Add ad groups
The best way to set up new ad groups in the API is to use the Add Ad Groups code example in the Basic Operations folder of your client library. The sample handles all the background authentication tasks for you, and walks you through the settings required for creating an ad group.
Java
// Copyright 2018 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. package com.google.ads.googleads.examples.basicoperations; import static com.google.ads.googleads.examples.utils.CodeSampleHelper.getPrintableDateTime; import com.beust.jcommander.Parameter; import com.google.ads.googleads.examples.utils.ArgumentNames; import com.google.ads.googleads.examples.utils.CodeSampleParams; import com.google.ads.googleads.lib.GoogleAdsClient; import com.google.ads.googleads.v18.enums.AdGroupStatusEnum.AdGroupStatus; import com.google.ads.googleads.v18.enums.AdGroupTypeEnum.AdGroupType; import com.google.ads.googleads.v18.errors.GoogleAdsError; import com.google.ads.googleads.v18.errors.GoogleAdsException; import com.google.ads.googleads.v18.resources.AdGroup; import com.google.ads.googleads.v18.services.AdGroupOperation; import com.google.ads.googleads.v18.services.AdGroupServiceClient; import com.google.ads.googleads.v18.services.MutateAdGroupResult; import com.google.ads.googleads.v18.services.MutateAdGroupsResponse; import com.google.ads.googleads.v18.utils.ResourceNames; import java.io.FileNotFoundException; import java.io.IOException; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; /** Adds ad groups to a campaign. */ public class AddAdGroups { private static class AddAdGroupParams extends CodeSampleParams { @Parameter(names = ArgumentNames.CUSTOMER_ID, required = true) private Long customerId; @Parameter(names = ArgumentNames.CAMPAIGN_ID, required = true) private Long campaignId; } public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { AddAdGroupParams params = new AddAdGroupParams(); if (!params.parseArguments(args)) { // Either pass the required parameters for this example on the command line, or insert them // into the code here. See the parameter class definition above for descriptions. params.customerId = Long.parseLong("INSERT_CUSTOMER_ID_HERE"); params.campaignId = Long.parseLong("INSERT_CAMPAIGN_ID_HERE"); } GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient = null; try { googleAdsClient = GoogleAdsClient.newBuilder().fromPropertiesFile().build(); } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) { System.err.printf( "Failed to load GoogleAdsClient configuration from file. Exception: %s%n", fnfe); System.exit(1); } catch (IOException ioe) { System.err.printf("Failed to create GoogleAdsClient. Exception: %s%n", ioe); System.exit(1); } try { new AddAdGroups().runExample(googleAdsClient, params.customerId, params.campaignId); } catch (GoogleAdsException gae) { // GoogleAdsException is the base class for most exceptions thrown by an API request. // Instances of this exception have a message and a GoogleAdsFailure that contains a // collection of GoogleAdsErrors that indicate the underlying causes of the // GoogleAdsException. System.err.printf( "Request ID %s failed due to GoogleAdsException. Underlying errors:%n", gae.getRequestId()); int i = 0; for (GoogleAdsError googleAdsError : gae.getGoogleAdsFailure().getErrorsList()) { System.err.printf(" Error %d: %s%n", i++, googleAdsError); } System.exit(1); } } /** * Runs the example. * * @param googleAdsClient the Google Ads API client. * @param customerId the client customer ID. * @param campaignId the campaign ID. * @throws GoogleAdsException if an API request failed with one or more service errors. */ private void runExample(GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient, long customerId, long campaignId) { String campaignResourceName = ResourceNames.campaign(customerId, campaignId); // Creates an ad group, setting an optional CPC value. AdGroup adGroup1 = AdGroup.newBuilder() .setName("Earth to Mars Cruises #" + getPrintableDateTime()) .setStatus(AdGroupStatus.ENABLED) .setCampaign(campaignResourceName) .setType(AdGroupType.SEARCH_STANDARD) .setCpcBidMicros(10_000_000L) .build(); // You may add as many additional ad groups as you need. AdGroup adGroup2 = AdGroup.newBuilder() .setName("Earth to Venus Cruises #" + getPrintableDateTime()) .setStatus(AdGroupStatus.ENABLED) .setCampaign(campaignResourceName) .setType(AdGroupType.SEARCH_STANDARD) .setCpcBidMicros(10_000_000L) .build(); List<AdGroupOperation> operations = new ArrayList<>(); operations.add(AdGroupOperation.newBuilder().setCreate(adGroup1).build()); operations.add(AdGroupOperation.newBuilder().setCreate(adGroup2).build()); try (AdGroupServiceClient adGroupServiceClient = googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createAdGroupServiceClient()) { MutateAdGroupsResponse response = adGroupServiceClient.mutateAdGroups(Long.toString(customerId), operations); System.out.printf("Added %d ad groups:%n", response.getResultsCount()); for (MutateAdGroupResult result : response.getResultsList()) { System.out.println(result.getResourceName()); } } } }
C#
// Copyright 2019 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. using CommandLine; using Google.Ads.Gax.Examples; using Google.Ads.GoogleAds.Lib; using Google.Ads.GoogleAds.V18.Enums; using Google.Ads.GoogleAds.V18.Errors; using Google.Ads.GoogleAds.V18.Resources; using Google.Ads.GoogleAds.V18.Services; using System; using System.Collections.Generic; namespace Google.Ads.GoogleAds.Examples.V18 { /// <summary> /// This code example illustrates how to create ad groups. To create campaigns, run /// AddCampaigns.cs. /// </summary> public class AddAdGroups : ExampleBase { /// <summary> /// Command line options for running the <see cref="AddAdGroups"/> example. /// </summary> public class Options : OptionsBase { /// <summary> /// The Google Ads customer ID for which the call is made. /// </summary> [Option("customerId", Required = true, HelpText = "The Google Ads customer ID for which the call is made.")] public long CustomerId { get; set; } /// <summary> /// ID of the campaign to which ad groups are added. /// </summary> [Option("campaignId", Required = true, HelpText = "ID of the campaign to which ad groups are added.")] public long CampaignId { get; set; } } /// <summary> /// Main method, to run this code example as a standalone application. /// </summary> /// <param name="args">The command line arguments.</param> public static void Main(string[] args) { Options options = ExampleUtilities.ParseCommandLine<Options>(args); AddAdGroups codeExample = new AddAdGroups(); Console.WriteLine(codeExample.Description); codeExample.Run(new GoogleAdsClient(), options.CustomerId, options.CampaignId); } /// <summary> /// Number of ad groups to create. /// </summary> private const int NUM_ADGROUPS_TO_CREATE = 5; /// <summary> /// Returns a description about the code example. /// </summary> public override string Description => "This code example illustrates how to create ad groups. To create campaigns, run " + "AddCampaigns.cs"; /// <summary> /// Runs the code example. /// </summary> /// <param name="client">The Google Ads client.</param> /// <param name="customerId">The Google Ads customer ID for which the call is made.</param> /// <param name="campaignId">ID of the campaign to which ad groups are added.</param> public void Run(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId, long campaignId) { // Get the AdGroupService. AdGroupServiceClient adGroupService = client.GetService(Services.V18.AdGroupService); List<AdGroupOperation> operations = new List<AdGroupOperation>(); for (int i = 0; i < NUM_ADGROUPS_TO_CREATE; i++) { // Create the ad group. AdGroup adGroup = new AdGroup() { Name = $"Earth to Mars Cruises #{ExampleUtilities.GetRandomString()}", Status = AdGroupStatusEnum.Types.AdGroupStatus.Enabled, Campaign = ResourceNames.Campaign(customerId, campaignId), // Set the ad group bids. CpcBidMicros = 10000000 }; // Create the operation. AdGroupOperation operation = new AdGroupOperation() { Create = adGroup }; operations.Add(operation); } try { // Create the ad groups. MutateAdGroupsResponse response = adGroupService.MutateAdGroups( customerId.ToString(), operations); // Display the results. foreach (MutateAdGroupResult newAdGroup in response.Results) { Console.WriteLine("Ad group with resource name '{0}' was created.", newAdGroup.ResourceName); } } catch (GoogleAdsException e) { Console.WriteLine("Failure:"); Console.WriteLine($"Message: {e.Message}"); Console.WriteLine($"Failure: {e.Failure}"); Console.WriteLine($"Request ID: {e.RequestId}"); throw; } } } }
