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Create Ad Group

POST
/ad-campaigns/{campaign_id}/ad-groups

A new ad group with its keywords, negatives, ads, targets, device bids and assets, sent to Google as one all-or-nothing request. SPENDS MONEY on a live campaign: the ad group serves as soon as Google approves it.

Authorizations

Parameters

Path Parameters

campaign_id
required

Ad campaign ID (a Google Search campaign)

integer

Ad campaign ID (a Google Search campaign)

Query Parameters

preview

Review only: nothing is stored or sent

boolean

Review only: nothing is stored or sent

Header Parameters

X-Target-Org-Id
Any of:
string

Request Body required

object
acknowledge_removed_name

Set true to reuse the name of an ad group that was removed from this campaign

boolean
ad_group
required
object
ad_rotation_mode
Any of:
string
Allowed values: optimize rotate_forever
ads
Array<object>
<= 50 items
object
descriptions
Array<object>
<= 20 items
object
pinned_field
Any of:
string
Allowed values: HEADLINE_1 HEADLINE_2 HEADLINE_3 DESCRIPTION_1 DESCRIPTION_2
text
string
"" <= 500 characters
final_url
string
"" <= 2048 characters
headlines
Array<object>
<= 50 items
object
pinned_field
Any of:
string
Allowed values: HEADLINE_1 HEADLINE_2 HEADLINE_3 DESCRIPTION_1 DESCRIPTION_2
text
string
"" <= 500 characters
path1
string
"" <= 100 characters
path2
string
"" <= 100 characters
status
string
default: enabled
Allowed values: enabled paused
asset_links
Array<object>
<= 100 items

A library asset of this customer (asset_id + field_type) or a new one (asset).

object
asset
Any of:
object
asset_type
required
string
<= 30 characters
content
required
object
key
additional properties
any
asset_id
Any of:
integer
field_type
Any of:
string
<= 30 characters
audience_mode
Any of:
string
Allowed values: observation targeting
bid_modifiers
Array<object>
<= 3 items
object
bid_modifier
required
number
device
required
string
<= 10 characters
cpc_bid_micros
Any of:
integer
> 0
final_url_suffix
Any of:
string
<= 2048 characters
keywords
Array<object>
<= 20000 items
object
cpc_bid_micros
Any of:
integer
> 0
final_url
Any of:
string
<= 2048 characters
is_negative
boolean
match_type
string
default: broad <= 20 characters
status
string
default: enabled
Allowed values: enabled paused
text
required
string
<= 500 characters
name
string
"" <= 255 characters
status
string
default: enabled
Allowed values: enabled paused
target_cpa_micros
Any of:
integer
> 0
target_roas
Any of:
number
> 0
targets
Array<object>
<= 1000 items
object
bid_modifier
Any of:
number
is_exclusion
boolean
kind
required
string
<= 30 characters
label
Any of:
string
<= 255 characters
value
required
string
<= 255 characters
tracking_url_template
Any of:
string
<= 2048 characters
url_custom_parameters
Array<array>
<= 8 items
client_request_id
Any of:
string format: uuid

Responses

200

Successful Response

object
data
required
Any of:

The outcome of one write. settled is false while Google has not answered every change (the API returns 202 then; re-read the ad group to see the outcome).

object
ad_group_id
Any of:
integer
batch_id
required
string
changes
required
Array<object>
object
change_id
required
string
entity_id
Any of:
integer
errors
Array<object>
object
key
additional properties
any
google_changed_at
Any of:
string
live

On a conflict: the value Google Ads has now

status
required

Applied | sending | in_review | failed | conflict | needs_attention | skipped

string
settled
required
boolean
status
required
string
pagination
Any of:
object
has_next
required

Whether there are more pages

boolean
limit
required

Items per page

integer
next_cursor
Any of:
string
notes
Any of:
Array<string>
page
required

Current page number (1-indexed)

integer
total
required

Total number of items

integer
total_available
Any of:
integer
total_is_lower_bound
Any of:
boolean

422

Validation Error

object
detail
Array<object>
object
loc
required
Array
msg
required
string
type
required
string