In order to serve ads for your Local campaign, you must create at least one
AdGroup using
AdGroupService. Don't specify a type for
the ad group.
Java
private String createAdGroup(
GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient, long customerId, String campaignResourceName) {
// Creates an ad group. Note that the ad group type must not be set.
// Also, since the advertisingChannelSubType is LOCAL_CAMPAIGN:
// 1. you cannot override bid settings at the ad group level.
// 2. you cannot add ad group criteria.
AdGroup adGroup =
AdGroup.newBuilder()
.setName("Earth to Mars Cruises #" + getPrintableDateTime())
.setStatus(AdGroupStatus.ENABLED)
.setCampaign(campaignResourceName)
.build();
// Creates an operation to add the ad group.
AdGroupOperation operation = AdGroupOperation.newBuilder().setCreate(adGroup).build();
// Connects to the API.
try (AdGroupServiceClient client =
googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createAdGroupServiceClient()) {
// Issues the mutate request.
MutateAdGroupsResponse response =
client.mutateAdGroups(String.valueOf(customerId), ImmutableList.of(operation));
// Prints some debugging information.
String resourceName = response.getResults(0).getResourceName();
System.out.printf("Created ad group with resource name: '%s'.%n", resourceName);
return resourceName;
}
}
C#
private string CreateAdGroup(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId,
string campaignResourceName)
{
// Create the ad group service client.
AdGroupServiceClient adGroupServiceClient =
client.GetService(Services.V7.AdGroupService);
// Create the ad group.
// Note that the ad group type must not be set.
// Since the advertisingChannelSubType is LOCAL_CAMPAIGN:
// 1. you cannot override bid settings at the ad group level.
// 2. you cannot add ad group criteria.
AdGroup adGroup = new AdGroup()
{
Name = $"Earth to Mars Cruises #{ExampleUtilities.GetRandomString()}",
Campaign = campaignResourceName,
Status = AdGroupStatus.Enabled
};
// Create the ad group operation.
AdGroupOperation adGroupOperation = new AdGroupOperation()
{
Create = adGroup
};
// Issue a mutate request to add the ad group, then print and return the resulting ad
// group's resource name.
MutateAdGroupsResponse adGroupResponse = adGroupServiceClient.MutateAdGroups(
customerId.ToString(), new[] {adGroupOperation});
string adGroupResourceName = adGroupResponse.Results.First().ResourceName;
Console.WriteLine($"Created ad group with resource name '{adGroupResourceName}'.");
return adGroupResourceName;
}
PHP
private static function createAdGroup(
GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient,
int $customerId,
string $campaignResourceName
) {
// Creates an ad group.
// Note that the ad group type must not be set.
// Since the advertisingChannelSubType is LOCAL_CAMPAIGN:
// 1. you cannot override bid settings at the ad group level.
// 2. you cannot add ad group criteria.
$adGroup = new AdGroup([
'name' => 'Earth to Mars Cruises #' . Helper::getPrintableDatetime(),
'campaign' => $campaignResourceName,
'status' => AdGroupStatus::ENABLED
]);
// Creates an ad group operation.
$adGroupOperation = new AdGroupOperation();
$adGroupOperation->setCreate($adGroup);
// Issues a mutate request to add the ad group.
$adGroupServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getAdGroupServiceClient();
/** @var MutateAdGroupsResponse $adGroupResponse */
$adGroupResponse = $adGroupServiceClient->mutateAdGroups($customerId, [$adGroupOperation]);
$adGroupResourceName = $adGroupResponse->getResults()[0]->getResourceName();
printf("Created ad group with resource name: '%s'.%s", $adGroupResourceName, PHP_EOL);
return $adGroupResourceName;
}
Python
def _create_ad_group(client, customer_id, campaign_resource_name):
"""Adds an ad group to the given client account under the given campaign.
Args:
client: an initialized GoogleAdsClient instance.
customer_id: a client customer ID str.
campaign_resource_name: the resource name str for a campaign.
Returns:
A str of the resource name for the newly created ad group.
"""
ad_group_operation = client.get_type("AdGroupOperation")
ad_group = ad_group_operation.create
# Note that the ad group type must not be set.
# Since the advertising_channel_subType is LOCAL_CAMPAIGN:
# 1. you cannot override bid settings at the ad group level.
# 2. you cannot add ad group criteria.
ad_group.name = f"Earth to Mars Cruises #{uuid4()}"
ad_group.status = client.get_type("AdGroupStatusEnum").AdGroupStatus.ENABLED
ad_group.campaign = campaign_resource_name
ad_group_service = client.get_service("AdGroupService")
response = ad_group_service.mutate_ad_groups(
customer_id=customer_id, operations=[ad_group_operation]
)
resource_name = response.results[0].resource_name
print(f"Created AdGroup with resource name: '{resource_name}'")
return resource_name
Ruby
def create_ad_group(client, customer_id, campaign_resource_name)
# Creates an ad group operation.
# Note that the ad group type must not be set.
# Since the advertising_channel_sub_type is LOCAL_CAMPAIGN:
# 1. you cannot override bid settings at the ad group level.
# 2. you cannot add ad group criteria.
operation = client.operation.create_resource.ad_group do |ag|
ag.name = "Earth to Mars Cruises ##{(Time.new.to_f * 1000).to_i}"
ag.campaign = campaign_resource_name
ag.status = :ENABLED
end
# Issues a mutate request to add the ad group.
response = client.service.ad_group.mutate_ad_groups(
customer_id: customer_id,
operations: [operation],
)
ad_group_resource_name = response.results.first.resource_name
puts "Created ad group with resource name: '#{ad_group_resource_name}'."
ad_group_resource_name
end
Perl
sub create_ad_group {
my ($api_client, $customer_id, $campaign_resource_name) = @_;
# Create an ad group.
# Note that the ad group type must not be set.
# Since the advertisingChannelSubType is LOCAL_CAMPAIGN:
# 1. you cannot override bid settings at the ad group level.
# 2. you cannot add ad group criteria.
my $ad_group = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V7::Resources::AdGroup->new({
name => "Earth to Mars Cruises #" . uniqid(),
status => Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V7::Enums::AdGroupStatusEnum::ENABLED,
campaign => $campaign_resource_name
});
# Create an ad group operation.
my $ad_group_operation =
Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V7::Services::AdGroupService::AdGroupOperation->
new({create => $ad_group});
# Issue a mutate request to add the ad group.
my $ad_groups_response = $api_client->AdGroupService()->mutate({
customerId => $customer_id,
operations => [$ad_group_operation]});
my $ad_group_resource_name =
$ad_groups_response->{results}[0]{resourceName};
printf "Created ad group with resource name: '%s'.\n",
$ad_group_resource_name;
return $ad_group_resource_name;
}