Unable to Create Video Campaign with “Non-skippable” Subtype in Google Ads Scripts

[Lok Lam]

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to create video campaigns using Google Ads Scripts for a video campaign, and I’ve run into an issue.

In my script, I set the “Campaign subtype” field as either "Non-skippable", "Drive conversions", or "Standard", based on the data I fetch. However, the upload only works if I use "Standard". When I try to use "Non-skippable" or "Drive conversions", the script either fails or the campaigns are not created.

Here’s a snippet of the relevant part of my code:

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upload.append({ "Action": action, "Campaign status": campaign_status, "Customer ID": account_id, "Campaign": campaign_name, "Campaign type": campaign_type, "Networks": networks, "Budget": budget, "Budget type": budget_type, "Bid Strategy type": bid_strategy_type, "Campaign start date": campaign_start_date, "Campaign end date": campaign_end_date, "Label": label, "Video ad formats": video_ad_formats, "Location": location_inclusion, "Exclusion": location_exclusion, "Campaign subtype": campaign_subtype });

I referred to the Google Ads Script documentation, and it mentions that the “Campaign subtype” field supports "Non-skippable", "Drive conversions", and "Standard".

🔎 Questions:

1. Is there a way to create campaigns with "Non-skippable" or "Drive conversions" subtypes using Google Ads Scripts?

2. If not, are there any workarounds or alternate approaches you recommend? (e.g., should I switch to using the Google Ads API instead?

Thank you for your guidance! I appreciate any insights you can provide.

Best regards,
Lok Lam

[Google Ads Scripts Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Thank you for reaching out to the Google Ads Scripts Support team.

In order to assist further, could you please share the following:

• Google Ads account ID/CID
• Name of the script

You can also use the Google Ads API for the creation of the campaign as an alternate approach, but as the current issue is from Google Ads scripts where we can check further once the above information is provided. 

You can share the requested details via Reply privately to the author option or a direct private reply to this email.​ 

Thanks,
 

Google Ads Scripts Team

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[2025-05-28 04:42:19Z GMT] This message is in relation to case "ref:!00D1U01174p.!500Ht01qYNT6:ref" (ADR-00308680)

[Lok Lam]

• Google Ads account ID/CID -> 386-876-0994
• Name of the script -> Auto Create Campaign

[Google Ads Scripts Forum]

Hi Lok,

I would like to inform you that the method you are using to fetch data from a URL is related to the Google Apps Scripts. If you would like to use Google Ads Scripts for creating a video campaign, you can use the code available in the Bulk Uploads from Google sheets document, you can find a sample spreadsheet template for the above in this link. 

I hope this helps! If you want to use the old method and want support, I would recommend that you reach out to the Google Apps Scripts support team as they are better equipped to assist you further.

Thanks,

Google Ads Scripts team