// [END add_smart_campaign_1]
// [START add_smart_campaign_10]
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves creative suggestions for a Smart campaign ad.
///
/// Using the SmartCampaignSuggestService to suggest creatives for new
/// and existing Smart campaigns is highly recommended because it helps
/// the campaigns achieve optimal performance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="client"></param>
/// <param name="customerId">The Google Ads customer ID.</param>
/// <param name="suggestionInfo">a SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo instance
/// with details about the business being advertised.</param>
/// <returns>A SmartCampaignAdInfo instance with suggested headlines and
/// descriptions.</returns>
private SmartCampaignAdInfo GetAdSuggestions(GoogleAdsClient client,
long customerId, SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo suggestionInfo)
{
SmartCampaignSuggestServiceClient smartCampaignSuggestService =
client.GetService(Services.V10.SmartCampaignSuggestService);
SuggestSmartCampaignAdRequest request = new SuggestSmartCampaignAdRequest
{
CustomerId = customerId.ToString(),
// Unlike the SuggestSmartCampaignBudgetOptions method, it's only possible to
// use suggestion_info to retrieve ad creative suggestions.
SuggestionInfo = suggestionInfo
};
// Issue a request to retrieve ad creative suggestions.
SuggestSmartCampaignAdResponse response =
smartCampaignSuggestService.SuggestSmartCampaignAd(request);
// The SmartCampaignAdInfo object in the response contains a list of up to
// three headlines and two descriptions. Note that some of the suggestions
// may have empty strings as text. Before setting these on the ad you should
// review them and filter out any empty values.
SmartCampaignAdInfo adSuggestions = response.AdInfo;
if (adSuggestions != null)
{
Console.WriteLine($"The following headlines were suggested:");
foreach (AdTextAsset headline in adSuggestions.Headlines)
{
Console.WriteLine($"\t{headline.Text}");
}
Console.WriteLine($"And the following descriptions were suggested:");
foreach (AdTextAsset description in adSuggestions.Descriptions)
{
Console.WriteLine($"\t{description.Text}");
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("No ad suggestions were found.");
adSuggestions = new SmartCampaignAdInfo();
}
return(adSuggestions);
}
// [END add_smart_campaign_5]
// [START add_smart_campaign_6]
/// <summary>
/// Creates a MutateOperation that creates a new ad group ad.
/// A temporary ID will be used in the ad group resource name for this ad group ad to
/// associate it with the ad group created in earlier steps.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="customerId">The Google Ads customer ID.</param>
/// <param name="adSuggestions">SmartCampaignAdInfo with ad creative
/// suggestions.</param>
/// <returns>A MutateOperation that creates a new ad group ad.</returns>
private MutateOperation CreateAdGroupAdOperation(long customerId, SmartCampaignAdInfo
adSuggestions)
{
AdGroupAd adGroupAd = new AdGroupAd
{
AdGroup = ResourceNames.AdGroup(customerId, AD_GROUP_TEMPORARY_ID),
Ad = new Ad
{
SmartCampaignAd = new SmartCampaignAdInfo(),
},
};
SmartCampaignAdInfo ad = adGroupAd.Ad.SmartCampaignAd;
// The SmartCampaignAdInfo object includes headlines and descriptions
// retrieved from the SmartCampaignSuggestService.SuggestSmartCampaignAd
// method. It's recommended that users review and approve or update these
// creatives before they're set on the ad. It's possible that some or all of
// these assets may contain empty texts, which should not be set on the ad
// and instead should be replaced with meaninful texts from the user. Below
// we just accept the creatives that were suggested while filtering out empty
// assets. If no headlines or descriptions were suggested, then we manually
// add some, otherwise this operation will generate an INVALID_ARGUMENT
// error. Individual workflows will likely vary here.
ad.Headlines.Add(adSuggestions.Headlines);
ad.Descriptions.Add(adSuggestions.Descriptions);
// If there are fewer headlines than are required, we manually add additional
// headlines to make up for the difference.
if (adSuggestions.Headlines.Count() < NUM_REQUIRED_HEADLINES)
{
for (int i = 0; i < NUM_REQUIRED_HEADLINES - adSuggestions.Headlines.Count(); i++)
{
ad.Headlines.Add(new AdTextAsset()
{
Text = $"Placeholder headline {i + 1}"
});
}
}
// If there are fewer descriptions than are required, we manually add
// additional descriptions to make up for the difference.
if (adSuggestions.Descriptions.Count() < NUM_REQUIRED_DESCRIPTIONS)
{
for (int i = 0; i < NUM_REQUIRED_DESCRIPTIONS -
adSuggestions.Descriptions.Count(); i++)
{
ad.Descriptions.Add(new AdTextAsset()
{
Text = $"Placeholder description {i + 1}"
});
}
}
return(new MutateOperation
{
AdGroupAdOperation = new AdGroupAdOperation
{
Create = adGroupAd
}
});
}
/// <summary>
/// Runs the code example.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="client">The Google Ads client.</param>
/// <param name="customerId">The Google Ads customer ID.</param>
/// <param name="keywordText">A keyword string used for generating keyword themes.</param>
/// <param name="freeFormKeywordText">A keyword used to create a free-form keyword theme.
