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Announcing Authorized Buyers’ new Real-Time Bidding API

Today we are pleased to announce the release of Authorized Buyers’ Real-Time Bidding API. In addition, we are also announcing that all versions of the Ad Exchange Buyer API are now deprecated, and will sunset by the end of Q1, 2021. With the exception of the Budgets resource that is not being carried over to the new API, we recommend migrating to the Real-Time Bidding API’s equivalent resources well before the sunset to avoid interruptions to your integration. Note that this deprecation does not include the Ad Exchange Buyer II API, which will continue to be supported.

The Real-Time Bidding API currently includes resources for managing creatives and user lists, and will be expanded in Q3 to include resources for managing pretargeting. Additional updates through Q3 and Q4 will add features for managing accounts and billing information, and retrieving performance reports. We recommend reading through the migration guide—which will be updated as new features are added to the Real-Time Bidding API—to learn more about getting started with the new API.

Feel free to reach out to us via the Authorized Buyers API forums if you have questions or feedback concerning the Real-Time Bidding API.

Mark Saniscalchi, Authorized Buyers Developer Relations

Google Ads API beta v1 sunset reminder

Google Ads API beta v1 will sunset on July 29, 2020. After this date, all v1 API requests will begin to fail. Please migrate to a newer version prior to July 29, 2020 to ensure your API access is unaffected.

We've prepared various resources to help you with the migration: If you have questions while you’re upgrading, please reach out to us on the forum or at [email protected].
Nadine Wang, Google Ads API Team

Sunset of the Ad Manager API v201905

On Monday, June 1, 2020, in accordance with the deprecation schedule, v201905 of the Ad Manager API will be sunset. At that time, any requests made to this version will return errors.

If you’re still using this version, now is the time to upgrade to the latest release and take advantage of new functionality like CustomPacingCurves on LineItem objects and performing actions on CMS Metadata Values.

When you’re ready to upgrade, check the release notes to identify any breaking changes, like Activity and ActivityGroup IDs changing from type int to type long in v202005.

Then, grab the latest version of your client library and update your code. As always, don't hesitate to reach out to us on the developer forum with any questions.
 - Donovan McMurray, Ad Manager API Team

Reminder about sunset, creation of target spend field for Maximize Clicks strategies in Ads APIs

On July 31st, 2019 we began to sunset the target spend field for Maximize Clicks bidding strategies. At the time, the feature was only removed from the UI, and the Google Ads APIs were not impacted.

Starting on June 30th, 2020, we will continue to sunset the target spend field in the Google Ads APIs as per our original blog post. This will affect all versions of both the AdWords API and the Google Ads API. The following behaviors will be blocked:
  • Populating the target spend field on existing standard and portfolio strategies
  • Attaching portfolio strategies that have the deprecated field set to campaigns
Read on to see how this will affect your API usage:
Affected Target Spend Fields
Google Ads API campaign.target_spend.target_spend_micros
bidding_strategy.target_spend.target_spend_micros
AdWords API Campaign.BiddingStrategyConfiguration.TargetSpendBiddingScheme.spendTarget
SharedBiddingStrategy.TargetSpendBiddingScheme.spendTarget

Change Description
Any mutate operations that set a target spend field for the first time will return an error. You will be able to update a target spend field that currently contains a value, but you cannot set previously empty fields to a new value. Additionally, any operation attaching a bidding strategy to a campaign where that bidding strategy has a value set for a target spend field, will throw an error. To manage Target Spend on any new campaigns, we recommend using campaign budget. In each of these cases an error will be thrown.

Performing any of the actions listed above will generate one of the following errors:
  • OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT
  • UNSUPPORTED_FIELD_IS_SET
If you have any questions about this change or any other API feature, please contact us via the forum.
- Cory Liseno, Google Ads API Team

Postponement of DBM API v1 and SDF Download Service Sunset

We’re officially postponing the planned sunset of the Doubleclick Bid Manager (DBM) API v1 and the DBM API v1.1 Structured Data File (SDF) Download service.

Originally scheduled for June 15, 2020, we are delaying the sunset indefinitely in order to account for the difficulties many users are facing due to COVID-19. We’re hoping that this postponement frees up room for users to address more immediately pressing issues. An updated sunset schedule will be announced at a later date.

Although a sunset date is no longer scheduled, these services are still deprecated and migrations to DBM API v1.1 and the Display & Video 360 (DV360) API are recommended.
- Trevor Mulchay, Display & Video 360 API Team

Updates to the AdWords API and Google Ads API

As communities respond to COVID-19, we know that this time presents unique challenges for everyone. Below are updates and resources to help you navigate and plan through these challenging times.

How does this impact the APIs?
We realize you are balancing a lot in your life. Here’s what we’re doing to help:
  • Delaying the sunset of the Google Ads API v1: The Google Ads API’s v1 sunset is delayed until July 29, 2020. The AdWords API will continue to be available for production use.
  • Giving additional time: Any new changes that require updates in your AdWords API and Google Ads API code will be given additional time or will be deferred.
We will continue releasing new versions of the Google Ads API to get new features to you.

