this api realy hard to use.

[chun liu]

1, oauth and develop token question. some time 401, some time 403. to many step.

2, api document not detail. FYI create ad group ad

1. Field 'ad_group_ad.field.ad_group' is required for 'ad_group_ad.field.CREATE' operation. (no any way to know ad_group is required.  only submit)
   
2. ad.final_urls TOO_FEW, that mean its required, at least one, i dont know, only submit.
3. ad.responsive_search_ad.headlines TOO_FEW NOT_ENOUGH_AVAILABLE_ASSET_LINKS_FOR_VALID_COMBINATION.  it is tell me each pined field MUST have a content. i can know it only TEST ONE BY ONE.
4. ad.responsive_search_ad.headlines.*.asset_performance_label this is a enum value, response to me PENDING always. whatever whick one picked. api document write this readonly cant be crash? adfksdfdfssa

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Chun,

Thank you for raising your concern to the Google Ads API team.

I understand you're having issues with utilizing the Google Ads API. You can refer to our Developer starter checklist, this checklist will take you through the process to get started with the Google Ads API.

Regarding the errors you encountered, you may refer to the following documentations for the common causes, handling tips and how to prevent these type of errors:

• Authentication error - https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/best-practices/common-errors#authenticationerror
• Authorization error - https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/best-practices/common-errors#authorizationerror
• OAuth - All Google Ads API calls must be authorized through OAuth2. 
• Developer token - You can retrieve your developer token by signing in to your manager account, then navigating to the API Center (TOOLS & SETTINGS > SETUP > API Center).

If you continue to encounter an issue kindly provide us with the complete request and response logs with the request-id generated when you received the 401 and 403 error, so our team can better check. If you haven't yet, logging can be enabled by navigating to the Client libraries > Your client library (ex. Java) > Logging documentation, which you can access from this link (https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/client-libs). Make sure to send these information privately via the "Reply to Author" option or through our email (googleadsa...@google.com) instead.

Moving forward to your issue when creating an ad group ad, please see my responses below:

1. Ad group - The ad group to which the ad belongs, your ad should belong to an ad group, therefore you would need to provide this information.
2. Final URLs - The list of possible final URLs after all cross-domain redirects for the ad should be submitted on this field.
3. Responsive search ad - Headlines - List of text assets for headlines. According to this Google Ads Help article, you’ll need to enter a minimum of 3 headlines, but you can enter up to 15.
4. asset_performance_label is always PENDING - PENDING status indicates that this asset does not yet have any performance information. This may be because it is still under review.

Let me know if you have any questions or if I misunderstood any of your questions, feel free to elaborate.
 

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Thanks,
 

Google Ads API Team