Create Customer

Java

// Copyright 2019 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

package com.google.ads.googleads.examples.accountmanagement;

import com.beust.jcommander.Parameter;
import com.google.ads.googleads.examples.utils.ArgumentNames;
import com.google.ads.googleads.examples.utils.CodeSampleParams;
import com.google.ads.googleads.lib.GoogleAdsClient;
import com.google.ads.googleads.v17.errors.GoogleAdsError;
import com.google.ads.googleads.v17.errors.GoogleAdsException;
import com.google.ads.googleads.v17.resources.Customer;
import com.google.ads.googleads.v17.services.CreateCustomerClientResponse;
import com.google.ads.googleads.v17.services.CustomerServiceClient;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

/**
 * Creates a new customer under a given manager account.
 *
 * <p>Note: this example must be run using the credentials of a Google Ads manager account. By
 * default, the new account will only be accessible via the manager account.
 */
public class CreateCustomer {

  private static class CreateCustomerParams extends CodeSampleParams {

    @Parameter(
        names = ArgumentNames.CUSTOMER_ID,
        description = "Manager account to own the new customer.")
    public Long managerAccountId;
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    CreateCustomerParams params = new CreateCustomerParams();
    if (!params.parseArguments(args)) {

      // Either pass the owning manager account on the command line or insert the ID here.
      params.managerAccountId = Long.valueOf("INSERT_MANAGER_ID_HERE");
    }

    GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient = null;
    try {
      googleAdsClient = GoogleAdsClient.newBuilder().fromPropertiesFile().build();
    } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
      System.err.printf(
          "Failed to load GoogleAdsClient configuration from file. Exception: %s%n", fnfe);
      System.exit(1);
    } catch (IOException ioe) {
      System.err.printf("Failed to create GoogleAdsClient. Exception: %s%n", ioe);
      System.exit(1);
    }

    try {
      new CreateCustomer().runExample(googleAdsClient, params.managerAccountId);
    } catch (GoogleAdsException gae) {
      // GoogleAdsException is the base class for most exceptions thrown by an API request.
      // Instances of this exception have a message and a GoogleAdsFailure that contains a
      // collection of GoogleAdsErrors that indicate the underlying causes of the
      // GoogleAdsException.
      System.err.printf(
          "Request ID %s failed due to GoogleAdsException. Underlying errors:%n",
          gae.getRequestId());
      int i = 0;
      for (GoogleAdsError googleAdsError : gae.getGoogleAdsFailure().getErrorsList()) {
        System.err.printf("  Error %d: %s%n", i++, googleAdsError);
      }
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  private void runExample(GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient, Long managerId) {
    // Formats the current date/time to use as a timestamp in the new customer description.
    String dateTime = ZonedDateTime.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.RFC_1123_DATE_TIME);

    // Initializes a Customer object to be created.
    Customer customer =
        Customer.newBuilder()
            .setDescriptiveName("Account created with CustomerService on '" + dateTime + "'")
            .setCurrencyCode("USD")
            .setTimeZone("America/New_York")
            // Optional: Sets additional attributes of the customer.
            .setTrackingUrlTemplate("{lpurl}?device={device}")
            .setFinalUrlSuffix("keyword={keyword}&matchtype={matchtype}&adgroupid={adgroupid}")
            .build();

    // Sends the request to create the customer.
    try (CustomerServiceClient client =
        googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createCustomerServiceClient()) {
      CreateCustomerClientResponse response =
          client.createCustomerClient(managerId.toString(), customer);
      System.out.printf(
          "Created a customer with resource name '%s' under the manager account with"
              + " customer ID '%d'.%n",
          response.getResourceName(), managerId);
    }
  }
}

      

C#

// Copyright 2019 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.

using CommandLine;
using Google.Ads.Gax.Examples;
using Google.Ads.GoogleAds.Lib;
using Google.Ads.GoogleAds.V17.Errors;
using Google.Ads.GoogleAds.V17.Resources;
using Google.Ads.GoogleAds.V17.Services;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace Google.Ads.GoogleAds.Examples.V17
{
    /// <summary>
    /// This code example illustrates how to create a new customer under a given manager account.
    ///
    /// Note: this example must be run using the credentials of a Google Ads manager account.
    /// By default, the new account will only be accessible via the manager account.
    /// </summary>
    public class CreateCustomer : ExampleBase
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Command line options for running the <see cref="CreateCustomer"/> example.
        /// </summary>
        public class Options : OptionsBase
        {
            /// <summary>
            /// The manager customer ID.
            /// </summary>
            [Option("managerCustomerId", Required = true, HelpText =
                "The manager customer ID.")]
            public long ManagerCustomerId { get; set; }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Main method, to run this code example as a standalone application.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="args">The command line arguments.</param>
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Options options = ExampleUtilities.ParseCommandLine<Options>(args);