PHP
<?php /** * Copyright 2018 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. */ namespace Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Examples\BasicOperations; require __DIR__ . '/../../vendor/autoload.php'; use GetOpt\GetOpt; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Examples\Utils\ArgumentNames; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Examples\Utils\ArgumentParser; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Examples\Utils\Helper; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Lib\V18\GoogleAdsClient; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Lib\V18\GoogleAdsClientBuilder; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Lib\V18\GoogleAdsException; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Lib\OAuth2TokenBuilder; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Util\V18\ResourceNames; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\V18\Enums\AdGroupStatusEnum\AdGroupStatus; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\V18\Enums\AdGroupTypeEnum\AdGroupType; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\V18\Errors\GoogleAdsError; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\V18\Resources\AdGroup; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\V18\Services\AdGroupOperation; use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\V18\Services\MutateAdGroupsRequest; use Google\ApiCore\ApiException; /** This example adds ad groups to a campaign. */ class AddAdGroups { private const CUSTOMER_ID = 'INSERT_CUSTOMER_ID_HERE'; private const CAMPAIGN_ID = 'INSERT_CAMPAIGN_ID_HERE'; public static function main() { // Either pass the required parameters for this example on the command line, or insert them // into the constants above. $options = (new ArgumentParser())->parseCommandArguments([ ArgumentNames::CUSTOMER_ID => GetOpt::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT, ArgumentNames::CAMPAIGN_ID => GetOpt::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT ]); // Generate a refreshable OAuth2 credential for authentication. $oAuth2Credential = (new OAuth2TokenBuilder())->fromFile()->build(); // Construct a Google Ads client configured from a properties file and the // OAuth2 credentials above. $googleAdsClient = (new GoogleAdsClientBuilder())->fromFile() ->withOAuth2Credential($oAuth2Credential) ->build(); try { self::runExample( $googleAdsClient, $options[ArgumentNames::CUSTOMER_ID] ?: self::CUSTOMER_ID, $options[ArgumentNames::CAMPAIGN_ID] ?: self::CAMPAIGN_ID ); } catch (GoogleAdsException $googleAdsException) { printf( "Request with ID '%s' has failed.%sGoogle Ads failure details:%s", $googleAdsException->getRequestId(), PHP_EOL, PHP_EOL ); foreach ($googleAdsException->getGoogleAdsFailure()->getErrors() as $error) { /** @var GoogleAdsError $error */ printf( "\t%s: %s%s", $error->getErrorCode()->getErrorCode(), $error->getMessage(), PHP_EOL ); } exit(1); } catch (ApiException $apiException) { printf( "ApiException was thrown with message '%s'.%s", $apiException->getMessage(), PHP_EOL ); exit(1); } } /** * Runs the example. * * @param GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient the Google Ads API client * @param int $customerId the customer ID * @param int $campaignId the campaign ID to add ad groups to */ public static function runExample( GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient, int $customerId, int $campaignId ) { $campaignResourceName = ResourceNames::forCampaign($customerId, $campaignId); $operations = []; // Constructs an ad group and sets an optional CPC value. $adGroup1 = new AdGroup([ 'name' => 'Earth to Mars Cruises #' . Helper::getPrintableDatetime(), 'campaign' => $campaignResourceName, 'status' => AdGroupStatus::ENABLED, 'type' => AdGroupType::SEARCH_STANDARD, 'cpc_bid_micros' => 10000000 ]); $adGroupOperation1 = new AdGroupOperation(); $adGroupOperation1->setCreate($adGroup1); $operations[] = $adGroupOperation1; // Constructs another ad group. $adGroup2 = new AdGroup([ 'name' => 'Earth to Venus Cruises #' . Helper::getPrintableDatetime(), 'campaign' => $campaignResourceName, 'status' => AdGroupStatus::ENABLED, 'type' => AdGroupType::SEARCH_STANDARD, 'cpc_bid_micros' => 20000000 ]); $adGroupOperation2 = new AdGroupOperation(); $adGroupOperation2->setCreate($adGroup2); $operations[] = $adGroupOperation2; // Issues a mutate request to add the ad groups. $adGroupServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getAdGroupServiceClient(); $response = $adGroupServiceClient->mutateAdGroups(MutateAdGroupsRequest::build( $customerId, $operations )); printf("Added %d ad groups:%s", $response->getResults()->count(), PHP_EOL); foreach ($response->getResults() as $addedAdGroup) { /** @var AdGroup $addedAdGroup */ print $addedAdGroup->getResourceName() . PHP_EOL; } } } AddAdGroups::main();
