Updating ads without setting all fields

[Dmitry Shvetsov]

Hi!

I'm updating the expanded text ad via Adwords API.

I use 'AdService', 'operator': 'SET'.

It requared to fill in all of thees fields:

'headlinePart1'

'headlinePart2'

'description':

But I need to update only 'headlinePart2'.

Is it possible to fill in only 'headlinePart2'?

I want other fields in the ad will stay without changing.

It will be easier.

Thank's!

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hi Dmitry,

The HeadlinePart1, HeadlinePart2, and Description fields are not required when using the SET operator of the AdService as stated in their documentation. They are only required when using the ADD operator when creating them via the AdGroupAdService.

That said, could you confirm if you are getting any errors when using the AdService to modify your existing ExpandedTextAd? If yes, could you send to me the complete SOAP request and response logs so I can further investigate? You may reply using the Reply privately to author option.

Thanks and regards,

Peter

Google Ads API Team

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[Dmitry Shvetsov]

Hi Peter!

Thank's for your answer.

Yes, I got error.

'requestId': '0005876ac2a3f0900a37a1d082064f9c'

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Respond in text in the attachment.

When I send request with header1 and desription it works good.

[Dmitry Shvetsov]

The whole respond in the attachment.

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[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Greetings!

Unfortunately, the required fields are needed even on the SET. I'm sorry that our documentation does not reflect that; that can definitely be confusing. I've filed an issue that we'll be fixing our documentation to fix that. Thank you for bringing this to our attention!

Cheers,

Nadine Sundquist, Google Ads API Team

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[Dmitry Shvetsov]

Thak you for your answer!
Are the same requirements in the new Ads API?

May be it Will be better to use new Ads API. I worry that I could clear some fields in ads.

My task is to change some sale text and images in the ads.
Now I have to set all fields of all ads not to clear them. It's hard and and can get mistakes.
That's why I'm looking for way to set only one field in the ad.

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hello,

That feature is currently under development, so I've given my teammates a formal feature request for the Google Ads API that we only need to set the one field. You've caught us at the right time. I don't have an exact date as to when that will be released, but we will try to see if we can make this possible. I can't guarantee it, but I'm definitely trying.

Best,

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[Steve Deshaies]

Hello, 

Has this discussed feature been added to the current version of the C# API?  Does it allow us to update for example only the headline1 in an existing expanded text ad?

Thanks for the info!

Steve

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Steve,

Thank you for reaching out. Please see the release notes here. You can update a single field of an ExpandedTextAd using an AdService mutate request.

Regards,
Mitchell
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[Steve Deshaies]

Thank you for information. 

I'm getting an error on invalid fieldmask. Not sure but I believe the issue is in the fieldmask 'HeadlinePart1', How should this be represented?

Thanks for your help!

Steve

This is a very simplified version or testing only:

           // these are **** out but have real id's

            long customerId = long.Parse("****960");

            long adgroupId = long.Parse("*****49");

            long adId = long.Parse("*****2617");

            AdGroupAd adwordAdtoUpdate = new AdGroupAd()

            {

                ResourceName = ResourceNames.AdGroupAd(customerId, adgroupId, adId),

                Ad = new Ad

                {                   

                    ExpandedTextAd = new ExpandedTextAdInfo

                    {

                        HeadlinePart1 = "My First Headline1 Update"

                    }

                }

            };

            FieldMask fieldMask = new FieldMask();

            fieldMask.Paths.AddRange(new string[] { "HeadlinePart1" });

            AdGroupAdOperation operation = new AdGroupAdOperation()

            {

                Update = adwordAdtoUpdate,

                UpdateMask = fieldMask

            };

            MutateAdGroupAdsResponse response = adGroupAdService.MutateAdGroupAds(

                        customerId.ToString(), new AdGroupAdOperation[] { operation });

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Steve,

Can you please share the complete detailed request and response logs via reply privately to author so that I can further investigate the issue? You can find information on enabling logging here.