEmailAddress($email, Encoding::Hex);
                    $identifiers[] = (new UserIdentifier())->setEmailAddress($preparedEmail);
                } catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
                    // Skips invalid input.
                    error_log(sprintf('Skipping invalid email: %s', $e->getMessage()));
                    continue;
                }
            }
        }

        if (!empty($eventRecord['phoneNumbers'])) {
            foreach ($eventRecord['phoneNumbers'] as $phoneNumber) {
                try {
                    $preparedPhoneNumber = $formatter->processPhoneNumber($phoneNumber, Encoding::Hex);
                    $identifiers[] = (new UserIdentifier())->setPhoneNumber($preparedPhoneNumber);
                } catch (\InvalidArgumentException $e) {
                    // Skips invalid input.
                    error_log(sprintf('Skipping invalid phone number: %s', $e->getMessage()));
                    continue;
                }
            }
        }

        if (!empty($identifiers)) {
            $userData->setUserIdentifiers($identifiers);
            $event->setUserData($userData);
        }
        $events[] = $event;
    }

    // Builds the destination for the request.
    $destination = (new Destination())
        ->setOperatingAccount((new ProductAccount())
            ->setAccountType($operatingAccountType)
            ->setAccountId($operatingAccountId))
        ->setProductDestinationId($conversionActionId);

    if ($loginAccountType !== null && $loginAccountId !== null) {
        $destination->setLoginAccount((new ProductAccount())
            ->setAccountType($loginAccountType)
            ->setAccountId($loginAccountId));
    }

    if ($linkedAccountType !== null && $linkedAccountId !== null) {
        $destination->setLinkedAccount((new ProductAccount())
            ->setAccountType($linkedAccountType)
            ->setAccountId($linkedAccountId));
    }

    $client = new IngestionServiceClient();
    try {
        $requestCount = 0;
        // Batches requests to send up to the maximum number of events per request.
        foreach (array_chunk($events, MAX_EVENTS_PER_REQUEST) as $eventsBatch) {
            $requestCount++;
            // Builds the request.
            $request = (new IngestEventsRequest())
                ->setDestinations([$destination])
                ->setEvents($eventsBatch)
                ->setConsent((new Consent())
                    ->setAdUserData(ConsentStatus::CONSENT_GRANTED)
                    ->setAdPersonalization(ConsentStatus::CONSENT_GRANTED)
                )
                ->setValidateOnly($validateOnly)
                ->setEncoding(DataManagerEncoding::HEX);

            echo "Request:\n" . json_encode(json_decode($request->serializeToJsonString()), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT) . "\n";
            $response = $client->ingestEvents($request);
            echo "Response for request #{$requestCount}:\n" . json_encode(json_decode($response->serializeToJsonString()), JSON_PRETTY_PRINT) . "\n";

            if (count($response->getFieldWarnings()) > 0) {
                echo 'Request ingested successfully, but field warnings were returned. '
                    . "Review warning details and update your implementation as needed.\n";
            }
        }
        echo "# of requests sent: {$requestCount}\n";
    } catch (ApiException $e) {
        echo 'Error sending request: ' . $e->getMessage() . "\n";
    } finally {
        $client->close();
    }
}

// Command-line argument parsing
$options = getopt(
    '',
    [
        'operating_account_type:',
        'operating_account_id:',
        'login_account_type::',
        'login_account_id::',
        'linked_account_type::',
        'linked_account_id::',
        'conversion_action_id:',
        'json_file:',
        'validate_only::'
    ]
);

$operatingAccountType = $options['operating_account_type'] ?? null;
$operatingAccountId = $options['operating_account_id'] ?? null;
$conversionActionId = $options['conversion_action_id'] ?? null;
$jsonFile = $options['json_file'] ?? null;

// Only validates requests by default.
$validateOnly = true;
if (array_key_exists('validate_only', $options)) {
    $value = $options['validate_only'];
    // `getopt` with `::` returns boolean `false` if the option is passed without a value.
    if ($value === false || !in_array($value, ['true', 'false'], true)) {
        echo "Error: --validate_only requires a value of 'true' or 'false'.\n";
        exit(1);
    }
    $validateOnly = ($value === 'true');
}

if (empty($operatingAccountType) || empty($operatingAccountId) || empty($conversionActionId) || empty($jsonFile)) {
    echo 'Usage: php ingest_events.php ' .
        '--operating_account_type=<account_type> ' .
        '--operating_account_id=<account_id> ' .
        '--conversion_action_id=<conversion_action_id> ' .
        "--json_file=<path_to_json>\n" .
        'Optional: --login_account_type=<account_type> --login_account_id=<account_id> ' .
        '--linked_account_type=<account_type> --linked_account_id=<account_id> ' .
        "--validate_only=<true|false>\n";
    exit(1);
}

