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Java
// Copyright 2026 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.incentives
;
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.v24.errors.GoogleAdsError
;
import
com.google.ads.googleads.v24.errors.GoogleAdsException
;
import
com.google.ads.googleads.v24.services.ApplyIncentiveRequest
;
import
com.google.ads.googleads.v24.services.ApplyIncentiveResponse
;
import
com.google.ads.googleads.v24.services.IncentiveServiceClient
;
import
java.io.FileNotFoundException
;
import
java.io.IOException
;
/**
* This example applies an incentive to a user's account.
*
* <p>This example is a no-op if the user already has an accepted incentive. If the user attempts to
* apply a new incentive, the response will simply return the existing incentive that has already
* been applied to the account.
*/
public
class
ApplyIncentive
{
private
static
class
ApplyIncentiveParams
extends
CodeSampleParams
{
@Parameter
(
names
=
ArgumentNames
.
CUSTOMER_ID
,
required
=
true
,
description
=
"The Google Ads customer ID."
)
private
Long
customerId
;
@Parameter
(
names
=
ArgumentNames
.
INCENTIVE_ID
,
required
=
true
,
description
=
"The ID of the incentive to apply."
)
private
Long
incentiveId
;
@Parameter
(
names
=
ArgumentNames
.
COUNTRY_CODE
,
required
=
true
,
description
=
"The country for the incentive to apply."
)
private
String
countryCode
=
"US"
;
}
public
static
void
main
(
String
[]
args
)
throws
IOException
{
ApplyIncentiveParams
params
=
new
ApplyIncentiveParams
();
if
(
!
params
.
parseArguments
(
args
))
{
// Either pass the required parameters for this example on the command line, or insert them
// into the code here. See the parameter class definition above for more information.
params
.
customerId
=
Long
.
parseLong
(
"INSERT_CUSTOMER_ID_HERE"
);
params
.
incentiveId
=
Long
.
parseLong
(
"INSERT_INCENTIVE_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
ApplyIncentive
().
runExample
(
googleAdsClient
,
params
.
customerId
,
params
.
incentiveId
,
params
.
countryCode
);
}
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 GoogleAdsError instances that detail the underlying causes of the
// exception.
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
);
}
}
/**
* Runs the example.
*
* @param googleAdsClient the Google Ads API client.
* @param customerId the client customer ID.
* @param incentiveId the ID of the incentive to apply.
* @param countryCode the country of the incentive.
*/
private
void
runExample
(
GoogleAdsClient
googleAdsClient
,
long
customerId
,
long
incentiveId
,
String
countryCode
)
{
try
(
IncentiveServiceClient
incentiveServiceClient
=
googleAdsClient
.
getLatestVersion
()
.
createIncentiveServiceClient
())
{
ApplyIncentiveRequest
request
=
ApplyIncentiveRequest
.
newBuilder
()
.
setCustomerId
(
String
.
valueOf
(
customerId
))
.
setSelectedIncentiveId
(
incentiveId
)
.
setCountryCode
(
countryCode
).
build
();
// Issues the request.
ApplyIncentiveResponse
response
=
incentiveServiceClient
.
applyIncentive
(
request
);
// Processes the response.
System
.
out
.
println
(
"===================================================================="
);
System
.
out
.
printf
(
"Applied incentive with coupon code '%s'.%n"
,
response
.
getCouponCode
());
System
.
out
.
printf
(
"Incentive was created at '%s'.%n"
,
response
.
getCreationTime
());
System
.
out
.
println
(
"===================================================================="
);
}
}
}
C#
// Copyright 2026 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.Gax.Lib
;
using
Google.Ads.GoogleAds.Config
;
using
Google.Ads.GoogleAds.Extensions.Config
;
using
Google.Ads.GoogleAds.Lib
;
using
Google.Ads.GoogleAds.V23.Errors
;
using
Google.Ads.GoogleAds.V23.Services
;
using
System
;
namespace
Google.Ads.GoogleAds.Examples.V23
{
/// <summary>
/// This code example applies an incentive to a user's account.
/// </summary>
public
class
ApplyIncentive
:
ExampleBase
{
/// <summary>
/// Command line options for running the <see cref="FetchIncentives"/> example.
/// </summary>
public
class
Options
:
OptionsBase
{
/// <summary>
/// The customer ID for which the call is made.
/// </summary>
[Option("customerId", Required = true, HelpText =
"The customer ID for which the call is made.")]
public
long
CustomerId
{
get
;
set
;
}
/// <summary>
/// The ID of the incentive to apply.
/// </summary>
[Option("incentiveId", Required = true, HelpText =
"The ID of the incentive to apply.")]
public
long
IncentiveId
{
get
;
set
;
}
/// <summary>
/// The country for the incentive to apply.
/// </summary>
[Option("countryCode", Required = true, HelpText =
"The country for the incentive to apply.")]
public
string
CountryCode
{
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
);
ApplyIncentive
codeExample
=
new
ApplyIncentive
();
Console
.
WriteLine
(
codeExample
.
Description
);
codeExample
.
Run
(
new
GoogleAdsClient
(),
options
.
CustomerId
,
options
.
IncentiveId
,
options
.