            CreateCustomer codeExample = new CreateCustomer();
            Console.WriteLine(codeExample.Description);
            codeExample.Run(new GoogleAdsClient(),
                options.ManagerCustomerId);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Returns a description about the code example.
        /// </summary>
        public override string Description =>
            "This code example illustrates how to create a new customer under a given manager " +
            "account.\nNote: this example must be run using the credentials of a Google Ads " +
            "manager account. By default, the new account will only be accessible via the " +
            "manager account.";

        /// <summary>
        /// Runs the code example.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="client">The Google Ads client.</param>
        /// <param name="managerCustomerId">The manager customer ID.</param>
        public void Run(GoogleAdsClient client, long managerCustomerId)
        {
            // Get the CustomerService.
            CustomerServiceClient customerService = client.GetService(Services.V17.CustomerService);

            Customer customer = new Customer()
            {
                DescriptiveName = $"Account created with CustomerService on '{DateTime.Now}'",

                // For a list of valid currency codes and time zones see this documentation:
                // https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/data/codes-formats#codes_formats.
                CurrencyCode = "USD",
                TimeZone = "America/New_York",

                // The below values are optional. For more information about URL
                // options see: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6305348.
                TrackingUrlTemplate = "{lpurl}?device={device}",
                FinalUrlSuffix = "keyword={keyword}&matchtype={matchtype}&adgroupid={adgroupid}"
            };

            try
            {
                // Create the account.
                CreateCustomerClientResponse response = customerService.CreateCustomerClient(
                    managerCustomerId.ToString(), customer);

                // Display the result.
                Console.WriteLine($"Created a customer with resource name " +
                    $"'{response.ResourceName}' under the manager account with customer " +
                    $"ID '{managerCustomerId}'");
            }
            catch (GoogleAdsException e)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Failure:");
                Console.WriteLine($"Message: {e.Message}");
                Console.WriteLine($"Failure: {e.Failure}");
                Console.WriteLine($"Request ID: {e.RequestId}");
                throw;
            }
        }
    }
}

      

PHP

<?php

/**
 * Copyright 2018 Google LLC
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

namespace Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Examples\AccountManagement;

require __DIR__ . '/../../vendor/autoload.php';

use GetOpt\GetOpt;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Examples\Utils\ArgumentNames;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Examples\Utils\ArgumentParser;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Lib\V17\GoogleAdsClient;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Lib\V17\GoogleAdsClientBuilder;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Lib\V17\GoogleAdsException;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Lib\OAuth2TokenBuilder;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\V17\Errors\GoogleAdsError;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\V17\Resources\Customer;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\V17\Services\CreateCustomerClientRequest;
use Google\ApiCore\ApiException;

/**
 * This example illustrates how to create a new customer under a given manager account.
 *
 * Note: this example must be run using the credentials of a Google Ads manager account. By default,
 * the new account will only be accessible via the manager account.
 */
class CreateCustomer
{
    private const MANAGER_CUSTOMER_ID = 'INSERT_MANAGER_CUSTOMER_ID_HERE';

    public static function main()
    {
        // Either pass the required parameters for this example on the command line, or insert them
        // into the constants above.
        $options = (new ArgumentParser())->parseCommandArguments([
            ArgumentNames::MANAGER_CUSTOMER_ID => GetOpt::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT
        ]);

        // Generate a refreshable OAuth2 credential for authentication.
        $oAuth2Credential = (new OAuth2TokenBuilder())->fromFile()->build();

        // Construct a Google Ads client configured from a properties file and the
        // OAuth2 credentials above.
        $googleAdsClient = (new GoogleAdsClientBuilder())->fromFile()
            ->withOAuth2Credential($oAuth2Credential)
            ->build();

        try {
            self::runExample(
                $googleAdsClient,
                $options[ArgumentNames::MANAGER_CUSTOMER_ID] ?: self::MANAGER_CUSTOMER_ID
            );
        } catch (GoogleAdsException $googleAdsException) {
            printf(
                "Request with ID '%s' has failed.%sGoogle Ads failure details:%s",
                $googleAdsException->getRequestId(),
                PHP_EOL,
                PHP_EOL
            );
            foreach ($googleAdsException->getGoogleAdsFailure()->getErrors() as $error) {
                /** @var GoogleAdsError $error */
                printf(
                    "\t%s: %s%s",
                    $error->getErrorCode()->getErrorCode(),
                    $error->getMessage(),
                    PHP_EOL
                );
            }
            exit(1);
        } catch (ApiException $apiException) {
            printf(
                "ApiException was thrown with message '%s'.%s",
                $apiException->getMessage(),
                PHP_EOL
            );
            exit(1);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Runs the example.
     *
     * @param GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient the Google Ads API client
     * @param int $managerCustomerId the manager customer ID
     */
    public static function runExample(GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient, int $managerCustomerId)
    {
        $customer = new Customer([
            'descriptive_name' => 'Account created with CustomerService on ' . date('Ymd h:i:s'),
            // For a list of valid currency codes and time zones see this documentation:
            // https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/data/codes-formats.
            'currency_code' => 'USD',
            'time_zone' => 'America/New_York',
            // The below values are optional. For more information about URL
            // options see: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6305348.
            'tracking_url_template' => '{lpurl}?device={device}',
            'final_url_suffix' => 'keyword={keyword}&matchtype={matchtype}&adgroupid={adgroupid}'
        ]);

