Update Gmail Ad failing with INVALID_AD_TYPE error

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Yehuda Adler

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Sep 4, 2019, 5:18:18 PM9/4/19

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Hi,

I'm succeeding in creating a campaign of sub type 'gmail' successfully.

I'm succeeding in creating ads of type 'gmail' in this campaign.

When trying to update a Gmail ad, I'm getting the error AdError.INVALID_AD_TYPE, even though this ad was created on a 'gmail' campaign without any problem.

Here are 3 soap calls debug:

1. Successful campaign creation:

        [2019-09-04 12:13:09] AW_SOAP.INFO: clientCustomerId=719-913-6192 operations=1 service=AdGroupAdService method=mutate responseTime=273 requestId=000591b920e2723d0a3758045402311e server=adwords.google.com isFault=0 faultMessage=
        [2019-09-04 12:13:09] AW_SOAP.DEBUG: POST /api/adwords/cm/v201809/AdGroupAdService?wsdl HTTP/1.1
        Host: adwords.google.com
        Connection: close
        User-Agent: PHP-SOAP/7.1.20
        Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
        SOAPAction: ""
        Content-Length: 1676
        Authorization: REDACTED

        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns1="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><SOAP-ENV:Header><ns1:RequestHeader><ns1:clientCustomerId>719-913-6192</ns1:clientCustomerId><ns1:developerToken>REDACTED</ns1:developerToken><ns1:userAgent>unknown (AwApi-PHP, googleads-php-lib/41.0.0, PHP/7.1.20)</ns1:userAgent><ns1:validateOnly>false</ns1:validateOnly><ns1:partialFailure>false</ns1:partialFailure></ns1:RequestHeader></SOAP-ENV:Header><SOAP-ENV:Body><ns1:mutate><ns1:operations><ns1:operator>ADD</ns1:operator><ns1:operand><ns1:adGroupId>84575503144</ns1:adGroupId><ns1:ad xsi:type="ns1:GmailAd"><ns1:finalUrls>https://www.elwaychrysler.com/used-Greeley-2017-Chevrolet-Colorado-ZR2-1GCPTEE18H1322122</ns1:finalUrls><ns1:teaser><ns1:headline>Colorado</ns1:headline><ns1:description>Find the Perfect Used Colorado at John Elway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram</ns1:description><ns1:businessName>John Elway CDJR</ns1:businessName><ns1:logoImage><ns1:mediaId>20651470730</ns1:mediaId></ns1:logoImage></ns1:teaser><ns1:marketingImage><ns1:mediaId>20653964286</ns1:mediaId></ns1:marketingImage><ns1:marketingImageHeadline>Colorado</ns1:marketingImageHeadline><ns1:marketingImageDescription>Find the Perfect Used Colorado at John Elway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram</ns1:marketingImageDescription><ns1:marketingImageDisplayCallToAction><ns1:text>Yehuda Call</ns1:text></ns1:marketingImageDisplayCallToAction></ns1:ad><ns1:status>PAUSED</ns1:status></ns1:operand></ns1:operations></ns1:mutate></SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

        HTTP/1.1 200 OK
        Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8
        Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:13:10 GMT
        Expires: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:13:10 GMT
        Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
        X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
        X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
        X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
        Server: GSE
        Alt-Svc: quic=":443"; ma=2592000; v="46,43,39"
        Accept-Ranges: none
        Vary: Accept-Encoding
        Connection: close

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Header><ResponseHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809"><requestId>000591b920e2723d0a3758045402311e</requestId><serviceName>AdGroupAdService</serviceName><methodName>mutate</methodName><operations>1</operations><responseTime>273</responseTime></ResponseHeader></soap:Header><soap:Body><mutateResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809"><rval><ListReturnValue.Type>AdGroupAdReturnValue</ListReturnValue.Type><value><adGroupId>84575503144</adGroupId><ad xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="GmailAd"><id>380880271870</id><finalUrls>https://www.elwaychrysler.com/used-Greeley-2017-Chevrolet-Colorado-ZR2-1GCPTEE18H1322122</finalUrls><type>GMAIL_AD</type><Ad.Type>GmailAd</Ad.Type><teaser><headline>Colorado</headline><description>Find the Perfect Used Colorado at John Elway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram</description><businessName>John Elway CDJR</businessName><logoImage><mediaId>20651470730</mediaId><type>IMAGE</type><referenceId>8853199648056147968</referenceId><dimensions><key>FULL</key><value><width>601</width><height>601</height></value></dimensions><urls><key>FULL</key><value>https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/8886387495001073007</value></urls><mimeType>IMAGE_PNG</mimeType><sourceUrl></sourceUrl><name></name><fileSize>20882</fileSize><Media.Type>Image</Media.Type></logoImage></teaser><marketingImage><mediaId>20653964286</mediaId><type>IMAGE</type><referenceId>1239794109242146816</referenceId><dimensions><key>FULL</key><value><width>1200</width><height>628</height></value></dimensions><urls><key>FULL</key><value>https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/5288789809720330135</value></urls><mimeType>IMAGE_JPEG</mimeType><sourceUrl></sourceUrl><name></name><fileSize>140349</fileSize><Media.Type>Image</Media.Type></marketingImage><marketingImageHeadline>Colorado</marketingImageHeadline><marketingImageDescription>Find the Perfect Used Colorado at John Elway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram</marketingImageDescription><marketingImageDisplayCallToAction><text>Yehuda Call</text></marketingImageDisplayCallToAction></ad><status>PAUSED</status></value></rval></mutateResponse></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

