Migrating v3.0 generateAdCode to 4.1

[Darian Shimy]

We are in the Adsense Host program and are in the process of migrating to the new API.  With the old version we called generateAdCode for each publisher, however, aside from the google_ad_client field, the return value was always the same.

The user already authorized us a the host and we do not use ad units.

Since I already have the google_ad_client value, can I generate the ad code from a static template?

Make sense?

[Group Participant]

v4.1 appears to add an attribute called "google_ad_slot" which changes every time you generate a tag.  Since that attribute doesn't look to be static, I would guess that, if you had a template, both the google_ad_slot and the google_ad_client would need to be replaced.

2012年12月1日土曜日 8時04分22秒 UTC+9 Darian Shimy:

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yes

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[Sérgio Gomes (AdSense API Team)]

That's correct. The new Host API uses ad units (aka ad slots), so you'll need to make sure both of these properties are correct, and that the ad unit in question matches the sizes described in the template as well.

Also, don't forget google_ad_host for your revenue share!

Here is some sample generated code:

<script type=\"text/javascript\"><!--

google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\";

google_ad_host = \"ca-host-pub-yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy\";

/* Ad Unit x */

google_ad_slot = \"zzzzzzzzzz\";

google_ad_width = 200;

google_ad_height = 200;

//-->

</script>

<script type=\"text/javascript\"

src=\"http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js\">

</script>

Cheers,

Sérgio

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[Filippo Silvestro]

Is there a guide or some examples that show how to create ad units? I'm trying with the Api Explorer, but I always get the error "Supplied ad unit is missing one or more required values" or "Invalid value".
I can't find in the documentation the allowed values for each field and which ones are compulsory.

[Sérgio Gomes (AdSense API Team)]

Hi Filippo,

Here are the samples for Java, we hope to have them for other languages soon:

http://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/wiki/APIs#AdSense_Host_API

And the direct sample you're interested in, from the repository:

http://code.google.com/p/google-api-java-client/source/browse/adsensehost-cmdline-sample/src/main/java/com/google/api/services/samples/adsensehost/cmdline/AddAdUnitToPublisher.java?repo=samples

We'll be adding these values to the docs as well, once we iron out a few issues with our automatic generation.

Cheers,

Sérgio

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[Darian Shimy]

My preference would be to use the old style code.  This is what we use today:

<script type="text/javascript"><!--

google_ad_client="pub-YYYY";

google_ad_host="pub-XXXX";

google_alternate_color="003366";

google_ad_width=250;

google_ad_height=250;

google_ad_format="250x250_as";

google_ad_type="text";

google_color_border="6699CC";

google_color_bg="003366";

google_color_link="FFFFFF";

google_color_url="AECCEB";

google_color_text="AECCEB";

//--></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">

As you can see, there is nothing other than the google_ad_client that needs to change.  We are not interested in the added reporting features that come with the Ad Units.  Will this continue to work in the new system?

[Sérgio Gomes (AdSense API Team)]

Hi Darian,

Old-style ad code will continue working, yes; ads will still be displayed and revenue will still be shared correctly. As you point out, though, certain new features (like publisher-side reporting) will not work, though, as well as any new features we may add in later versions that depend on ad units.

Cheers,

Sérgio

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Sérgio Gomes

Developer Relations

Google UK Limited

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Registered in England Number: 3977902