Bulk sending operations via mutate and checking current api connections

[Darren thinkston]

Hi,

Firstly I wanted to check that I have this right as we were recently rate limited for 24 hours as our automation program has grown. I modified it so that in theory it just does one call instead of x calls per keyword bid.

In a nutshell what I have done is built multiple operators for the AdGroupCriterionOperation Like :

$operation = new AdGroupCriterionOperation();

        $operation->setOperand( $adGroupCriterion );

        $operation->setOperator( Operator::SET );

        $operations[] = $operation;

Into the $operations array and sent them in one single mutate like :

$adGroupCriterionService->mutate( $operations );

I wanted to confirm that this will make just one call to the API and that it doestn unpack it and count the operations as calls.

Also is there a way for me to check how many calls we're making and from where it may be coming from?

e.g. 100 request to AdGroupCriterionService

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Darren,

Each item in your API call will count as one operation. You can find more details here. Unfortunately, there is no way to check how many operations you've made in a day. 

Regards,
Anthony
Google Ads API Team

Anthony Google Ads API Team

 

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[Darren thinkston]

Hi Anthony,

Thanks for getting back to me.

Ok so in the case of setting a keyword bid via the CrierionServices using mutate. Is there another way for me to change the keyword bids without each bid change costing an operation?

Regards Darren

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Darren,

Unfortunately, there is no workaround for this in the API. You could use bulk uploads from the UI. This will allow you to make changes to your account in bulk based on a spreadsheet.

Regards,
Anthony
Google Ads API Team

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[Darren USG]

Hi Anthony,

Looks interesting. So by doing this would this count as one operation or does it bypass the operations?

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[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Darren,

Bulk uploads are done through the UI so it won't cost you any API operations.

Cheers,

Anthony
Google Ads API Team

Anthony Google Ads API Team

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