Is there an option to Duplicate campaigns using the api

[Barak Haviv]

Is there option to duplicate campaigns via the AdWords api.

My colleague that work with AdWords admin panel and use to duplicate campaigns by using C-c C-v
She said that she has this option also via the AdWords desktop editor.

Is there any way that I can implement this functionality using the api
And that it will also copy all the campaigns settings.

Thanks

Barak

[Alan Coleman]

Hi Barak,

This is possible. 

Read the campaign you want to duplicate:

function GetCampaignsExample() {
  // Get the service, which loads the required classes.
  $campaignService = $user->GetService('CampaignService', ADWORDS_VERSION);

Then create a new campaign with the same details:

function AddCampaignsExample() {
  // Get the BudgetService, which loads the required classes.
  $budgetService = $user->GetService('BudgetService', ADWORDS_VERSION);

This will only duplicate your campaign, it wont furnish it with AdGroups ect. To do that you'll need to repeat the above process in a similar manner for anything you need.

Can anyone suggest a better method?

Thanks

[Michael Cloonan (AdWords API Team)]

Hello Barak,

I believe Alan's suggestion is the best. With API access, you can easily grab a campaign and then create a new one with the same settings, and then repeat for everything within the campaign that you want to keep. There is no "automatic" way to do this with a single call.

Regards,

Mike, AdWords API Team