// Converts the operating account type string to an AccountType enum.
$parsedOperatingAccountType = AccountType::value($operatingAccountType);

if (isset($options['login_account_type']) != isset($options['login_account_id'])) {
    throw new \InvalidArgumentException(
        'Must specify either both or neither of login account type and login account ID'
    );
}

$parsedLoginAccountType = null;
if (isset($options['login_account_type'])) {
    // Converts the login account type string to an AccountType enum.
    $parsedLoginAccountType = AccountType::value($options['login_account_type']);
}

if (isset($options['linked_account_type']) != isset($options['linked_account_id'])) {
    throw new \InvalidArgumentException(
        'Must specify either both or neither of linked account type and linked account ID'
    );
}

$parsedLinkedAccountType = null;
if (isset($options['linked_account_type'])) {
    // Converts the linked account type string to an AccountType enum.
    $parsedLinkedAccountType = AccountType::value($options['linked_account_type']);
}

main(
    $parsedOperatingAccountType,
    $operatingAccountId,
    $conversionActionId,
    $jsonFile,
    $validateOnly,
    $parsedLoginAccountType,
    $options['login_account_id'] ?? null,
    $parsedLinkedAccountType,
    $options['linked_account_id'] ?? null
);

Python

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Copyright 2025 Google LLC
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
"""Sample of sending an IngestEventsRequest without encryption."""

import argparse
import json
import logging
from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional

from google.ads import datamanager_v1
from google.ads.datamanager_util import Formatter
from google.ads.datamanager_util.format import Encoding
from google.protobuf.timestamp_pb2 import Timestamp

_logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)

# The maximum number of events allowed per request.
_MAX_EVENTS_PER_REQUEST = 10_000


def main(
    operating_account_type: datamanager_v1.ProductAccount.AccountType,
    operating_account_id: str,
    conversion_action_id: str,
    json_file: str,
    validate_only: bool,
    login_account_type: Optional[
        datamanager_v1.ProductAccount.AccountType
    ] = None,
    login_account_id: Optional[str] = None,
    linked_account_type: Optional[
        datamanager_v1.ProductAccount.AccountType
    ] = None,
    linked_account_id: Optional[str] = None,
) -> None:
    """Runs the sample.
    Args:
     operating_account_type: the account type of the operating account.
     operating_account_id: the ID of the operating account.
     json_file: the JSON file containing event data.
     validate_only: whether to enable validate_only on the request.
     login_account_type: the account type of the login account.
     login_account_id: the ID of the login account.
     linked_account_type: the account type of the linked account.
     linked_account_id: the ID of the linked account.
    """

    # Gets an instance of the formatter.
    formatter: Formatter = Formatter()

    # Reads the input file.
    event_rows: List[Dict[str, Any]] = read_event_data_file(json_file)
    events: List[datamanager_v1.Event] = []
    for event_row in event_rows:
        event = datamanager_v1.Event()
        try:
            event_timestamp = Timestamp()
            event_timestamp.FromJsonString(str(event_row["timestamp"]))
            event.event_timestamp = event_timestamp
        except ValueError:
            _logger.warning(
                "Invalid timestamp format: %s. Skipping row.",
                event_row["timestamp"],
            )
            continue

        if "transactionId" not in event_row:
            _logger.warning("Skipping event with no transaction ID")
            continue
        event.transaction_id = event_row["transactionId"]

        if "eventSource" in event_row:
            event.event_source = event_row["eventSource"]

        if "gclid" in event_row:
            event.ad_identifiers = datamanager_v1.AdIdentifiers(
                gclid=event_row["gclid"]
            )

        if "currency" in event_row:
            event.currency = event_row["currency"]

        if "value" in event_row:
            event.conversion_value = event_row["value"]

        user_data = datamanager_v1.UserData()
        # Adds a UserIdentifier for each valid email address for the event row.
        if "emails" in event_row:
            for email in event_row["emails"]:
                try:
                    processed_email: str = formatter.process_email_address(
                        email, Encoding.HEX
                    )
                    user_data.user_identifiers.append(
                        datamanager_v1.UserIdentifier(
                            email_address=processed_email
                        )
                    )
                except ValueError:
                    # Skips invalid input.
                    _logger.warning(
                        "Invalid email address: %s. Skipping.",
                        event_row["email_address"],
                    )