2. Successful ad creation:

        [2019-09-04 12:13:09] AW_SOAP.INFO: clientCustomerId=719-913-6192 operations=1 service=AdGroupAdService method=mutate responseTime=273 requestId=000591b920e2723d0a3758045402311e server=adwords.google.com isFault=0 faultMessage=
        [2019-09-04 12:13:09] AW_SOAP.DEBUG: POST /api/adwords/cm/v201809/AdGroupAdService?wsdl HTTP/1.1
        Host: adwords.google.com
        Connection: close
        User-Agent: PHP-SOAP/7.1.20
        Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
        SOAPAction: ""
        Content-Length: 1676
        Authorization: REDACTED

        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns1="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><SOAP-ENV:Header><ns1:RequestHeader><ns1:clientCustomerId>719-913-6192</ns1:clientCustomerId><ns1:developerToken>REDACTED</ns1:developerToken><ns1:userAgent>unknown (AwApi-PHP, googleads-php-lib/41.0.0, PHP/7.1.20)</ns1:userAgent><ns1:validateOnly>false</ns1:validateOnly><ns1:partialFailure>false</ns1:partialFailure></ns1:RequestHeader></SOAP-ENV:Header><SOAP-ENV:Body><ns1:mutate><ns1:operations><ns1:operator>ADD</ns1:operator><ns1:operand><ns1:adGroupId>84575503144</ns1:adGroupId><ns1:ad xsi:type="ns1:GmailAd"><ns1:finalUrls>https://www.elwaychrysler.com/used-Greeley-2017-Chevrolet-Colorado-ZR2-1GCPTEE18H1322122</ns1:finalUrls><ns1:teaser><ns1:headline>Colorado</ns1:headline><ns1:description>Find the Perfect Used Colorado at John Elway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram</ns1:description><ns1:businessName>John Elway CDJR</ns1:businessName><ns1:logoImage><ns1:mediaId>20651470730</ns1:mediaId></ns1:logoImage></ns1:teaser><ns1:marketingImage><ns1:mediaId>20653964286</ns1:mediaId></ns1:marketingImage><ns1:marketingImageHeadline>Colorado</ns1:marketingImageHeadline><ns1:marketingImageDescription>Find the Perfect Used Colorado at John Elway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram</ns1:marketingImageDescription><ns1:marketingImageDisplayCallToAction><ns1:text>Yehuda Call</ns1:text></ns1:marketingImageDisplayCallToAction></ns1:ad><ns1:status>PAUSED</ns1:status></ns1:operand></ns1:operations></ns1:mutate></SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

        HTTP/1.1 200 OK
        Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8
        Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:13:10 GMT
        Expires: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:13:10 GMT
        Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
        X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
        X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
        X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
        Server: GSE
        Alt-Svc: quic=":443"; ma=2592000; v="46,43,39"
        Accept-Ranges: none
        Vary: Accept-Encoding
        Connection: close

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Header><ResponseHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809"><requestId>000591b920e2723d0a3758045402311e</requestId><serviceName>AdGroupAdService</serviceName><methodName>mutate</methodName><operations>1</operations><responseTime>273</responseTime></ResponseHeader></soap:Header><soap:Body><mutateResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809"><rval><ListReturnValue.Type>AdGroupAdReturnValue</ListReturnValue.Type><value><adGroupId>84575503144</adGroupId><ad xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="GmailAd"><id>380880271870</id><finalUrls>https://www.elwaychrysler.com/used-Greeley-2017-Chevrolet-Colorado-ZR2-1GCPTEE18H1322122</finalUrls><type>GMAIL_AD</type><Ad.Type>GmailAd</Ad.Type><teaser><headline>Colorado</headline><description>Find the Perfect Used Colorado at John Elway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram</description><businessName>John Elway CDJR</businessName><logoImage><mediaId>20651470730</mediaId><type>IMAGE</type><referenceId>8853199648056147968</referenceId><dimensions><key>FULL</key><value><width>601</width><height>601</height></value></dimensions><urls><key>FULL</key><value>https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/8886387495001073007</value></urls><mimeType>IMAGE_PNG</mimeType><sourceUrl></sourceUrl><name></name><fileSize>20882</fileSize><Media.Type>Image</Media.Type></logoImage></teaser><marketingImage><mediaId>20653964286</mediaId><type>IMAGE</type><referenceId>1239794109242146816</referenceId><dimensions><key>FULL</key><value><width>1200</width><height>628</height></value></dimensions><urls><key>FULL</key><value>https://tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/5288789809720330135</value></urls><mimeType>IMAGE_JPEG</mimeType><sourceUrl></sourceUrl><name></name><fileSize>140349</fileSize><Media.Type>Image</Media.Type></marketingImage><marketingImageHeadline>Colorado</marketingImageHeadline><marketingImageDescription>Find the Perfect Used Colorado at John Elway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram</marketingImageDescription><marketingImageDisplayCallToAction><text>Yehuda Call</text></marketingImageDisplayCallToAction></ad><status>PAUSED</status></value></rval></mutateResponse></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

