Is there a way to pause Ads after x time (20 minutes) or a certain time of day ?

[Dan Hai]

Is there a way to pause Ads after x time (20 minutes) or a certain time of day ?

The reason why I am trying to do this is, after I create new ads, I want the older ads to still be running until the newer ads recently created get approved. Please let me know of an example that is relevant in terms of pausing the ad at x time...

Thank you in advance Google API Team!

-Daniel 

[Ivan Bautista]

Hi Daniel,

Currently, the ad scheduling option in the AdWords API is at the campaign level only. You may use AdSchedule criterion via CampaignCriterionService to schedule what particular day/s of the week and particular time of the day you want to show or not show existing or new ads of a particular campaign.

However, if you want to set different schedules for Ads within 1 campaign, then that is not yet supported in the AdWords API. You may have to code your own scheduling mechanism to set the time/day when you want to pause or show a specific Ad by changing the status. For your reference, here's a sample code for pausing an ad (available in other languages). 

Regards,

Ivan

AdWords API Team