        # Adds a UserIdentifier for each valid phone number for the event row.
        if "phoneNumbers" in event_row:
            for phone_number in event_row["phoneNumbers"]:
                try:
                    processed_phone: str = formatter.process_phone_number(
                        phone_number, Encoding.HEX
                    )
                    user_data.user_identifiers.append(
                        datamanager_v1.UserIdentifier(
                            phone_number=processed_phone
                        )
                    )
                except ValueError:
                    # Skips invalid input.
                    _logger.warning(
                        "Invalid phone: %s. Skipping.",
                        event_row["phone_number"],
                    )

        if user_data.user_identifiers:
            event.user_data = user_data

        # Adds the event to the list of events to send in the request.
        events.append(event)

    # Configures the destination.
    destination: datamanager_v1.Destination = datamanager_v1.Destination()
    destination.operating_account.account_type = operating_account_type
    destination.operating_account.account_id = operating_account_id
    destination.product_destination_id = str(conversion_action_id)
    if login_account_type or login_account_id:
        if bool(login_account_type) != bool(login_account_id):
            raise ValueError(
                "Must specify either both or neither of login "
                + "account type and login account ID"
            )
        destination.login_account.account_type = login_account_type
        destination.login_account.account_id = login_account_id
    if linked_account_type or linked_account_id:
        if bool(linked_account_type) != bool(linked_account_id):
            raise ValueError(
                "Must specify either both or neither of linked account "
                + "type and linked account ID"
            )
        destination.linked_account.account_type = linked_account_type
        destination.linked_account.account_id = linked_account_id

    # Creates a client for the ingestion service.
    client: datamanager_v1.IngestionServiceClient = (
        datamanager_v1.IngestionServiceClient()
    )

    # Batches requests to send up to the maximum number of events per
    # request.
    request_count = 0
    for i in range(0, len(events), _MAX_EVENTS_PER_REQUEST):
        request_count += 1
        events_batch = events[i : i + _MAX_EVENTS_PER_REQUEST]
        # Sends the request.
        request: datamanager_v1.IngestEventsRequest = (
            datamanager_v1.IngestEventsRequest(
                destinations=[destination],
                # Adds events from the current batch.
                events=events_batch,
                consent=datamanager_v1.Consent(
                    ad_user_data=datamanager_v1.ConsentStatus.CONSENT_GRANTED,
                    ad_personalization=datamanager_v1.ConsentStatus.CONSENT_GRANTED,
                ),
                # Sets encoding to match the encoding used.
                encoding=datamanager_v1.Encoding.HEX,
                # Sets validate_only. If true, then the Data Manager API only
                # validates the request but doesn't apply changes.
                validate_only=validate_only,
            )
        )

        # Sends the request.
        response: datamanager_v1.IngestEventsResponse = client.ingest_events(
            request=request
        )

        # Logs the response.
        _logger.info("Response for request #%d:\n%s", request_count, response)

        if response.field_warnings:
            _logger.warning(
                "Request ingested successfully, but field warnings were returned. "
                "Review warning details and update your implementation as needed."
            )

    _logger.info("# of requests sent: %d", request_count)


def read_event_data_file(json_file: str) -> List[Dict[str, Any]]:
    """Reads the JSON-formatted event data file.
    Args:
      json_file: the event data file.
    """
    with open(json_file, "r") as f:
        return json.load(f)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # Configures logging.
    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description=("Sends events from a JSON file to a destination."),
        fromfile_prefix_chars="@",
    )
    # The following argument(s) should be provided to run the example.
    parser.add_argument(
        "--operating_account_type",
        type=str,
        required=True,
        help="The account type of the operating account.",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--operating_account_id",
        type=str,
        required=True,
        help="The ID of the operating account.",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--conversion_action_id",
        type=int,
        required=True,
        help="The ID of the conversion action",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--login_account_type",
        type=str,
        required=False,
        help="The account type of the login account.",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--login_account_id",
        type=str,
        required=False,
        help="The ID of the login account.",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--linked_account_type",
        type=str,
        required=False,
        help="The account type of the linked account.",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--linked_account_id",
        type=str,
        required=False,
        help="The ID of the linked account.",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--json_file",
        type=str,
        required=True,
        help="JSON file containing user data to ingest.",
    )
    parser.add_argument(
        "--validate_only",
        choices=["true", "false"],
        default="true",
        help="""Whether to enable validate_only on the request. Must be
        'true' or 'false'. Defaults to 'true'.""",
    )
    args = parser.parse_args()

    main(
        args.operating_account_type,
        args.operating_account_id,
        args.conversion_action_id,
        args.json_file,
        args.validate_only == "true",
        args.login_account_type,
        args.login_account_id,
        args.linked_account_type,
        args.linked_account_id,
    )

Success responses

A successful request returns a response with an object containing a requestId. If any optional fields failed validation, the response also includes a fieldWarnings list.