        // Issues a mutate request to create an account
        $customerServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getCustomerServiceClient();
        $response = $customerServiceClient->createCustomerClient(
            CreateCustomerClientRequest::build($managerCustomerId, $customer)
        );

        printf(
            'Created a customer with resource name "%s" under the manager account with '
            . 'customer ID %d.%s',
            $response->getResourceName(),
            $managerCustomerId,
            PHP_EOL
        );
    }
}

CreateCustomer::main();

      

Python

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Copyright 2018 Google LLC
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
"""This example illustrates how to create a new customer under a given
manager account.

Note: this example must be run using the credentials of a Google Ads manager
account. By default, the new account will only be accessible via the manager
account.
"""


import argparse
import sys
from datetime import datetime

from google.ads.googleads.client import GoogleAdsClient
from google.ads.googleads.errors import GoogleAdsException

def main(client, manager_customer_id):
    customer_service = client.get_service("CustomerService")
    customer = client.get_type("Customer")
    now = datetime.today().strftime("%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S")
    customer.descriptive_name = f"Account created with CustomerService on {now}"
    # For a list of valid currency codes and time zones see this documentation:
    # https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/data/codes-formats
    customer.currency_code = "USD"
    customer.time_zone = "America/New_York"
    # The below values are optional. For more information about URL
    # options see: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6305348
    customer.tracking_url_template = "{lpurl}?device={device}"
    customer.final_url_suffix = (
        "keyword={keyword}&matchtype={matchtype}" "&adgroupid={adgroupid}"
    )

    response = customer_service.create_customer_client(
        customer_id=manager_customer_id, customer_client=customer
    )
    print(
        f'Customer created with resource name "{response.resource_name}" '
        f'under manager account with ID "{manager_customer_id}".'
    )


if __name__ == "__main__":
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
        description=("Creates a new client under the given manager.")
    )
    # The following argument(s) should be provided to run the example.
    parser.add_argument(
        "-m",
        "--manager_customer_id",
        type=str,
        required=True,
        help="A Google Ads customer ID for the "
        "manager account under which the new customer will "
        "be created.",
    )
    args = parser.parse_args()

    # GoogleAdsClient will read the google-ads.yaml configuration file in the
    # home directory if none is specified.
    googleads_client = GoogleAdsClient.load_from_storage(version="v17")

    try:
        main(googleads_client, args.manager_customer_id)
    except GoogleAdsException as ex:
        print(
            f'Request with ID "{ex.request_id}" failed with status '
            f'"{ex.error.code().name}" and includes the following errors:'
        )
        for error in ex.failure.errors:
            print(f'\tError with message "{error.message}".')
            if error.location:
                for field_path_element in error.location.field_path_elements:
                    print(f"\t\tOn field: {field_path_element.field_name}")
        sys.exit(1)

      

Ruby

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# Encoding: utf-8
#
# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
#
# This example illustrates how to create a new customer under a given manager
# account.
#
# Note: This example must be run using the credentials of a Google Ads manager
# account. By default, the new account will only be accessible via the manager
# account.

require 'optparse'
require 'google/ads/google_ads'
require 'date'

def create_customer(manager_customer_id)
  # GoogleAdsClient will read a config file from
  # ENV['HOME']/google_ads_config.rb when called without parameters
  client = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::GoogleAdsClient.new

  customer = client.resource.customer do |c|
    c.descriptive_name = "Account created with CustomerService on #{(Time.new.to_f * 1000).to_i}"

    # For a list of valid currency codes and time zones, see this documentation:
    # https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/data/codes-formats
    c.currency_code = "USD"
    c.time_zone = "America/New_York"

