AdError.INVALID_AD_TYPE when mutating RESPONSIVE_SEARCH_AD

[Joey Robert]

Hello!

I'm getting back a response from AdGroupAdService.get() like:

[{

   'adGroupId': 12345,

   'ad': {

       'id': 67890,

       'url': None,

       'displayUrl': None,

       'finalUrls': [],

       'finalMobileUrls': [],

       'finalAppUrls': [],

       'trackingUrlTemplate': None,

       'finalUrlSuffix': None,

       'urlCustomParameters': None,

       'urlData': [],

       'automated': None,

       'type': 'RESPONSIVE_SEARCH_AD',

       'devicePreference': None,

       'systemManagedEntitySource': None,

       'Ad.Type': 'ResponsiveSearchAd',

       'headlines': [],

       'descriptions': [],

       'path1': None,

       'path2': None

   },

   'status': 'ENABLED',

   'policySummary': None,

   'labels': [],

   'baseCampaignId': None,

   'baseAdGroupId': None,

   'forwardCompatibilityMap': [],

   'adStrengthInfo': None

}]

And running AdService.mutate() operations like:

[{

   'operator': 'SET',

   'operand': {'id': 67890, 'finalUrlSuffix': ''}

}]

Results in errors like:

Request made: Service: "AdService" Method: "mutate" URL: "https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809/AdService"

WARNING  Error summary: {'faultMessage': '[AdError.INVALID_AD_TYPE @ operations[0].operand.id]', 'requestId': '0005a06eed20386e0a3f3d06510b370d', 'serviceName': 'AdService', 'methodName': 'mutate', 'operations': '1', 'responseTime': '302'}

I'm using the googleads Python library (https://github.com/googleads/googleads-python-lib), and I'm able to run mutate operations against other services (e.g. CampaignService) using a similar syntax.

What's the cause of the AdError.INVALID_AD_TYPE error? The ad is of type RESPONSIVE_SEARCH_AD which should be mutable according to https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/ad-features#ad_types_that_support_mutability

Appreciate any help :), thanks.

Joey Robert, Software Engineering Team Lead @ NextRoll

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hello,

Thank you for reaching out. Could I please ask you to share the complete request and response logs along with the client customer id for me to take a look into this further and assist you better?

P.S. Please use Reply privately to author option while sharing the details.

Regards,
Nikisha Patel, Google Ads API Team

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