/// <summary>
/// Create a campaign group.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="user">The AdWords user.</param>
/// <returns>The campaign group.</returns>
private static CampaignGroup CreateCampaignGroup(AdWordsUser user)
{
using (CampaignGroupService campaignGroupService =
(CampaignGroupService)user.GetService(AdWordsService.v201806.CampaignGroupService)) {
// Create the campaign group.
CampaignGroup campaignGroup = new CampaignGroup {
name = "Mars campaign group - " + ExampleUtilities.GetShortRandomString()
};
// Create the operation.
CampaignGroupOperation operation = new CampaignGroupOperation {
operand = campaignGroup,
@operator = Operator.ADD
};
try {
CampaignGroupReturnValue retval = campaignGroupService.mutate(
new CampaignGroupOperation[] { operation });
// Display the results.
CampaignGroup newCampaignGroup = retval.value[0];
Console.WriteLine("Campaign group with ID = '{0}' and name = '{1}' was created.",
newCampaignGroup.id, newCampaignGroup.name);
return(newCampaignGroup);
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new System.ApplicationException("Failed to add campaign group.", e);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a new CampaignGroup in the specified client account.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="client">The Google Ads API client.</param>
/// <param name="customerId">The Google Ads customer ID for which the call is made.</param>
/// <returns>resource name of the newly created campaign group.</returns>
private static String CreateCampaignGroup(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId)
{
CampaignGroupServiceClient campaignGroupService = client.GetService(
Services.V0.CampaignGroupService);
CampaignGroup campaignGroup = new CampaignGroup()
{
Name = "Mars campaign group #" + ExampleUtilities.GetRandomString()
};
CampaignGroupOperation op = new CampaignGroupOperation()
{
Create = campaignGroup
};
MutateCampaignGroupsResponse response =
campaignGroupService.MutateCampaignGroups(
customerId.ToString(), new CampaignGroupOperation[] { op });
String groupResourceName = response.Results[0].ResourceName;
Console.WriteLine($"Added campaign group with resource name: {groupResourceName}");
return(groupResourceName);
}