Page Summary
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Ad creation for responsive display ads is done using
AdGroupAdService.MutateAdGroupAdsand the ad can be added to standard Display campaigns. -
Creating a responsive display ad requires populating specific fields of
ResponsiveDisplayAdInfosuch as marketing images, headlines, and business name. -
Advanced features for responsive display ads include customizing colors using
main_colorandaccent_color, with the option for flexible coloring. -
Responsive display ads can run in either native or non-native display ad formats, which can be set using the
format_settingfield. -
Ad controls for responsive display ads indicate if the ad has been opted in to generated videos or asset enhancements via their
control_spec.
As with other ads, ad creation is accomplished using
AdGroupAdService.MutateAdGroupAds. You can then add
the responsive display ad to standard Display campaigns.
Ad creation
To create a responsive display ad, populate final_urls on the parent
Ad resource (at least 1 URL) and the following required fields
of ResponsiveDisplayAdInfo:
marketing_images: A repeated list of landscapeAdImageAssetobjects (at least 1 required; 1.91:1 aspect ratio, minimum 600x314 pixels; up to 15 combined withsquare_marketing_images).square_marketing_images: A repeated list of squareAdImageAssetobjects (at least 1 required; 1:1 aspect ratio, minimum 300x300 pixels; up to 15 combined withmarketing_images).headlines: A repeated list of 1 to 5AdTextAssetobjects (up to 30 characters each).long_headline: A singularAdTextAssetmessage (up to 90 characters).descriptions: A repeated list of 1 to 5AdTextAssetobjects (up to 90 characters each).business_name: A string of up to 25 characters.
All other fields and image specifications can be found on the
ResponsiveDisplayAdInfo reference page and in
the Help Center article.
Java
private void createAd( GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient, long customerId, String adGroupResourceName) throws IOException { String marketingImageUrl = "https://gaagl.page.link/Eit5"; String marketingImageName = "Marketing Image"; String marketingImageResourceName = uploadAsset(googleAdsClient, customerId, marketingImageUrl, marketingImageName); String squareMarketingImageName = "Square Marketing Image"; String squareMarketingImageUrl = "https://gaagl.page.link/bjYi"; String squareMarketingImageResourceName = uploadAsset(googleAdsClient, customerId, squareMarketingImageUrl, squareMarketingImageName); // Creates the responsive display ad info object. ResponsiveDisplayAdInfo responsiveDisplayAdInfo = ResponsiveDisplayAdInfo.newBuilder() .addMarketingImages( AdImageAsset.newBuilder().setAsset(marketingImageResourceName).build()) .addSquareMarketingImages( AdImageAsset.newBuilder().setAsset(squareMarketingImageResourceName).build()) .addHeadlines(AdTextAsset.newBuilder().setText("Travel").build()) .setLongHeadline(AdTextAsset.newBuilder().setText("Travel the World").build()) .addDescriptions(AdTextAsset.newBuilder().setText("Take to the air!").build()) .setBusinessName("Interplanetary Cruises") // Optional: Call to action text. // Valid texts: https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/7005917 .setCallToActionText("Apply Now") // Optional: Sets the ad colors. .setMainColor("#0000ff") .setAccentColor("#ffff00") // Optional: Sets to false to strictly render the ad using the colors. .setAllowFlexibleColor(false) // Optional: Sets the format setting that the ad will be served in. .setFormatSetting(DisplayAdFormatSetting.NON_NATIVE) // Optional: Creates a logo image and sets it to the ad. /* .addLogoImages( AdImageAsset.newBuilder() .setAsset(StringValue.of("INSERT_LOGO_IMAGE_RESOURCE_NAME_HERE")) .build()) */ // Optional: Creates a square logo image and sets it to the ad. /* .addSquareLogoImages( AdImageAsset.newBuilder() .setAsset(StringValue.of("INSERT_SQUARE_LOGO_IMAGE_RESOURCE_NAME_HERE")) .build()) */ .build(); // Creates the ad. Ad ad = Ad.newBuilder() .setResponsiveDisplayAd(responsiveDisplayAdInfo) .addFinalUrls("http://www.example.com/") .build(); // Creates the ad group ad. AdGroupAd adGroupAd = AdGroupAd.newBuilder().setAdGroup(adGroupResourceName).setAd(ad).build(); // Creates the ad group ad operation. AdGroupAdOperation operation = AdGroupAdOperation.newBuilder().setCreate(adGroupAd).build(); // Creates the ad group ad service client. try (AdGroupAdServiceClient adGroupAdServiceClient = googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createAdGroupAdServiceClient()) { // Adds the ad group ad. MutateAdGroupAdsResponse response = adGroupAdServiceClient.mutateAdGroupAds( Long.toString(customerId), ImmutableList.of(operation)); System.out.printf( "Created ad group ad with resource name '%s'.%n", response.getResults(0).getResourceName()); } }
C#
private void CreateAd(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId, string adGroupResourceName) { // Creates the ad group ad service client. AdGroupAdServiceClient adGroupAdServiceClient = client.GetService(Services.V25.AdGroupAdService); string marketingImageUrl = "https://gaagl.page.link/Eit5"; string marketingImageName = "Marketing Image"; string marketingImageResourceName = UploadAsset(client, customerId, marketingImageUrl, marketingImageName); string squareMarketingImageName = "Square Marketing Image"; string squareMarketingImageUrl = "https://gaagl.page.link/bjYi"; string squareMarketingImageResourceName = UploadAsset(client, customerId, squareMarketingImageUrl, squareMarketingImageName); // Creates the responsive display ad info object. ResponsiveDisplayAdInfo responsiveDisplayAdInfo = new ResponsiveDisplayAdInfo() { MarketingImages = { new AdImageAsset() { Asset = marketingImageResourceName } }, SquareMarketingImages = { new AdImageAsset() { Asset = squareMarketingImageResourceName } }, Headlines = { new AdTextAsset() { Text = "Travel" } }, LongHeadline = new AdTextAsset() { Text = "Travel the World" }, Descriptions = { new AdTextAsset() { Text = "Take to the air!" } }, BusinessName = "Interplanetary Cruises", // Optional: Call to action text. // Valid texts: https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/7005917 CallToActionText = "Apply Now", // Optional: Sets the ad colors. MainColor = "#0000ff", AccentColor = "#ffff00", // Optional: Sets to false to strictly render the ad using the colors. AllowFlexibleColor = false, // Optional: Sets the format setting that the ad will be served in. FormatSetting = DisplayAdFormatSetting.NonNative, // Optional: Creates a logo image and sets it to the ad. /* LogoImages = { new AdImageAsset() { Asset = "INSERT_LOGO_IMAGE_RESOURCE_NAME_HERE" }} */ // Optional: Creates a square logo image and sets it to the ad. /* SquareLogoImages = { new AdImageAsset() { Asset = "INSERT_SQUARE_LOGO_IMAGE_RESOURCE_NAME_HERE" }} */ }; // Creates the ad. Ad ad = new Ad() { ResponsiveDisplayAd = responsiveDisplayAdInfo, FinalUrls = { "http://www.example.com/" } }; // Creates the ad group ad. AdGroupAd adGroupAd = new AdGroupAd() { AdGroup = adGroupResourceName, Ad = ad }; // Creates the ad group ad operation. AdGroupAdOperation operation = new AdGroupAdOperation() { Create = adGroupAd }; // Adds the ad group ad. MutateAdGroupAdsResponse response = adGroupAdServiceClient.MutateAdGroupAds (customerId.ToString(), new[] { operation }); Console.WriteLine("Created ad group ad with resource name " + $"'{response.Results.First().ResourceName}'."); }
PHP
private static function createAd( GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient, int $customerId, string $adGroupResourceName ) { $marketingImageResourceName = self::uploadAsset( $googleAdsClient, $customerId, 'https://gaagl.page.link/Eit5', 'Marketing Image' ); $squareMarketingImageResourceName = self::uploadAsset( $googleAdsClient, $customerId, 'https://gaagl.page.link/bjYi', 'Square Marketing Image' ); // Creates the responsive display ad info object. $responsiveDisplayAdInfo = new ResponsiveDisplayAdInfo( [ 'marketing_images' => [new AdImageAsset(['asset' => $marketingImageResourceName])], 'square_marketing_images' => [new AdImageAsset( [ 'asset' => $squareMarketingImageResourceName ] )], 'headlines' => [new AdTextAsset(['text' => 'Travel'])], 'long_headline' => new AdTextAsset(['text' => 'Travel the World']), 'descriptions' => [new AdTextAsset(['text' => 'Take to the air!'])], 'business_name' => 'Interplanetary Cruises', // Optional: Call to action text. // Valid texts: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7005917 'call_to_action_text' => 'Apply Now', // Optional: Sets the ad colors. 