// [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);
}
// [START add_smart_campaign_11]
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves KeywordThemeConstants suggestions with the SmartCampaignSuggestService.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="client">The Google Ads client.</param>
/// <param name="customerId">The Google Ads customer ID.</param>
/// <param name="suggestionInfo">The suggestion information.</param>
/// <returns>The suggestions.</returns>
private List <KeywordThemeConstant> GetKeywordThemeSuggestions(
GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId, SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo suggestionInfo)
{
SmartCampaignSuggestServiceClient smartCampaignSuggestService =
client.GetService(Services.V10.SmartCampaignSuggestService);
SuggestKeywordThemesRequest request = new SuggestKeywordThemesRequest()
{
SuggestionInfo = suggestionInfo,
CustomerId = customerId.ToString()
};
SuggestKeywordThemesResponse response =
smartCampaignSuggestService.SuggestKeywordThemes(request);
// Prints some information about the result.
Console.WriteLine($"Retrieved {response.KeywordThemes.Count} keyword theme " +
$"constant suggestions from the SuggestKeywordThemes method.");
return(response.KeywordThemes.ToList());
}
// [END add_smart_campaign_9]
// [START add_smart_campaign_1]
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves a suggested budget amount for a new budget.
/// Using the SmartCampaignSuggestService to determine a daily budget for new and existing
/// Smart campaigns is highly recommended because it helps the campaigns achieve optimal
/// performance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="client">The Google Ads client.</param>
/// <param name="customerId">The Google Ads customer ID.</param>
/// <param name="suggestionInfo"></param>
/// <returns>A daily budget amount in micros.</returns>
private long GetBudgetSuggestion(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId,
SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo suggestionInfo)
{
SmartCampaignSuggestServiceClient smartCampaignSuggestServiceClient = client.GetService
(Services.V10.SmartCampaignSuggestService);
SuggestSmartCampaignBudgetOptionsRequest request =
new SuggestSmartCampaignBudgetOptionsRequest
{
CustomerId = customerId.ToString(),
// You can retrieve suggestions for an existing campaign by setting the
// "Campaign" field of the request to the resource name of a campaign and
// leaving the rest of the request fields below unset:
// Campaign = "INSERT_CAMPAIGN_RESOURCE_NAME_HERE",
// Since these suggestions are for a new campaign, we're going to use the
// SuggestionInfo field instead.
SuggestionInfo = suggestionInfo,
};
LocationInfo locationInfo = new LocationInfo
{
// Set the location to the resource name of the given geo target constant.
GeoTargetConstant = ResourceNames.GeoTargetConstant(GEO_TARGET_CONSTANT)
};
// Issue a request to retrieve a budget suggestion.
SuggestSmartCampaignBudgetOptionsResponse response =
smartCampaignSuggestServiceClient.SuggestSmartCampaignBudgetOptions(request);
// Three tiers of options will be returned: "low", "high", and "recommended".
// Here we will use the "recommended" option. The amount is specified in micros, where
// one million is equivalent to one currency unit.
Console.WriteLine($"A daily budget amount of " +
$"{response.Recommended.DailyAmountMicros}" +
$" was suggested, garnering an estimated minimum of " +
$"{response.Recommended.Metrics.MinDailyClicks} clicks and an estimated " +
$"maximum of {response.Recommended.Metrics.MaxDailyClicks} clicks per day.");
return(response.Recommended.DailyAmountMicros);
}
// [END add_smart_campaign_4]
// [START add_smart_campaign_8]
/// <summary>
/// Creates a list of MutateOperations that create new campaign criteria.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="customerId">The Google Ads customer ID.</param>
/// <param name="keywordThemeInfos">A list of KeywordThemeInfos.</param>
/// <param name="suggestionInfo">A SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo instance.</param>
/// <returns>A list of MutateOperations that create new campaign criteria.</returns>
private IEnumerable <MutateOperation> CreateCampaignCriterionOperations(long customerId,
IEnumerable <KeywordThemeInfo> keywordThemeInfos, SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo
suggestionInfo)
{
List <MutateOperation> mutateOperations = keywordThemeInfos.Select(
keywordThemeInfo => new MutateOperation
{
CampaignCriterionOperation = new CampaignCriterionOperation
{
Create = new CampaignCriterion
{
// Set the campaign ID to a temporary ID.