3. Failed ad update:

        [2019-09-04 12:16:50] AW_SOAP.WARNING: clientCustomerId=719-913-6192 operations=1 service=AdService method=mutate responseTime=221 requestId=000591b92e07afe702ab44e6d10927bb server=adwords.google.com isFault=1 faultMessage=[AdError.INVALID_AD_TYPE @ operations[0].operand.id]
        [2019-09-04 12:16:50] AW_SOAP.NOTICE: POST /api/adwords/cm/v201809/AdService?wsdl HTTP/1.1
        Host: adwords.google.com
        Connection: close
        User-Agent: PHP-SOAP/7.1.20
        Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
        SOAPAction: ""
        Content-Length: 1615
        Authorization: REDACTED

        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns1="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><SOAP-ENV:Header><ns1:RequestHeader><ns1:clientCustomerId>719-913-6192</ns1:clientCustomerId><ns1:developerToken>REDACTED</ns1:developerToken><ns1:userAgent>unknown (AwApi-PHP, googleads-php-lib/41.0.0, PHP/7.1.20)</ns1:userAgent><ns1:validateOnly>false</ns1:validateOnly><ns1:partialFailure>false</ns1:partialFailure></ns1:RequestHeader></SOAP-ENV:Header><SOAP-ENV:Body><ns1:mutate><ns1:operations><ns1:operator>SET</ns1:operator><ns1:operand xsi:type="ns1:GmailAd"><ns1:id>380880271870</ns1:id><ns1:finalUrls>https://www.elwaychrysler.com/used-Greeley-2017-Chevrolet-Colorado-ZR2-1GCPTEE18H1322122</ns1:finalUrls><ns1:teaser><ns1:headline>Colorado</ns1:headline><ns1:description>Find the Perfect Used Colorado at John Elway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram</ns1:description><ns1:businessName>John Elway CDJR</ns1:businessName><ns1:logoImage><ns1:mediaId>20651470730</ns1:mediaId></ns1:logoImage></ns1:teaser><ns1:marketingImage><ns1:mediaId>20653964286</ns1:mediaId></ns1:marketingImage><ns1:marketingImageHeadline>Colorado</ns1:marketingImageHeadline><ns1:marketingImageDescription>Find the Perfect Used Colorado at John Elway Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram</ns1:marketingImageDescription><ns1:marketingImageDisplayCallToAction><ns1:text>Yehuda Call</ns1:text></ns1:marketingImageDisplayCallToAction></ns1:operand></ns1:operations></ns1:mutate></SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

        HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
        Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8
        Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:16:51 GMT
        Expires: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:16:51 GMT
        Cache-Control: private, max-age=0
        X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
        X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
        X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
        Server: GSE
        Alt-Svc: quic=":443"; ma=2592000; v="46,43,39"
        Accept-Ranges: none
        Vary: Accept-Encoding
        Connection: close

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Header><ResponseHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809"><requestId>000591b92e07afe702ab44e6d10927bb</requestId><serviceName>AdService</serviceName><methodName>mutate</methodName><operations>1</operations><responseTime>221</responseTime></ResponseHeader></soap:Header><soap:Body><soap:Fault><faultcode>soap:Client</faultcode><faultstring>[AdError.INVALID_AD_TYPE @ operations[0].operand.id]</faultstring><detail><ApiExceptionFault xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809"><message>[AdError.INVALID_AD_TYPE @ operations[0].operand.id]</message><ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ApplicationException.Type><errors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="AdError"><fieldPath>operations[0].operand.id</fieldPath><fieldPathElements><field>operations</field><index>0</index></fieldPathElements><fieldPathElements><field>operand</field></fieldPathElements><fieldPathElements><field>id</field></fieldPathElements><trigger></trigger><errorString>AdError.INVALID_AD_TYPE</errorString><ApiError.Type>AdError</ApiError.Type><reason>INVALID_AD_TYPE</reason></errors></ApiExceptionFault></detail></soap:Fault></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

Any ideas?

Yehuda Adler

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Surprisingly this is not supported in the API according to:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/adwords-api/INVALID_AD_TYPE%7Csort:date/adwords-api/rNINKsPz_hY/O_XX2WlNFQAJ

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Hi Yehuda,

Thank you for reaching out.

Yes, you are correct. I am afraid updating of Gmail Ads is currently not supported in the AdWords API. You can refer to this guide for the list of mutable ad types.

Regards,
Dannison
Google Ads API Team