'main_color' => '#0000ff', 'accent_color' => '#ffff00', // Optional: Sets to false to strictly render the ad using the colors. 'allow_flexible_color' => false, // Optional: Sets the format setting that the ad will be served in. 'format_setting' => DisplayAdFormatSetting::NON_NATIVE // Optional: Creates a logo image and sets it to the ad. // 'logo_images' => [new AdImageAsset([ // 'asset' => 'INSERT_LOGO_IMAGE_RESOURCE_NAME_HERE' // ])], // Optional: Creates a square logo image and sets it to the ad. // 'square_logo_images' => [new AdImageAsset([ // 'asset' => 'INSERT_SQUARE_LOGO_IMAGE_RESOURCE_NAME_HERE' // ])] ] ); // Creates a new ad group ad. $adGroupAd = new AdGroupAd( [ 'ad' => new Ad( [ 'responsive_display_ad' => $responsiveDisplayAdInfo, 'final_urls' => ['http://www.example.com/'] ] ), 'ad_group' => $adGroupResourceName ] ); // Creates an ad group ad operation. $adGroupAdOperation = new AdGroupAdOperation(); $adGroupAdOperation->setCreate($adGroupAd); // Issues a mutate request to add the ad group ad. $adGroupAdServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getAdGroupAdServiceClient(); $response = $adGroupAdServiceClient->mutateAdGroupAds( MutateAdGroupAdsRequest::build($customerId, [$adGroupAdOperation]) ); /** * @var AdGroupAd $addedAdGroupAd */ $addedAdGroupAd = $response->getResults()[0]; printf( "Created ad group ad with resource name '%s'.%s", $addedAdGroupAd->getResourceName(), PHP_EOL ); }
Python
def create_ad( client: GoogleAdsClient, customer_id: str, ad_group_resource_name: str ) -> None: """Creates the responsive display ad. Args: client: An initialized GoogleAds client. customer_id: The Google Ads customer ID. ad_group_resource_name: The resource name of the target ad group. """ # Get the AdGroupAdService client. ad_group_ad_service: AdGroupAdServiceClient = client.get_service( "AdGroupAdService" ) # Upload image assets for the ad. marketing_image_resource_name: str = upload_image_asset( client, customer_id, "https://gaagl.page.link/Eit5", "Marketing Image" ) square_marketing_image_resource_name: str = upload_image_asset( client, customer_id, "https://gaagl.page.link/bjYi", "Square Marketing Image", ) # Create the relevant asset objects for the ad. marketing_image: AdImageAsset = client.get_type("AdImageAsset") marketing_image.asset = marketing_image_resource_name square_marketing_image: AdImageAsset = client.get_type("AdImageAsset") square_marketing_image.asset = square_marketing_image_resource_name headline: AdTextAsset = client.get_type("AdTextAsset") headline.text = "Travel" description: AdTextAsset = client.get_type("AdTextAsset") description.text = "Take to the air!" # Create an ad group ad operation and set the ad group ad values. ad_group_ad_operation: AdGroupAdOperation = client.get_type( "AdGroupAdOperation" ) ad_group_ad: AdGroupAd = ad_group_ad_operation.create ad_group_ad.ad_group = ad_group_resource_name ad_group_ad.ad.final_urls.append("http://www.example.com/") # Configure the responsive display ad info object. responsive_display_ad_info: ResponsiveDisplayAdInfo = ( ad_group_ad.ad.responsive_display_ad ) responsive_display_ad_info.marketing_images.append(marketing_image) responsive_display_ad_info.square_marketing_images.append( square_marketing_image ) responsive_display_ad_info.headlines.append(headline) responsive_display_ad_info.long_headline.text = "Travel the World" responsive_display_ad_info.descriptions.append(description) responsive_display_ad_info.business_name = "Interplanetary Cruises" # Optional: