Tag Archives: adwords_api_v201409

AdWords API v201409 Sunset Reminder

AdWords API v201409 will be sunset on July 28, 2015, after which all v201409 API requests will begin to fail. This version was deprecated on March 5, 2015. With the release of v201506, you now have less than 5 weeks to migrate directly to v201506 and skip v201502 entirely. Please make sure to migrate soon to ensure your API access is unaffected.

We have prepared various resources to help with the migration: As always, if you have any questions about this migration, please contact us via the forum or the Ads Developers Plus Page.

- Michael Cloonan, AdWords API Team

Rule-based User Lists in AdWords API v201409

We're excited to announce that you can now create and manage rule-based user lists using the AdWords API starting with v201409. With just one account-wide remarketing tag you can now create different user lists. This has been a frequently requested feature from the AdWords API developer community.

What is a rule-based user list?
A rule-based user list lets you target users based on rules triggered by your account-wide remarketing tag, such as pages viewed on your site or the dates on which your site was visited. The rules in a list can be combined into logical AND/OR expressions, allowing you to fully express the exact audience you want to target.

Once your rule-based user list is in place and you've added the corresponding tag to your site, you can target users in the list and even modify your bids for those users.

Where do I start?
To start integrating rule based lists into your application, take a look at the new Rule Based User List Guide, which will walk you through creating a list with some code examples.

Still have questions? Feel free to visit us on the AdWords API Forum or our Google+ page.

- Josh Radcliff, AdWords API Team

New to the AdWords API: excluding headers and summary data from reports

Do you save your AdWords API reports to a database? Do you have code that detects and skips header and summary rows? If the answer to these questions is "why yes, I do!", then you'll be happy to hear that in AdWords API v201409 you can modify your report requests so that the returned results will not include these rows.

Excluding the report header

Prior to v201409, the output of each AdWords report included a header that gave the name of the report and the date range in your predicates:

"KEYWORDS_PERFORMANCE_REPORT (Sep 21, 2014-Sep 27, 2014)"

If you do not want this row in your report results, include the new skipReportHeader HTTP header with a value of true.

Excluding the report summary

Similar to the header, each AdWords report for versions prior to v201409 returned a summary row with totals in its final row of output:

Total, --, --,44700

If you don't want this row in your report results, include the new skipReportSummary HTTP header with a value of true.

Note: If you do not include these headers or specify a value of false for both headers, your report results will include the header and summary rows, just as they did for prior versions of the AdWords API.

For more details, check out our updated Reporting Basics guide. Still have questions? Feel free to visit us on the AdWords API Forum or our Google+ page.

- Josh Radcliff, AdWords API Team

Announcing v201409 of the AdWords API

Today we're announcing the release of AdWords API v201409. Here are the highlights:
  • Mobile campaigns for search and display. Search Mobile App and Display Mobile App campaign subtypes are now available via CampaignService. These new subtypes are a simplified way of creating campaigns focused on mobile app promotion.
  • Ad Customizers. Ad Customizers previously available for Test Accounts only are now enabled in production. With this feature you can include dynamic values in your ads based on feed data.
  • Currency support for conversions. Conversion trackers (including offline conversions) now support currency specification. You can also set default currency per tracker.
  • Website call conversion tracker. This tracker allows the collection of conversion stats for calls made on a script-generated phone number placed on your website.
  • Rule-based remarketing lists. The new API version allows you to create and manage rule-based remarketing lists. This feature allows you to use simple rules to better target the people who visited your website.
  • Better Labels handling. LabelIds column is now available in all relevant reports. We've also added both Labels and LabelIds columns to the Criteria Performance report.
  • Updates to reporting. A new Extension Placeholder report is now available for retrieving consistent extension stats. Reporting interface was extended to allow you to control the presence of report headers and footers in the response.
There's also an important API-level change in v201409. Starting this version, the clientCustomerId header is now a required header for calls to all services except CustomerService. If your application relies on a default account identified by authorization credentials, you need to update it to send a valid customer ID for every request. You can obtain the customer ID via a get call to the CustomerService.

If you're still using v201402 of the AdWords API, please note that it's being sunset on November 6th, 2014. We encourage you to skip v201406 and migrate straight to v201409. If you're using v201406, be aware it's now marked deprecated and will be sunset on April 6th, 2015.

As with every new version of the AdWords API, we encourage you to carefully review all changes in the release notes and the v201409 migration guide. The updated client libraries and code examples will be published shortly. With this release, we've also updated the Required Minimum Functionality document to include some of the newly added features that are now required in third-party tools. If you have any questions or need help with migration, please post on the forum or the Ads Developers Plus Page.

 - , on behalf of AdWords API Team.