Issue uploading Image Ads

[RS]

Hi,

I'm trying to create an Image Ad inside an ad group. Here is my code (php):

        $adGroupAd = new AdGroupAd([

           'ad' => new Ad([

               'name' => $name,

               'final_urls' => $urls,

               'image_ad' => new ImageAdInfo([

                   'mime_type' => MimeType::IMAGE_PNG,

                   'pixel_width' => 200,

                   'pixel_height' => 200,

                   'image_url' => $pngImageUrl,

                   'preview_pixel_width' => 200,

                   'preview_pixel_height' => 200,

                   'preview_image_url' => $pngImageUrl,

                   'name' => $imageName,

                   'data' => file_get_contents($pngImageUrl),

               ])

           ]),

           'ad_group' => ResourceNames::forAdGroup($this->customerId, $adGroupId),

           'status' => AdGroupAdStatus::PAUSED

       ]);

I've attached the error as a separate file.

It seems to have to do with the 'data' attribute in the ImageAdInfo class, the error being adError: EMPTY_FIELD on the data attribute, reading: 'A required field was not specified or is an empty string.'.

I'm passing binary data (using file_get_contents()) as explained can be done here:

https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v9/ImageAdInfo

But does not work. Any clue?

Thanks,

R

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi R,

Thank you for reaching out to our API support team.

As per the data attribute documentation, the information to be passed should be "Raw image data as bytes.". That said, and as we are not familiar with all the available methods from the client libraries, could you provide more details on what the file_get_contents() outputs?

Also, so our team can take a closer look at the cause, could you provide as well the complete request and response logs, with the request-id, generated when the error occurred? 

If you haven't yet, you can enable logging by referring to this PHP client library guide. You may then send the requested information via the Reply privately to author option. If this option is not available, you may send the details directly to our googleadsa...@google.com alias instead.

Best regards,

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[RS]

Hi,

Thanks for the followup,

So once again I want to create and upload a completely new image ad inside an existing ad group/campaign using an image url.

So I will post the error logs in two sections below.

So the first log, is when I use the 'data' attribute as below:

        $ adGroupAd = new AdGroupAd ([

           'ad' => new Ad ([

               'name' => $ name,

               'final_urls' => $ urls,

               'image_ad' => new ImageAdInfo ([

                   'mime_type' => MimeType :: IMAGE_PNG,

                   'pixel_width' => 200,

                   'pixel_height' => 200,

                   'image_url' => $pngImageUrl,

                   'preview_pixel_width' => 200,

                   'preview_pixel_height' => 200,

                   'preview_image_url' => $pngImageUrl,

                   'name' => $ imageName,

                   'data' => file_get_contents ($pngImageUrl),

               ])

           ]),

           'ad_group' => ResourceNames :: forAdGroup ($ this-> customerId, $ adGroupId),

           'status' => AdGroupAdStatus :: PAUSED

       ]);

The error log is then as follows:

[2021-11-26 15:15:20] laravel.ERROR: {
    "message": "Request contains an invalid argument.",
    "Code": 3,
    "status": "INVALID_ARGUMENT",
    "details": [
        {
            "@type": 0,
            "data": " type.googleapis.com // google. ads.googleads.v8.errors. GoogleAdsFailure"
        },
        {
            "@type": 0,
            "data": [
                {
                    "errorCode" : {
                        "adError": "EMPTY_FIELD"
                    },
                    "message": "A required field was not specified or is an empty string.",
                    "trigger": {
                        "stringValue": ""
                    },
                    "location": {
                        "fieldPathElements": [
                            {
                                "fieldName": "operations",
                                "index": 0
                            },
                            {
                                "fieldName": "create"
                            },
                            {
                                "fieldName": "ad"
                            },
                            {
                                "fieldName": "display_url"
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": 0,
            "data": "dL89I3epo9eHKHelHqeSsQ"
        }
    ]
} {"userId": 505, "exception": "[ object] (Google \ \ ApiCore \\ ApiException (code: 3): {
    \ "message \": \ "Request contains an invalid argument. \",
    \ "Code \": 3,
    \ "status \": \ "INVALID_ARGUMENT \",
    \ "details \":[
        {
            \ "@ type \": 0,
            \ "data \": \ " type.googleapis.com\\ / google.ads.googleads.v8. errors.GoogleAdsFailure \ "
        },
        {
            \" @ type \ ": 0,
            \" data \ ": [
                {
                    \" errorCode \ ": {
                        \" adError \ ": \" EMPTY_FIELD \ "
                    },
                    \" message \ " : \ "A required field was not specified or is an empty string. \",
                    \ "Trigger \": {
                        \ "stringValue \": \ "\"
                    },
                    \ "location \": {
                        \ "fieldPathElements \":

