The concept of cloning AdGroups via API

[Dominic Asche]

In order to change target URLs of our clients ads through the AdWords API - following the post http://goo.gl/QlK4uw - we have the following process up and running:

• We pull via AdWords API active AdGroups
• Per AdGroup we do the following to get TargetURLs of the keywords changed:
1. Pause adgroup
   
2. Clone adgroup
• create new adgroup via AdGroupService
• create new textads via AdGroupAdService
• add keywords via AdGroupCriterionService
• add adgroup specific settings via AddAdGroupDemographicCriteria
  


• (Then we redo this operation until all desired AdGroups have been changes)

After research (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/adwords-api/rErEluYfpAQ), we discovered that we might not get all ad specific preferences through the API

• Are there preferences/settings on adgroup level (like target audience, dimensions, Ad extensions or else) that are not retrievable over the API, which would make a 1:1 cloning / duplicating of an adgroup impossible

Thanks for any hint.