Reading removed ads using API

[Denis Terletskiy]

Hi!

I would like to restore (recreate) some removed Image Ads because during adding them I had got exception NullError.NULL_CONTENT for ad.image.data field. I have removed ads Ids, AdGroupIds. Is it possible to read that ads via API, or, at least, Images of those ads so I can create new ads?

Thank you!

Kind regards,

Denis

P.S. I have already posted similar question, but have not found it in the list. Probably I lost it somehow. In case you saw it, sorry for the second attempt

[Danial Klimkin]

Hello Denis,

Yes, you can retrieve delete ads provided they had non-zero stats. For that, you need to explicitly specify a predicate of status = REMOVED in your get request.

Ads with zero stats are completely deleted on removal and can no longer be obtained.

-Danial, AdWords API Team.

[Denis Terletskiy]

Hello Danial,

I have tried that but it throws the following exception: {"[SelectorError.INVALID_PREDICATE_ENUM_VALUE @ serviceSelector; trigger:'REMOVED']"}

Here is the piece of code:

                var service = (AdGroupAdService)user.GetService(

                    AdWordsService.v201502.AdGroupAdService);

                var selector = new Selector

                {

                    fields = new[] { "AdGroupId", "Id", "Url" },

                    predicates = new[]

                        { 

                            new Predicate

                            {

                                field = "Status",

                                @operator = PredicateOperator.IN,

                                values = new []{ "REMOVED" }

                            },

                            //new Predicate

                            //{

                            //    field = "Id",

                            //    @operator = PredicateOperator.IN,

                            //    values = adDatas.Select(a => a.Id.ToString()).ToArray()

                            //}

                        }                    

                };

                

                page = service.get(selector);

[Danial Klimkin]

Hello Denis,

Sorry, the value is still "DISABLED" for ads. Please always refer to the documentation for precise enum values:

  https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201506/AdGroupAdService.AdGroupAd#status

-Danial, AdWords API Team.