Call to action text. # Valid texts: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7005917 responsive_display_ad_info.call_to_action_text = "Apply Now" # Optional: Set the ad colors. responsive_display_ad_info.main_color = "#0000ff" responsive_display_ad_info.accent_color = "#ffff00" # Optional: Set to false to strictly render the ad using the colors. responsive_display_ad_info.allow_flexible_color = False # Optional: Set the format setting that the ad will be served in. responsive_display_ad_info.format_setting = ( client.enums.DisplayAdFormatSettingEnum.NON_NATIVE ) # Optional: Create a logo image and set it to the ad. # logo_image = client.get_type("AdImageAsset") # logo_image.asset = "INSERT_LOGO_IMAGE_RESOURCE_NAME_HERE" # responsive_display_ad_info.logo_images.append(logo_image) # Optional: Create a square logo image and set it to the ad. # square_logo_image = client.get_type("AdImageAsset") # square_logo_image.asset = "INSERT_SQUARE_LOGO_IMAGE_RESOURCE_NAME_HERE" # responsive_display_ad_info.square_logo_images.append(square_logo_image) # Issue a mutate request to add the ad group ad. ad_group_ad_response: MutateAdGroupAdsResponse = ( ad_group_ad_service.mutate_ad_group_ads( customer_id=customer_id, operations=[ad_group_ad_operation] ) ) print( "Created ad group ad with resource name " f"'{ad_group_ad_response.results[0].resource_name}'." )
Ruby
def create_ad(client, customer_id, ad_group_resource_name) marketing_image_url = "https://gaagl.page.link/Eit5" square_marketing_image_url = "https://gaagl.page.link/bjYi" marketing_image_asset_resource_name = upload_asset( client, customer_id, marketing_image_url, "Marketing Image" ) square_marketing_image_asset_resource_name = upload_asset( client, customer_id, square_marketing_image_url, "Square Marketing Image" ) # Creates an ad group ad operation. operation = client.operation.create_resource.ad_group_ad do |aga| aga.ad_group = ad_group_resource_name aga.status = :PAUSED aga.ad = client.resource.ad do |a| a.final_urls << "https://www.example.com" # Creates the responsive display ad info object. a.responsive_display_ad = client.resource.responsive_display_ad_info do |rda| rda.headlines << client.resource.ad_text_asset do |ata| ata.text = "Travel" end rda.long_headline = client.resource.ad_text_asset do |ata| ata.text = "Travel the World" end rda.descriptions << client.resource.ad_text_asset do |ata| ata.text = "Take to the air!" end rda.business_name = "Interplanetary Cruises" rda.marketing_images << client.resource.ad_image_asset do |aia| aia.asset = marketing_image_asset_resource_name end rda.square_marketing_images << client.resource.ad_image_asset do |aia| aia.asset = square_marketing_image_asset_resource_name end # Optional: Call to action text. # Valid texts: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7005917 rda.call_to_action_text = "Apply Now" # Optional: Sets the ad colors. rda.main_color = "#0000ff" rda.accent_color = "#ffff00" # Optional: Sets to false to strictly render the ad using the colors. rda.allow_flexible_color = false # Optional: Sets the format setting that the ad will be served in. rda.format_setting = :NON_NATIVE # Optional: Creates a logo image and sets it to the ad. # rda.logo_images << client.resource.ad_image_asset do |aia| # aia.asset = "INSERT_LOGO_IMAGE_RESOURCE_NAME_HERE" # end # Optional: Creates a square logo image and sets it to the ad. # rda.square_logo_images << client.resource.ad_image_asset do |aia| # aia.asset = "INSERT_SQUARE_LOGO_IMAGE_RESOURCE_NAME_HERE" # end end end end # Issues a mutate request to add the ad group ad. response = client.service.ad_group_ad.mutate_ad_group_ads( customer_id: customer_id, operations: [operation] ) # Prints out some information about the newly created ad. resource_name = response.results.first.resource_name puts "Created ad group ad: #{resource_name}" resource_name end
Perl
