fake gclid for testing

[Mathias CANIATO]

Hi,
We want to test a setup before a campaign activation.

We plan to send a few fake events to test  the API response > In order to avoid errors around gclid during the testing phase, do you know if we can use some gclid samples dedicated to testing ?

Or do we have to wait the campaign activation ?

Many tks.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Thank you for reaching out to the Google Ads API support team.

Google Ads does not support dummy GCLID values, and as such the API does not support them either. You can use Campaign Experiments as a means of testing campaigns. If you provide more context on what you're attempting to test, we may be able to provide a workaround for this.

 

Thanks,
 

Google Ads API Team

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