Standard response

Here is a sample response for a successful ingestion request with no warnings:

{
  "requestId": "126365e1-16d0-4c81-9de9-f362711e250a"
}

Response with warnings

Here is a sample response for a successful ingestion request that contains a warning:

{
  "requestId": "126365e1-16d0-4c81-9de9-f362711e250a",
  "fieldWarnings": [
    {
      "field": "events.events[0].cart_data.items[0].merchant_product_id",
      "description": "The merchant product ID is missing in the cart item.",
      "reason": "WARNING_REASON_CART_DATA_ITEM_MERCHANT_PRODUCT_ID_MISSING"
    }
  ]
}

Record the requestId returned so you can retrieve diagnostics as each destination in the request is processed. You should also check for any fieldWarnings to ensure any optional fields you sent were accepted. See Ingestion warnings for more details.

Failure responses

A failed request results in an error response status code such as 400 Bad Request, and a response with error details.

For example, an emailAddress containing a plain text string instead of a hex encoded value produces the following response:

{
  "error": {
    "code": 400,
    "message": "There was a problem with the request.",
    "status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
    "details": [
      {
        "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ErrorInfo",
        "reason": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
        "domain": "datamanager.googleapis.com"
      },
      {
        "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.BadRequest",
        "fieldViolations": [
          {
            "field": "events.events[0].user_data.user_identifiers",
            "description": "Email is not hex encoded.",
            "reason": "INVALID_HEX_ENCODING"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

An emailAddress that isn't hashed and is only hex encoded produces the following response:

{
  "error": {
    "code": 400,
    "message": "There was a problem with the request.",
    "status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
    "details": [
      {
        "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.ErrorInfo",
        "reason": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
        "domain": "datamanager.googleapis.com"
      },
      {
        "@type": "type.googleapis.com/google.rpc.BadRequest",
        "fieldViolations": [
          {
            "field": "events.events[0]",
            "reason": "INVALID_SHA256_FORMAT"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

Send events for multiple destinations

If your data contains events for different destinations, you can send them in the same request by using destination references. See Limits and quotas for the maximum number of destinations per request.

For example, if you have an event for conversion action ID 123456789 and another event for conversion action ID 777111122, send both events in a single request by setting the reference of each Destination. The reference is user-defined. The only requirement is that each Destination has a unique reference. Here's the modified destinations list for the request:

  "destinations": [
    {
      "operatingAccount": {
        "accountType": "OPERATING_ACCOUNT_TYPE",
        "accountId": "OPERATING_ACCOUNT_ID"
      },
      "loginAccount": {
        "accountType": "LOGIN_ACCOUNT_TYPE",
        "accountId": "LOGIN_ACCOUNT_ID"
      },
      "productDestinationId": "123456789",
      "reference": "destination_a"
    },
    {
      "operatingAccount": {
        "accountType": "OPERATING_ACCOUNT_2_TYPE",
        "accountId": "OPERATING_ACCOUNT_2_ID"
      },
      "loginAccount": {
        "accountType": "LOGIN_ACCOUNT_2_TYPE",
        "accountId": "LOGIN_ACCOUNT_2_ID"
      },
      "productDestinationId": "777111122",
      "reference": "destination_b"
    }
  ]

Set the destinationReferences of each Event to send it to one or more specific destinations. For example, here's an Event that's only for the first Destination, so its destinationReferences list only contains the reference of the first Destination:

{
   "adIdentifiers": {
      "gclid": "GCLID_1"
   },
   "conversionValue": 1.99,
   "currency": "USD",
   "eventTimestamp": "2025-06-10T20:07:01Z",
   "transactionId": "ABC798654321",
   "eventSource": "WEB",
   "destinationReferences": [
      "destination_a"
   ]
}

The destinationReferences field is a list, so you can specify multiple destinations for an event. If you don't set the destinationReferences of an Event, the Data Manager API sends the event to all of the destinations in the request.

If an event has multiple destinations, the Data Manager API sends relevant fields to each destination. For example, if an event has a Google Ads destination and a Google Analytics destination, the API includes Google Analytics fields such as clientId, appInstanceId, or eventName when sending the event to the Google Analytics destination, and includes Google Ads fields such as customVariables when sending the event to the Google Ads destination.

Next steps