What are some customer resources?
Google Ads has provided the following resources for business and customers: Where can I get support?
The Google Ads Help Center posted a delay for non-API related support. This delay includes developer token approvals and changes.

If you have any API questions or need help, you can reach us at [email protected] or on our Google Ads API and AdWords API forum.
Nadine Wang, on behalf of the entire Google Ads API Team

Upcoming change to the Google Ad Manager API

On Wednesday April 1st, 2020 existing metrics in the Ad Manager API's ReportService will start returning net revenue instead of gross revenue for Programmatic Guaranteed and Preferred Deals. If your application does not process Programmatic Guaranteed and Preferred Deals revenue data, no action is required.

This change will impact all API versions and reports run in the Ad Manager UI. For more information, see the Ad Manager release notes for March 9th.

To help this transition, new metrics have been added in v202002 to allow you to report on gross revenue in order to facilitate historical comparisons. These metrics are temporary and will be removed in future API versions.


Why are we making this change?

This change brings Programmatic Guaranteed and Preferred Deals into alignment with all other transaction types.

How can I tell if I am impacted?

If you use any of the below metrics and your application processes Programmatic Guaranteed and Preferred Deals values as gross revenue, you are impacted by this change:
  • AD_SERVER_ALL_REVENUE
  • AD_SERVER_CPD_REVENUE
  • AD_SERVER_CPM_AND_CPC_REVENUE
  • TOTAL_LINE_ITEM_LEVEL_ALL_REVENUE
  • TOTAL_LINE_ITEM_LEVEL_CPM_AND_CPC_REVENUE
  • TOTAL_LINE_ITEM_LEVEL_WITHOUT_CPD_AVERAGE_ECPM

What changes do I need to make?

You must update your application to process Programmatic Guaranteed and Preferred Deals values as net revenue before April 1st, 2020. If you need access to gross revenue values after April 1st, 2020, you can use temporary gross revenue metrics added in v202002. These metrics will be available until the end of February 2021.

Net revenue values starting 2020-04-01 Gross revenue values until 2021-03-01
AD_SERVER_ALL_REVENUE AD_SERVER_ALL_REVENUE_GROSS
AD_SERVER_CPM_AND_CPC_REVENUE AD_SERVER_CPM_AND_CPC_REVENUE_GROSS
AD_SERVER_CPD_REVENUE Not available
TOTAL_LINE_ITEM_LEVEL_ALL_REVENUE Not available
TOTAL_LINE_ITEM_LEVEL_CPM_AND_CPC_REVENUE Not available
TOTAL_LINE_ITEM_LEVEL_WITHOUT_CPD_AVERAGE_ECPM Not available



If you have questions about this change or are unsure if it impacts you, reach out to us on the Ad Manager API forums. We'll be happy to check if you're impacted and work with you to update your applications.
 - Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

Sunset of the Ad Manager API v201902

On Friday, February 28, 2020, in accordance with the deprecation schedule, v201902 of the Ad Manager API will be sunset. At that time, any requests made to this version will return errors.

If you’re still using this version, now is the time to upgrade to the latest release and take advantage of new functionality like CmsMetadata reporting, the TargetingPresetService, and deal IDs on programmatic LineItems.

When you’re ready to upgrade, check the release notes to identify any breaking changes, such as the removal of the deprecated field ImageCreative.lockedOrientation.

Then, grab the latest version of your client library and update your code. As always, don't hesitate to reach out to us on the developer forum with any questions.
 - , Ad Manager API Team

Sunset of the Ad Manager API v201811

On Monday, December 2, 2019, in accordance with the deprecation schedule, v201811 of the Ad Manager API will be sunset. At that time, any requests made to this version will return errors.

If you’re still using this version, now is the time to upgrade to the latest release and take advantage of new features like the TargetingPresetService and reporting on CustomTargetingKeys.

When you’re ready to upgrade, check the release notes to identify any breaking changes. Then, grab the latest version of your client library and update your code.

We now provide a machine-readable version of our deprecation schedule, giving you more flexibility to stay up to date with the latest Ad Manager API features. You can access this CSV file at https://developers.google.com/ad-manager/downloads/api-schedule.csv.


As always, don't hesitate to reach out to us on the developer forum with any questions.
 - , Ad Manager API Team

DCM/DFA Reporting and Trafficking API v3.2 sunset reminder

In accordance with our deprecation schedule, we will be sunsetting version 3.2 of the API on August 31, 2019. Requests to version 3.2 will no longer work after this date, preventing you from updating and accessing information in Campaign Manager. To avoid an interruption in service, you must migrate to a newer API version as soon as possible.

To learn about changes between versions and get tips for migrating, visit the API developer site. Also consider subscribing to this blog to stay up to date about new releases, upcoming sunsets, and changes to the API.

If you have technical questions regarding new versions of the API, please reach out via the developer forum.

 - Jonathon Imperiosi, DCM API Team