Does the MutateMediaFiles service work for images yet?

[jo...@greenfieldlabs.ca]

I have been trying to do run a create MediaFileOperation on an image but keep getting "INVALID_ARGUMENT" as a response. So, I'm curious if this is actually implemented yet on the Beta API. I did not find media_file.image here: https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/fields/media_file

If this is not available, is there a way to upload the image through the UI and also receive the resource_name of the image? Or is there another way that I haven't considered yet?

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hello John,

The resource media_file does not have the field media_file.image that the reson for INVALID_ARGUMENT error, instead you could use the media_file.resource_name field. You can use the UI of Google Ads API to upload the media files. To upload media files via Google Ads API you could use MutateMediaFiles operation as shown here.

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Sai Teja, Google Ads API Team

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[jo...@greenfieldlabs.ca]

Hi Sai,

I wasn't using meda_file.image for an argument. I was pointing that to asking if the functionality was available. I am writing the code in Scala.

val mediaFile: MediaFile = MediaFile.newBuilder
 .setName("myimage")
 .setType(MediaType.IMAGE)
 .build

val mediaFileOps: java.util.List[MediaFileOperation] = java.util.Arrays.asList(
  MediaFileOperation.newBuilder.setCreate(mediaFile).build
)

val mediaFileServiceClient: MediaFileServiceClient = dependencies.gadsClient.getMediaFileServiceClient

val response: MutateMediaFilesResponse = mediaFileServiceClient.mutateMediaFiles('adAccountIdHere', mediaFileOps)

This response returns INVALID_ARGUMENT. Can you explain where the invalid argument is?

I know I can use the Google UI to upload images, however I do not know how to retrieve the resource_name from this. Can you explain how I can get the resource_name from the UI?

Thanks,

John

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hello John,

Looks like the INVALIDARGUMENT is due to the .setName() method which is expecting StringValue.of("myimage") as an argument instead. You could refer to the below snippet to build MediaFile object in Java (Since we do not have client libraries in Scala, providing the snippet in the Java). 

Snippet:
MediaFile mediaFile = MediaFile.newBuilder()
                     .setName(StringValue.of("myimage"))
                     .setType(MediaType.IMAGE)
                     .build();

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

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Sai Teja, Google Ads API Team

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[jo...@greenfieldlabs.ca]

Hi Sai,

I tried doing what you said below but unfortunately it's still giving an INVALID_ARGUMENT error.

Can you check if there is something incomplete or the error is on Google's end? If you're sure that the issue is not on my end, can you provide a full Java snippet that you have tested that I could run myself?

FYI - I have been able to create Campaigns & Ad Groups without any issues.

Thank you again for your help,

John

[jo...@greenfieldlabs.ca]

Ah crap! It looks like I was making the mistake of not sending the actual file. I think this might be the issue.

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hello John,

We are looking into the issue and we will get back to you shortly.

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Sai Teja, AdWords API Team

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[jo...@greenfieldlabs.ca]

Thanks Sai - however there doesn't seem to be an issue on your end. I had the wrong error from another call. I have been able to successfully upload an image and the the resource name. Thanks for all your help. I'm sorry for my mistake.

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Hello John,

Glad you were able to solve the issue.

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