Issue about Youtube Video Media creation

[Youssef Boussafa]

Hi,

I'm trying to create an In-stream video ad. According to template documentation, It seems that we need to create the media ad first, in order to get the media id. I've tried first create the Youtube Video Media as you can see below :

$user = new AdWordsUser();

$user->SetClientCustomerId('727-815-6373');
$mediaService = $user->GetService('MediaService', ADWORDS_VERSION);

$video = new Video();

$video->name='Youtube Video AD #' . uniqid();

$video->type = 'VIDEO';

$video->youTubeVideoIdString="oUNHV_kbmY0";

$result = $mediaService->upload(array($video));

printf("Video id '%s' was "

.    "uploaded.\n",  $result[0]->mediaId);

But I don't understand why I'm getting this error :

Uncaught SoapFault exception: [soap:Server] [MediaError.UNSUPPORTED_TYPE @ media[0]]

Thanks for any help.

Youssef

[Anthony Madrigal]

Hi Youssef,

The reason you are getting this error is because the upload method of the MediaService only supports Image and MediaBundle types. As a workaround, I suggest uploading your video through the AdWords UI, then use the API to obtain the media Id so that you can use it for the template ad. 

Cheers,

Anthony

AdWords API Team