/// </param>
/// <param name="businessLocationId">The ID of a Business Profile location.</param>
/// <param name="businessName">The name of a Business Profile business.</param>
public void Run(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId, string keywordText,
string freeFormKeywordText, ulong?businessLocationId, string businessName)
{
GoogleAdsServiceClient googleAdsServiceClient =
client.GetService(Services.V10.GoogleAdsService);
try
{
// [START add_smart_campaign_12]
// Gets the SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo object which acts as the basis for many
// of the entities necessary to create a Smart campaign. It will be reused a number
// of times to retrieve suggestions for keyword themes, budget amount, ad
//creatives, and campaign criteria.
SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo suggestionInfo =
GetSmartCampaignSuggestionInfo(client, businessLocationId, businessName);
// Generates a list of keyword themes using the SuggestKeywordThemes method on the
// SmartCampaignSuggestService. It is strongly recommended that you use this
// strategy for generating keyword themes.
List <KeywordThemeConstant> keywordThemeConstants =
GetKeywordThemeSuggestions(client, customerId, suggestionInfo);
// Optionally retrieves auto-complete suggestions for the given keyword text and
// adds them to the list of keyWordThemeConstants.
if (keywordText != null)
{
keywordThemeConstants.AddRange(GetKeywordTextAutoCompletions(
client, keywordText));
}
// Converts the KeywordThemeConstants to KeywordThemeInfos.
List <KeywordThemeInfo> keywordThemeInfos = keywordThemeConstants.Select(
constant =>
new KeywordThemeInfo {
KeywordThemeConstant = constant.ResourceName
})
.ToList();
// Optionally includes any freeform keywords verbatim.
if (freeFormKeywordText != null)
{
keywordThemeInfos.Add(new KeywordThemeInfo()
{
FreeFormKeywordTheme = freeFormKeywordText
});
}
// Includes the keyword suggestions in the overall SuggestionInfo object.
// [START add_smart_campaign_13]
suggestionInfo.KeywordThemes.Add(keywordThemeInfos);
// [END add_smart_campaign_13]
// [END add_smart_campaign_12]
SmartCampaignAdInfo adSuggestions = GetAdSuggestions(client, customerId,
suggestionInfo);
long suggestedBudgetAmount = GetBudgetSuggestion(client, customerId,
suggestionInfo);
// [START add_smart_campaign_7]
// The below methods create and return MutateOperations that we later provide to
// the GoogleAdsService.Mutate method in order to create the entities in a single
// request. Since the entities for a Smart campaign are closely tied to one-another
// it's considered a best practice to create them in a single Mutate request; the
// entities will either all complete successfully or fail entirely, leaving no
// orphaned entities. See:
// https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/mutating/overview
MutateOperation campaignBudgetOperation =
CreateCampaignBudgetOperation(customerId, suggestedBudgetAmount);
MutateOperation smartCampaignOperation =
CreateSmartCampaignOperation(customerId);
MutateOperation smartCampaignSettingOperation =
CreateSmartCampaignSettingOperation(customerId, businessLocationId,
businessName);
IEnumerable <MutateOperation> campaignCriterionOperations =
CreateCampaignCriterionOperations(customerId, keywordThemeInfos,
suggestionInfo);
MutateOperation adGroupOperation = CreateAdGroupOperation(customerId);
MutateOperation adGroupAdOperation = CreateAdGroupAdOperation(customerId,
adSuggestions);
// Send the operations in a single mutate request.
MutateGoogleAdsRequest mutateGoogleAdsRequest = new MutateGoogleAdsRequest
{
CustomerId = customerId.ToString()
};
// It's important to create these entities in this order because they depend on
// each other, for example the SmartCampaignSetting and ad group depend on the
// campaign, and the ad group ad depends on the ad group.
mutateGoogleAdsRequest.MutateOperations.Add(campaignBudgetOperation);
mutateGoogleAdsRequest.MutateOperations.Add(smartCampaignOperation);
mutateGoogleAdsRequest.MutateOperations.Add(smartCampaignSettingOperation);
mutateGoogleAdsRequest.MutateOperations.Add(campaignCriterionOperations);
mutateGoogleAdsRequest.MutateOperations.Add(adGroupOperation);
mutateGoogleAdsRequest.MutateOperations.Add(adGroupAdOperation);
MutateGoogleAdsResponse response =
googleAdsServiceClient.Mutate(mutateGoogleAdsRequest);
PrintResponseDetails(response);
// [END add_smart_campaign_7]
}
catch (GoogleAdsException e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Failure:");
Console.WriteLine($"Message: {e.Message}");
Console.WriteLine($"Failure: {e.Failure}");
Console.WriteLine($"Request ID: {e.RequestId}");
throw;
}
}