                                \ "fieldName \": \ "operations \",
                                \ "index \": 0
                            },
                            {
                                \ "fieldName \": \ "create \"
                            },
                            {
                                \ "fieldName \": \ "ad \"
                            },
                            {
                                \ "fieldName \": \ "display_url \"
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            \ "@ type \": 0,
            \ "data \": \ "dL89I3epo9eHKHelHqeSsQ \"
        }
    ]
} 

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Comment: I notice the fieldname 'display_url'.

This does not seem to be included in the documentation for ImageAdInfo. Am I missing something here?

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Secondly, I tried the 'media_file' attribute instead of 'data' in the ImageAdInfo constructor as below:

                   'media_file' => new MediaFile ([

                       'source_url' => $pngImageUrl ,

                       'name' => 'testname' ,

                       'type' => MediaType :: IMAGE,

                   ]),

There was an issue retrieving the full log, but below is the end of the stack trace (modified some local paths):

[2021-11-26 15:23:28] laravel.ERROR: Expect string. {"userId": 505, "exception": "[ object] (InvalidArgumentException ( code: 0): Expect string. at localpath \\ google \\ protobuf \\ src \\ Google \\ Protobuf \\ Internal \\ GPBUtil. php: 96)
[stacktrace]

# 0 localpath \\ googleads \\ google- ads-php \\ src \\ Google \\ Ads \\ GoogleAds \\ V8 \\ Common \\ ImageAdInfo.php (411): Google \\ Protobuf \\ Internal \\ GPBUtil :: checkString (Object ( Google \\ Ads \\ GoogleAds \\ V8 \\ Resources \\ MediaFile), true)
# 1 localpath \\ google \\ protobuf \\ src \\ Google \\ Protobuf \\ Internal \\ Message .php (1081): Google \\ Ads \\ GoogleAds \\ V8 \\ Common \\ ImageAdInfo-> setMediaFile (Object (Google \\ Ads \\ GoogleAds \\ V8 \\ Resources \ \ MediaFile))
# 2 localpath \ \ google \\ protobuf \\ src \\ Google \\ Protobuf \\ Internal \\ Message.php (80): Google \\ Protobuf \\ Internal \\ Message-> mergeFromArray (Array)
# 3 localpath \\ googleads \\ google-ads-php \\ src \\ Google \\ Ads \\ GoogleAds \\ V8 \\ Common \\ ImageAdInfo.php (103): Google \\ Protobuf \\ Internal \\ Message -> __ construct (Array)
# 4 pathtodriver \ \ GoogleAdsDriver. php (x): Google \\ Ads \\ GoogleAds \\ V8 \\ Common \\ ImageAdInfo -> __ construct (Array)
# 5 pathtodriver \\ GoogleAdsDriver. php (x): pathtodriver \\ GoogleAdsDriver- > createImageAd ()

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Note:

I notice a failure in this method in ImageAdInfo.php:

    public function setMediaFile($var)

    {

        GPBUtil::checkString($var, True);

        $this->writeOneof(12, $var);

        return $this;

    }

It fails here: GPBUtil::checkString($var, True);

I notice the $var passed in is the MediaFile object (not a string).

Why is it expecting a string?

Let me know if you have any more questions!

Kind regards,

R

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi there,

Could you set your logger loglevel to 'DEBUG' and send us the results?

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Regards,

Aryeh Baker Google Ads API Team

 

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[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi,

You may then send the requested information via the Reply privately to author option. If this option is not available, you may send the details directly to our googleadsa...@google.com alias instead.