Creating a Things to do ad group

In order to serve ads for your Things to do campaign, you must create an AdGroup with at least one ad in the ad group. As shown later, a campaign supports only an ad group of the TRAVEL_ADS type, which you can set in the type field.

Java

private String addAdGroup(
    GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient, long customerId, String campaignResourceName) {
  // Creates an ad group.
  AdGroup adGroup =
      AdGroup.newBuilder()
          .setName("Earth to Mars Cruises #" + getPrintableDateTime())
          .setCampaign(campaignResourceName)
          // Sets the ad group type to TRAVEL_ADS. This cannot be set to other types.
          .setType(AdGroupType.TRAVEL_ADS)
          .setStatus(AdGroupStatus.ENABLED)
          .build();

  // Creates an ad group operation.
  AdGroupOperation operation = AdGroupOperation.newBuilder().setCreate(adGroup).build();

  // Issues a mutate request to add an ad group.
  try (AdGroupServiceClient adGroupServiceClient =
      googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createAdGroupServiceClient()) {
    MutateAdGroupResult mutateAdGroupResult =
        adGroupServiceClient
            .mutateAdGroups(Long.toString(customerId), Collections.singletonList(operation))
            .getResults(0);
    System.out.printf(
        "Added an ad group with resource name: '%s'%n", mutateAdGroupResult.getResourceName());
    return mutateAdGroupResult.getResourceName();
  }
}AddThingsToDoAd.java

C#

private static string CreateAdGroup(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId,
    string campaign)
{
    // Get the AdGroupService.
    AdGroupServiceClient adGroupService = client.GetService(Services.V18.AdGroupService);

    // Create the ad group.
    AdGroup adGroup = new AdGroup()
    {
        Name = $"Earth to Mars Cruises #{ExampleUtilities.GetRandomString()}",
        Status = AdGroupStatus.Enabled,
        Campaign = campaign,
        Type = AdGroupType.TravelAds
    };

    MutateAdGroupsResponse response = adGroupService.MutateAdGroups(
        customerId.ToString(), new AdGroupOperation[] { new AdGroupOperation() {
            Create = adGroup
        }}
    );

    string adGroupResourceName = response.Results[0].ResourceName;
    Console.WriteLine("Ad group with resource name = '{0}' was added.", adGroupResourceName);

    return adGroupResourceName;
}AddThingsToDoAd.cs

PHP

private static function addAdGroup(
    GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient,
    int $customerId,
    string $campaignResourceName
) {
    // Creates an ad group.
    $adGroup = new AdGroup([
        'name' => 'Earth to Mars Cruise #' . Helper::getPrintableDatetime(),
        // Sets the campaign.
        'campaign' => $campaignResourceName,
        // Sets the ad group type to TRAVEL_ADS. This cannot be set to other types.
        'type' => AdGroupType::TRAVEL_ADS,
        'status' => AdGroupStatus::ENABLED,
    ]);

    // Creates an ad group operation.
    $adGroupOperation = new AdGroupOperation();
    $adGroupOperation->setCreate($adGroup);

    // Issues a mutate request to add an ad group.
    $adGroupServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getAdGroupServiceClient();
    $response = $adGroupServiceClient->mutateAdGroups(
        MutateAdGroupsRequest::build($customerId, [$adGroupOperation])
    );

    /** @var AdGroup $addedAdGroup */
    $addedAdGroup = $response->getResults()[0];
    printf(
        "Added an ad group with resource name '%s'.%s",
        $addedAdGroup->getResourceName(),
        PHP_EOL
    );

    return $addedAdGroup->getResourceName();
}AddThingsToDoAd.php

Python

def add_ad_group(client, customer_id, campaign_resource_name):
    """Creates a new ad group in the specified Things to do campaign.

    Args:
        client: an initialized GoogleAdsClient instance.
        customer_id: a client customer ID.
        campaign_resource_name: the resource name of campaign that a new ad
            group will belong to.

    Returns:
        The resource name of the newly created ad group.
    """
    # Creates an ad group operation.
    operation = client.get_type("AdGroupOperation")
    # Creates an ad group.
    ad_group = operation.create
    ad_group.name = f"Earth to Mars cruise #{get_printable_datetime()}"
    # Sets the campaign.
    ad_group.campaign = campaign_resource_name
    # Sets the ad group type to TRAVEL_ADS. This is the only value allowed
    # for this field on an ad group for a Things to do campaign.
    ad_group.type_ = client.enums.AdGroupTypeEnum.TRAVEL_ADS
    ad_group.status = client.enums.AdGroupStatusEnum.ENABLED

    # Issues a mutate request to add an ad group.
    ad_group_service = client.get_service("AdGroupService")
    ad_group_response = ad_group_service.mutate_ad_groups(
        customer_id=customer_id, operations=[operation]
    )

    resource_name = ad_group_response.results[0].resource_name
    print(f"Added an ad group with resource name: '{resource_name}'.")
    return resource_nameadd_things_to_do_ad.py

Ruby

def add_ad_group(client, customer_id, campaign_resource)
  # Create an ad group.
  ad_group_operation = client.operation.create_resource.ad_group do |ag|
    ag.name = generate_random_name_field("Earth to Mars Cruise")

    # Set the campaign.
    ag.campaign = campaign_resource

    # Set the ad group type to TRAVEL_ADS.
    # This cannot be set to other types.
    ag.type = :TRAVEL_ADS
    ag.status = :ENABLED
  end

  # Issue a mutate request to add the ad group.
  ad_group_service = client.service.ad_group
  response = ad_group_service.mutate_ad_groups(
    customer_id: customer_id,
    operations: [ad_group_operation]
  )

  # Fetch the new ad group's resource name.
  ad_group_resource = response.results.first.resource_name

  puts "Added an ad group with resource name '#{ad_group_resource}'."

  ad_group_resource
endadd_things_to_do_ad.rb

Perl

sub add_ad_group {
  my ($api_client, $customer_id, $campaign_resource_name) = @_;

  # Create an ad group.
  my $ad_group = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Resources::AdGroup->new({
    name => "Earth to Mars Cruise #" . uniqid(),
    # Set the campaign.
    campaign => $campaign_resource_name,
    # Set the ad group type to TRAVEL_ADS.
    # This cannot be set to other types.
    type   => TRAVEL_ADS,
    status => Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V18::Enums::AdGroupStatusEnum::ENABLED
  });

  # 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_group_resource_name = $api_client->AdGroupService()->mutate({
      customerId => $customer_id,
      operations => [$ad_group_operation]})->{results}[0]{resourceName};

  printf "Added an ad group with resource name: '%s'.\n",
    $ad_group_resource_name;

  return $ad_group_resource_name;
}add_things_to_do_ad.pl

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