Updating existing RSA headlines/descriptions

[Stepanian]

I am trying to update the headlines/descriptions of an existing ad group ad. First of all, is this possible through the API? If so, which fields should be populated in the MutateAdGroupAdsRequest?

I am using the update operation of a MutateAdGroupAdsRequest and passing to it the ad group ad resource name and field mask. I am also passing an ad populated with a ResponsiveSearchAdInfo containing the headlines/descriptions. However, no changes are occurring when I run the update. 

I am using the Java client library, but my question is general and related to the client library implementation.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Stepanian,
 

Thanks for reaching out to the Google Ads API team. I hope you are doing well today.
 

Upon checking your concern, It appears that you are looking on how to update the headlines/descriptions of an existing ad group. With this, you may use this AdGroupAdService I suggest this because this AdGroupAdService has AdGroupAdOperation that can make an update Ad group Ad.

If this service is not working for you then, to further investigate your issue, could you please provide the complete request and response logs with request ID and request header generated on your end?  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.

You can provide it via Reply privately to the author option. If this option is not available, then send it instead on this email address googleadsa...@google.com.
 

Regards,

Darwin Google Ads API Team

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[Stepanian]

I found an example in the Google Ads Java Client Library Github that does exactly what I need:

https://github.com/googleads/google-ads-java/blob/main/google-ads-examples/src/main/java/com/google/ads/googleads/examples/basicoperations/UpdateResponsiveSearchAd.java

I don't need anything further.

[Stepanian]

Just for everyone else's benefit, to update the headlines/descriptions for an existing responsive text ad, you're supposed to use the AdService and the AdOperation and NOT the AdGroupAdService and the AdGroupAdOperation. My initial assumption (and the answer from the Google Ads API Team above) was incorrect.