sub create_ad { my ($api_client, $customer_id, $ad_group_resource_name) = @_; my $marketing_image_resource_name = upload_asset( $api_client, $customer_id, "https://gaagl.page.link/Eit5", "Marketing Image" ); my $square_marketing_image_resource_name = upload_asset( $api_client, $customer_id, "https://gaagl.page.link/bjYi", "Square Marketing Image" ); # Create the responsive display ad info object. my $responsive_display_ad_info = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Common::ResponsiveDisplayAdInfo->new({ marketingImages => [ Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Common::AdImageAsset->new({ asset => $marketing_image_resource_name }) ], squareMarketingImages => [ Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Common::AdImageAsset->new({ asset => $square_marketing_image_resource_name }) ], headlines => [ Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Common::AdTextAsset->new({ text => "Travel" }) ], longHeadline => Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Common::AdTextAsset->new({ text => "Travel the World" } ), descriptions => [ Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Common::AdTextAsset->new({ text => "Take to the air!" }) ], businessName => "Interplanetary Cruises", # Optional: Call to action text. # Valid texts: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7005917 callToActionText => "Apply Now", # Optional: Set the ad colors. mainColor => "#0000ff", accentColor => "#ffff00", # Optional: Set to false to strictly render the ad using the colors. allowFlexibleColor => "false", # Optional: Set the format setting that the ad will be served in. formatSetting => NON_NATIVE, # Optional: Create a logo image and set it to the ad. # logoImages => [ # Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Common::AdImageAsset->new({ # asset => "INSERT_LOGO_IMAGE_RESOURCE_NAME_HERE" # }) # ], # Optional: Create a square logo image and set it to the ad. # squareLogoImages => [ # Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Common::AdImageAsset->new({ # asset => "INSERT_SQUARE_LOGO_IMAGE_RESOURCE_NAME_HERE" # }) # ] }); # Create an ad group ad. my $ad_group_ad = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Resources::AdGroupAd->new({ adGroup => $ad_group_resource_name, ad => Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Resources::Ad->new({ responsiveDisplayAd => $responsive_display_ad_info, finalUrls => ["http://www.example.com/"]})}); # Create an ad group ad operation. my $ad_group_ad_operation = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V25::Services::AdGroupAdService::AdGroupAdOperation ->new({create => $ad_group_ad}); # Issue a mutate request to add the ad group ad. my $ad_group_ads_response = $api_client->AdGroupAdService()->mutate({ customerId => $customer_id, operations => [$ad_group_ad_operation]}); printf "Created ad group ad with resource name '%s'.\n", $ad_group_ads_response->{results}[0]{resourceName}; }
curl
Advanced features
- Color controls
- You can customize colors for your responsive display ads to fit your branding
needs by specifying
main_colorandaccent_coloras 6-digit hexadecimal color strings (for example,#ffffff). Setting eithermain_colororaccent_colorrequires setting the other. Setallow_flexible_color(which defaults totrue) totruewhen you want to let ads serve with optimized colors other than what you've specified when necessary;allow_flexible_colormust betrueifmain_colorandaccent_colorare unset. - Display ad format setting
Responsive display ads can run in
ALL_FORMATS(default),NATIVE, orNON_NATIVEformats. Rendering forNATIVEformats is controlled by publishers, whereas rendering forNON_NATIVEformats is optimized by Google models using advertiser inputs—for example, color information frommain_colorandaccent_color.You can set the
format_settingfield to select the format that the ads run as. However, you cannot setformat_settingtoNATIVEwhenallow_flexible_colorisfalse, as coloring is controlled by publishers in the case ofNATIVEformats.- Ad controls
Responsive display ads can specify opt-ins for auto-generated videos or asset enhancements through the
control_specfield (such asenable_asset_enhancementsandenable_autogen_video).