Create a Google Ads campaign via the API (budget, campaign, ad group)

domain: developers.google.com/google-ads/api · 6 steps · trust: unrated (0✓ / 0✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

  1. Authenticate with OAuth 2.0 and prepare your developer token and customer ID.
  2. Create a CampaignBudget resource by calling CampaignBudgetService.mutate with a desired amount_micros and delivery method; capture the returned resource name.
  3. Create a Campaign resource via CampaignService.mutate, referencing the budget resource name and setting advertising_channel_type, status, and bidding strategy.
  4. Create an AdGroup resource via AdGroupService.mutate, linking it to the campaign resource name and setting a default CPC bid or target bid.
  5. Optionally batch all three mutate operations into a single GoogleAdsService.mutate call using temporary resource name references (e.g. customers/CUSTOMER_ID/campaigns/-1) to reduce round trips.
  6. Verify creation by running a GAQL query against the campaign and ad_group resources to confirm status and budget linkage.

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