Python
#!/usr/bin/env python # Copyright 2018 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. """This example adds an ad group. To get ad groups, run get_ad_groups.py. """ import argparse import sys import uuid from google.ads.googleads.client import GoogleAdsClient from google.ads.googleads.errors import GoogleAdsException def main(client, customer_id, campaign_id): ad_group_service = client.get_service("AdGroupService") campaign_service = client.get_service("CampaignService") # Create ad group. ad_group_operation = client.get_type("AdGroupOperation") ad_group = ad_group_operation.create ad_group.name = f"Earth to Mars cruises {uuid.uuid4()}" ad_group.status = client.enums.AdGroupStatusEnum.ENABLED ad_group.campaign = campaign_service.campaign_path(customer_id, campaign_id) ad_group.type_ = client.enums.AdGroupTypeEnum.SEARCH_STANDARD ad_group.cpc_bid_micros = 10000000 # Add the ad group. ad_group_response = ad_group_service.mutate_ad_groups( customer_id=customer_id, operations=[ad_group_operation] ) print(f"Created ad group {ad_group_response.results[0].resource_name}.") if __name__ == "__main__": parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Adds an ad group for specified customer and campaign id." ) # The following argument(s) should be provided to run the example. parser.add_argument( "-c", "--customer_id", type=str, required=True, help="The Google Ads customer ID.", ) parser.add_argument( "-i", "--campaign_id", type=str, required=True, help="The campaign ID." ) args = parser.parse_args() # GoogleAdsClient will read the google-ads.yaml configuration file in the # home directory if none is specified. googleads_client = GoogleAdsClient.load_from_storage(version="v18") try: main(googleads_client, args.customer_id, args.campaign_id) except GoogleAdsException as ex: print( f'Request with ID "{ex.request_id}" failed with status ' f'"{ex.error.code().name}" and includes the following errors:' ) for error in ex.failure.errors: print(f'\tError with message "{error.message}".') if error.location: for field_path_element in error.location.field_path_elements: print(f"\t\tOn field: {field_path_element.field_name}") sys.exit(1)
Ruby
#!/usr/bin/env ruby # Encoding: utf-8 # # Copyright 2018 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. # # This example adds an ad group. To get ad groups, run get_ad_groups.rb. require 'optparse' require 'google/ads/google_ads' require 'date' def add_ad_groups(customer_id, campaign_id) # GoogleAdsClient will read a config file from # ENV['HOME']/google_ads_config.rb when called without parameters client = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::GoogleAdsClient.new # Create an ad group, setting an optional CPC value. ad_group = client.resource.ad_group do |ag| ag.name = "Earth to Mars Cruises #{(Time.new.to_f * 1000).to_i}" ag.status = :ENABLED ag.campaign = client.path.campaign(customer_id, campaign_id) ag.type = :SEARCH_STANDARD ag.cpc_bid_micros = 10_000_000 end # Create the operation ad_group_operation = client.operation.create_resource.ad_group(ad_group) # Add the ad group. response = client.service.ad_group.mutate_ad_groups( customer_id: customer_id, operations: [ad_group_operation], ) puts "Created ad group #{response.results.first.resource_name}." end if __FILE__ == $0 options = {} # The following parameter(s) should be provided to run the example. You can # either specify these by changing the INSERT_XXX_ID_HERE values below, or on # the command line. # # Parameters passed on the command line will override any parameters set in # code. # # Running the example with -h will print the command line usage. options[:customer_id] = 'INSERT_CUSTOMER_ID_HERE' options[:campaign_id] = 'INSERT_CAMPAIGN_ID_HERE' OptionParser.new do |opts| opts.banner = sprintf('Usage: %s [options]', File.basename(__FILE__)) opts.separator '' opts.separator 'Options:' opts.on('-C', '--customer-id CUSTOMER-ID', String, 'Customer ID') do |v| options[:customer_id] = v end opts.on('-c', '--campaign-id CAMPAIGN-ID', String, 'Campaign ID') do |v| options[:campaign_id] = v end opts.separator '' opts.separator 'Help:' opts.on_tail('-h', '--help', 'Show this message') do puts opts exit end end.parse! begin add_ad_groups(options.fetch(:customer_id).tr("-", ""), options[:campaign_id]) rescue Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Errors::GoogleAdsError => e e.failure.errors.each do |error| STDERR.printf("Error with message: %s\n", error.message) if error.location error.location.field_path_elements.each do |field_path_element| STDERR.printf("\tOn field: %s\n", field_path_element.field_name) end end error.error_code.to_h.each do |k, v| next if v == :UNSPECIFIED STDERR.printf("\tType: %s\n\tCode: %s\n", k, v) end end raise end end
Perl
#!/usr/bin/perl -w # # Copyright 2019, 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. # # This example adds an ad group. To get ad groups, run get_ad_groups.pl. use strict; use warnings; use utf8; use FindBin qw($Bin); use lib "$Bin/../../lib"; use Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Client; use Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Utils::GoogleAdsHelper; use Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Resources::AdGroup; use Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Enums::AdGroupStatusEnum qw(ENABLED); use Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Enums::AdGroupTypeEnum qw(SEARCH_STANDARD); use Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Services::AdGroupService::AdGroupOperation; use Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Utils::ResourceNames; use Getopt::Long qw(:config auto_help); use Pod::Usage; use Cwd qw(abs_path); use Data::Uniqid qw(uniqid); # The following parameter(s) should be provided to run the example. You can # either specify these by changing the INSERT_XXX_ID_HERE values below, or on # the command line. # # Parameters passed on the command line will override any parameters set in # code. # # Running the example with -h will print the command line usage. my $customer_id = "INSERT_CUSTOMER_ID_HERE"; my $campaign_id = "INSERT_CAMPAIGN_ID_HERE"; sub add_ad_groups { my ($api_client, $customer_id, $campaign_id) = @_; # Create an ad group, setting an optional CPC value. my $ad_group = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Resources::AdGroup->new({ name => "Earth to Mars Cruises #" . uniqid(), status => ENABLED, campaign => Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Utils::ResourceNames::campaign( $customer_id, $campaign_id ), type => SEARCH_STANDARD, cpcBidMicros => 10000000 }); # Create an ad group operation. my $ad_group_operation = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Services::AdGroupService::AdGroupOperation-> new({create => $ad_group}); # Add the ad group. my $ad_groups_response = $api_client->AdGroupService()->mutate({ customerId => $customer_id, operations => [$ad_group_operation]}); printf "Created ad group '%s'.\n", $ad_groups_response->{results}[0]{resourceName}; return 1; } # Don't run the example if the file is being included. if (abs_path($0) ne abs_path(__FILE__)) { return 1; } # Get Google Ads Client, credentials will be read from ~/googleads.properties. my $api_client = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Client->new(); # By default examples are set to die on any server returned fault. $api_client->set_die_on_faults(1); # Parameters passed on the command line will override any parameters set in code. GetOptions("customer_id=s" => \$customer_id, "campaign_id=i" => \$campaign_id); # Print the help message if the parameters are not initialized in the code nor # in the command line. pod2usage(2) if not check_params($customer_id, $campaign_id); # Call the example. add_ad_groups($api_client, $customer_id =~ s/-//gr, $campaign_id); =pod =head1 NAME add_ad_groups =head1 DESCRIPTION This example adds an ad group. To get ad groups, run get_ad_groups.pl. =head1 SYNOPSIS add_ad_groups.pl [options] -help Show the help message. -customer_id The Google Ads customer ID. -campaign_id The campaign ID. =cut