    # The below values are optional. For more information about URL options, see:
    # https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6305348
    c.tracking_url_template = "{lpurl}?device={device}"
    c.final_url_suffix = "keyword={keyword}&matchtype={matchtype}&adgroupid={adgroupid}"
  end

  response = client.service.customer.create_customer_client(
    customer_id: manager_customer_id,
    customer_client: customer
  )

  puts "Created a customer with resource name #{response.resource_name} under" +
      " the manager account with customer ID #{manager_customer_id}."
end

if __FILE__ == $0
  PAGE_SIZE = 1000

  options = {}
  # The following parameter(s) should be provided to run the example. You can
  # either specify these by changing the INSERT_XXX_ID_HERE values below, or on
  # the command line.
  #
  # Parameters passed on the command line will override any parameters set in
  # code.
  #
  # Running the example with -h will print the command line usage.
  options[:manager_customer_id] = 'INSERT_MANAGER_CUSTOMER_ID_HERE'

  OptionParser.new do |opts|
    opts.banner = sprintf('Usage: %s [options]', File.basename(__FILE__))

    opts.separator ''
    opts.separator 'Options:'

    opts.on('-M', '--manager-customer-id MANAGEr-CUSTOMER-ID', String,
        'Customer ID') do |v|
      options[:manager_customer_id] = v
    end

    opts.separator ''
    opts.separator 'Help:'

    opts.on_tail('-h', '--help', 'Show this message') do
      puts opts
      exit
    end
  end.parse!

  begin
    create_customer(options.fetch(:manager_customer_id).tr("-", ""))
  rescue Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Errors::GoogleAdsError => e
    e.failure.errors.each do |error|
      STDERR.printf("Error with message: %s\n", error.message)
      if error.location
        error.location.field_path_elements.each do |field_path_element|
          STDERR.printf("\tOn field: %s\n", field_path_element.field_name)
        end
      end
      error.error_code.to_h.each do |k, v|
        next if v == :UNSPECIFIED
        STDERR.printf("\tType: %s\n\tCode: %s\n", k, v)
      end
    end
    raise
  end
end

      

Perl

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
#
# Copyright 2019, Google LLC
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
#
# This example illustrates how to create a new customer under a given manager
# account.
#
# Note: This example must be run using the credentials of a Google Ads manager
# account. By default, the new account will only be accessible via the manager
# account.

use strict;
use warnings;
use utf8;

use FindBin qw($Bin);
use lib "$Bin/../../lib";
use Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Client;
use Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Utils::GoogleAdsHelper;
use Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V17::Resources::Customer;

use Getopt::Long qw(:config auto_help);
use Pod::Usage;
use Cwd          qw(abs_path);
use Data::Uniqid qw(uniqid);

# The following parameter(s) should be provided to run the example. You can
# either specify these by changing the INSERT_XXX_ID_HERE values below, or on
# the command line.
#
# Parameters passed on the command line will override any parameters set in
# code.
#
# Running the example with -h will print the command line usage.
my $manager_customer_id = "INSERT_MANAGER_CUSTOMER_ID_HERE";

sub create_customer {
  my ($api_client, $manager_customer_id) = @_;

  # Initialize a customer to be created.
  my $customer = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V17::Resources::Customer->new({
      descriptiveName => "Account created with CustomerService on #" . uniqid(),

      # For a list of valid currency codes and time zones, see this documentation:
      # https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/data/codes-formats
      currencyCode => "USD",
      timeZone     => "America/New_York",

      # The below values are optional. For more information about URL options, see:
      # https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6305348
      trackingUrlTemplate => "{lpurl}?device={device}",
      finalUrlSuffix      =>
        "keyword={keyword}&matchtype={matchtype}&adgroupid={adgroupid}"
  });

  # Create the customer client.
  my $create_customer_client_response =
    $api_client->CustomerService()->create_customer_client({
      customerId     => $manager_customer_id,
      customerClient => $customer
    });

  printf
    "Created a customer with resource name '%s' under the manager account " .
    "with customer ID %d.\n", $create_customer_client_response->{resourceName},
    $manager_customer_id;

  return 1;
}

# Don't run the example if the file is being included.
if (abs_path($0) ne abs_path(__FILE__)) {
  return 1;
}

# Get Google Ads Client, credentials will be read from ~/googleads.properties.
my $api_client = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::Client->new();

# By default examples are set to die on any server returned fault.
$api_client->set_die_on_faults(1);

# Parameters passed on the command line will override any parameters set in code.
GetOptions("manager_customer_id=s" => \$manager_customer_id);

# Print the help message if the parameters are not initialized in the code nor
# in the command line.
pod2usage(2) if not check_params($manager_customer_id);

# Call the example.
create_customer($api_client, $manager_customer_id =~ s/-//gr);

=pod

=head1 NAME

create_customer

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This example illustrates how to create a new customer under a given manager account.

Note: This example must be run using the credentials of a Google Ads manager account.
By default, the new account will only be accessible via the manager account.

=head1 SYNOPSIS

create_customer.pl [options]

    -help                       Show the help message.
    -manager_customer_id        The Google Ads manager customer ID.

=cut