Pause/Resume all campaigns

[Michael Setyon]

Can anyone give me some direction, I am trying to have an API that will pause all campaigns at a specified time and resume them at another time.  So for example I'd want to pause all campaigns tonight and resume them all tomorrow night.

What is the best method to get this done?

Thanks in advance!

[Eric Koleda]

Hi Michael,

If you wanted to do this through the API then you would use the CampaignService:

  http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/docs/reference/latest/CampaignService.html

However, there is a new feature in the AdWords web interface that allows you to set up automatic rules that can pause and result campaigns without any programming:

  http://adwords.blogspot.com/2010/12/adwords-rules-and-so-can-you.html

Best,

- Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team