CountryCode
);
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a description about the code example.
/// </summary>
public
override
string
Description
=
> "This code example applies an incentive to a user's account."
;
/// <summary>
/// Runs the code example.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="client">The Google Ads client.</param>
/// <param name="customerId">The client customer ID.</param>
/// <param name="incentiveId">The ID of the incentive to apply.</param>
/// <param name="countryCode">The country for the returned incentive.</param>
public
void
Run
(
GoogleAdsClient
client
,
long
customerId
,
long
incentiveId
,
string
countryCode
)
{
IncentiveServiceClient
incentiveService
=
client
.
GetService
(
Services
.
V23
.
IncentiveService
);
ApplyIncentiveRequest
request
=
new
ApplyIncentiveRequest
()
{
CustomerId
=
customerId
.
ToString
(),
SelectedIncentiveId
=
incentiveId
,
CountryCode
=
countryCode
};
try
{
ApplyIncentiveResponse
response
=
incentiveService
.
ApplyIncentive
(
request
);
Console
.
WriteLine
(
"==========================================="
);
Console
.
WriteLine
(
$"Applied incentive with coupon code: {response.CouponCode}"
);
Console
.
WriteLine
(
$"Incentive was created at: {response.CreationTime}"
);
Console
.
WriteLine
(
"==========================================="
);
}
catch
(
GoogleAdsException
e
)
{
Console
.
WriteLine
(
"Failure:"
);
Console
.
WriteLine
(
$"Message: {e.Message}"
);
Console
.
WriteLine
(
$"Failure: {e.Failure}"
);
Console
.
WriteLine
(
$"Request ID: {e.RequestId}"
);
throw
;
}
}
}
}
PHP
This example is not yet available in PHP; you can take a look at the other languages.
Python
#!/usr/bin/env python
# Copyright 2025 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 applies an incentive to a user's account.
This example is a no-op if the user already has an accepted incentive. If the
user attempts to apply a new incentive, the response will simply return the
existing incentive that has already been applied to the account. Use the
fetch_incentives.py example to get the available incentives.
"""
import
argparse
import
sys
from
google.ads.googleads.client
import
GoogleAdsClient
from
google.ads.googleads.errors
import
GoogleAdsException
from
google.ads.googleads.v24.services
import
(
ApplyIncentiveRequest
,
ApplyIncentiveResponse
,
)
from
google.ads.googleads.v24.services.services.incentive_service.client
import
(
IncentiveServiceClient
,
)
def
main
(
client
:
GoogleAdsClient
,
customer_id
:
str
,
incentive_id
:
str
,
country_code
:
str
,
)
-
> None
:
"""Applies an incentive for the ads customer.
Args:
client: An initialized GoogleAdsClient instance.
customer_id: The client customer ID.
country_code: The country code of the user.
incentive_id: The incentive ID to select.
"""
incentive_service
:
IncentiveServiceClient
=
client
.
get_service
(
"IncentiveService"
)
apply_incentive_request
:
ApplyIncentiveRequest
=
client
.
get_type
(
"ApplyIncentiveRequest"
)
apply_incentive_request
.
customer_id
=
customer_id
apply_incentive_request
.
selected_incentive_id
=
incentive_id
if
country_code
:
apply_incentive_request
.
country_code
=
country_code
response
:
ApplyIncentiveResponse
=
incentive_service
.
apply_incentive
(
request
=
apply_incentive_request
)
print
(
"Applied incentive."
)
print
(
f
"Coupon Code:
{
response
.
coupon_code
}
"
)
print
(
f
"Creation Time:
{
response
.
creation_time
}
"
)
if
__name__
==
"__main__"
:
parser
=
argparse
.
ArgumentParser
(
description
=
"Applies an incentive for the ads customer."
)
# The following argument(s) should be provided to run the example.
parser
.
add_argument
(
"-c"
,
"--customer_id"
,
type
=
str
,
required
=
True
,
help
=
"The Google Ads customer ID."
,
)
parser
.
add_argument
(
"-i"
,
"--incentive_id"
,
type
=
int
,
required
=
True
,
help
=
"The incentive ID to select."
,
)
parser
.
add_argument
(
"-k"
,
"--country_code"
,
type
=
str
,
required
=
True
,
help
=
"The country code of the user (e.g. 'US')."
,
)
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
=
"v24"
)
try
:
main
(
googleads_client
,
args
.
customer_id
,
args
.
incentive_id
,
args
.
country_code
,
)
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
'
\t
Error with message "
{
error
.
message
}
".'
)
if
error
.
location
:
for
field_path_element
in
error
.
location
.
field_path_elements
:
print
(
f
"
\t\t
On field:
{
field_path_element
.
field_name
}
"
)
sys
.
exit
(
1
)
Ruby
This example is not yet available in Ruby; you can take a look at the other languages.
Perl
This example is not yet available in Perl; you can take a look at the other languages.
curl
Note:
While a direct REST code sample for this step isn't provided here, you can achieve this using a manual REST request. Refer to the Google Ads API REST interface documentation and the method-specific reference pages. You will need to construct the JSON payload based on the proto definitions. Key Resources:
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Last updated 2026-04-22 UTC.
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