Bid Modifier on AdGroup level

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Petr R

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Aug 19, 2019, 6:09:58 AM8/19/19

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Hi,

is it possible to use a bid modifier on a ad group level via Google Ads API?

If yes, what should a criterion key:value look like?

I've tried to add 'AgeRange' , 'Platform' to the xsi_type key but without luck.

Thanks for any hint..

    def main_add(client,adgroup_id,criterion_id,bid_modifier):
        adgroup_criterion_service = client.GetService('AdGroupBidModifierService',version='v201809')
        age_range = {
            'xsi_type':'AgeRange',
            'id':criterion_id
        }

        adgroup_criterion={
            'adGroupId':adgroup_id,
            'criterion':age_range,
            'bidModifier':bid_modifier
        }
        
        operations =[
        {
            'operator':'ADD',
            'operand':adgroup_criterion
         }]

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Aug 20, 2019, 2:11:21 AM8/20/19

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Hi,

Thank you for reaching out.

Unfortunately, the AgeRange criterion is not a supported criterion for the AdGroupBidModiferService. You can only use Platform and PreferredContent and you can refer to this sample code as reference on how to do this.

Moving forward and as mentioned in this guide, an alternative for all other criteria types would be to use the AdGroupCriterionService.mutate() and set a bidModifier for the specific criterion which includes AgeRange.

Regards,
Dannison
Google Ads API Team