Campaign = ResourceNames.Campaign(
customerId, SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID),
// Set the keyword theme to each KeywordThemeInfo in turn.
KeywordTheme = keywordThemeInfo,
}
}
}).ToList();
// Create a location criterion for each location in the suggestion info.
mutateOperations.AddRange(
suggestionInfo.LocationList.Locations.Select(
locationInfo => new MutateOperation()
{
CampaignCriterionOperation = new CampaignCriterionOperation()
{
Create = new CampaignCriterion()
{
// Set the campaign ID to a temporary ID.
Campaign = ResourceNames.Campaign(customerId,
SMART_CAMPAIGN_TEMPORARY_ID),
// Set the location to the given location.
Location = locationInfo
}
}
}).ToList()
);
return(mutateOperations);
}
// [END add_smart_campaign]
// [START add_smart_campaign_9]
/// <summary>
/// Builds a SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo object with business details.
///
/// The details are used by the SmartCampaignSuggestService to suggest a
/// budget amount as well as creatives for the ad.
///
/// Note that when retrieving ad creative suggestions it's required that the
/// "final_url", "language_code" and "keyword_themes" fields are set on the
/// SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo instance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="client">The Google Ads client.</param>
/// <param name="businessLocationId">The ID of a Business Profile location.</param>
/// <param name="businessName">The name of a Business Profile.</param>
/// <returns>A SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo instance .</returns>
private SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo GetSmartCampaignSuggestionInfo(GoogleAdsClient client,
ulong?businessLocationId, string businessName)
{
SmartCampaignSuggestServiceClient smartCampaignSuggestServiceClient =
client.GetService(Services.V10.SmartCampaignSuggestService);
SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo suggestionInfo = new SmartCampaignSuggestionInfo
{
// Add the URL of the campaign's landing page.
FinalUrl = LANDING_PAGE_URL,
LanguageCode = LANGUAGE_CODE,
// Construct location information using the given geo target constant. It's
// also possible to provide a geographic proximity using the "proximity"
// field on suggestion_info, for example:
// Proximity = new ProximityInfo
// {
// Address = new AddressInfo
// {
// PostalCode = "INSERT_POSTAL_CODE",
// ProvinceCode = "INSERT_PROVINCE_CODE",
// CountryCode = "INSERT_COUNTRY_CODE",
// ProvinceName = "INSERT_PROVINCE_NAME",
// StreetAddress = "INSERT_STREET_ADDRESS",
// StreetAddress2 = "INSERT_STREET_ADDRESS_2",
// CityName = "INSERT_CITY_NAME"
// },
// Radius = Double.Parse("INSERT_RADIUS"),
// RadiusUnits = ProximityRadiusUnits.Kilometers
// }
// For more information on proximities see:
// https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/latest/ProximityInfo
LocationList = new LocationList()
{
Locations =
{
new LocationInfo
{
// Set the location to the resource name of the given geo target
// constant.
GeoTargetConstant =
ResourceNames.GeoTargetConstant(GEO_TARGET_CONSTANT)
}
}
}
};
// Add the Business Profile location ID if provided.
if (businessLocationId.HasValue)
{
// Transform Google Business Location ID to a compatible format before
// passing it onto the API.
suggestionInfo.BusinessLocationId =
ConvertBusinessLocationId(businessLocationId.Value);
}
else
{
suggestionInfo.BusinessContext = new BusinessContext
{
BusinessName = businessName,
};
}
// Add a schedule detailing which days of the week the business is open. This schedule
// describes a business that is open on Mondays from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
AdScheduleInfo adScheduleInfo = new AdScheduleInfo
{
// Set the day of this schedule as Monday.
DayOfWeek = DayOfWeekEnum.Types.DayOfWeek.Monday,
// Set the start hour to 9 AM.
StartHour = 9,
// Set the end hour to 5 PM.
EndHour = 17,
// Set the start and end minutes to zero.
StartMinute = MinuteOfHourEnum.Types.MinuteOfHour.Zero,
EndMinute = MinuteOfHourEnum.Types.MinuteOfHour.Zero
};
suggestionInfo.AdSchedules.Add(adScheduleInfo);
return(suggestionInfo);
}
/// <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;
}
}