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Create a Things to do campaign

The first step in implementing Things to do ads is creating a Things to do campaign. In creating the campaign, you set its budget, bidding strategy, and Things to do Center account ID.

Here are the steps in setting up a campaign:

Setting the campaign's advertising_channel_type to TRAVEL and advertising_channel_sub_type to TRAVEL_ACTIVITIES .
Creating a TravelCampaignSettings , setting its travel_account_id , and then adding it to the campaign.
Creating a MaximizeConversionValue bidding strategy for the campaign.

The following code demonstrates these steps.

Java

 private 
  
 String 
  
 addThingsToDoCampaign 
 ( 
  
 GoogleAdsClient 
  
 googleAdsClient 
 , 
  
 long 
  
 customerId 
 , 
  
 String 
  
 budgetResourceName 
 , 
  
 long 
  
 thingsToDoCenterAccountId 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // Creates the campaign. 
  
 Campaign 
  
 campaign 
  
 = 
  
 Campaign 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 () 
  
 . 
 setName 
 ( 
 "Interplanetary Cruise #" 
  
 + 
  
 getPrintableDateTime 
 ()) 
  
 // Configures settings related to Things to do campaigns including advertising channel 
  
 // type, advertising channel sub type and travel campaign settings. 
  
 . 
 setAdvertisingChannelType 
 ( 
 AdvertisingChannelType 
 . 
 TRAVEL 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setAdvertisingChannelSubType 
 ( 
 AdvertisingChannelSubType 
 . 
 TRAVEL_ACTIVITIES 
 ) 
  
 . 
 setTravelCampaignSettings 
 ( 
  
 TravelCampaignSettings 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 (). 
 setTravelAccountId 
 ( 
 thingsToDoCenterAccountId 
 )) 
  
 // Recommendation: Sets the campaign to PAUSED when creating it to prevent 
  
 // the ads from immediately serving. Set to ENABLED once you've added 
  
 // targeting and the ads are ready to serve 
  
 . 
 setStatus 
 ( 
 CampaignStatus 
 . 
 PAUSED 
 ) 
  
 // Sets the bidding strategy to MaximizeConversionValue. Only this type can be used 
  
 // for Things to do campaigns. 
  
 . 
 setMaximizeConversionValue 
 ( 
 MaximizeConversionValue 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 ()) 
  
 // Sets the budget. 
  
 . 
 setCampaignBudget 
 ( 
 budgetResourceName 
 ) 
  
 // Configures the campaign network options. Only Google Search is allowed for 
  
 // Things to do campaigns. 
  
 . 
 setNetworkSettings 
 ( 
 NetworkSettings 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 (). 
 setTargetGoogleSearch 
 ( 
 true 
 )) 
  
 // Declares whether this campaign serves political ads targeting the EU. 
  
 . 
 setContainsEuPoliticalAdvertising 
 ( 
 DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING 
 ) 
  
 . 
 build 
 (); 
  
 // Creates a campaign operation. 
  
 CampaignOperation 
  
 operation 
  
 = 
  
 CampaignOperation 
 . 
 newBuilder 
 (). 
 setCreate 
 ( 
 campaign 
 ). 
 build 
 (); 
  
 // Issues a mutate request to add the campaign. 
  
 try 
  
 ( 
 CampaignServiceClient 
  
 campaignServiceClient 
  
 = 
  
 googleAdsClient 
 . 
 getLatestVersion 
 (). 
 createCampaignServiceClient 
 ()) 
  
 { 
  
 MutateCampaignsResponse 
  
 response 
  
 = 
  
 campaignServiceClient 
 . 
 mutateCampaigns 
 ( 
  
 Long 
 . 
 toString 
 ( 
 customerId 
 ), 
  
 Collections 
 . 
 singletonList 
 ( 
 operation 
 )); 
  
 MutateCampaignResult 
  
 result 
  
 = 
  
 response 
 . 
 getResults 
 ( 
 0 
 ); 
  
 System 
 . 
 out 
 . 
 printf 
 ( 
  
 "Added a Things to do campaign with resource name: '%s'%n" 
 , 
  
 result 
 . 
 getResourceName 
 ()); 
  
 return 
  
 result 
 . 
 getResourceName 
 (); 
  
 } 
 } 
   AddThingsToDoAd 
 . 
 java

C#

 // Creates a campaign. 
 Campaign 
  
 campaign 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 Campaign 
 () 
 { 
  
 Name 
  
 = 
  
 "Interplanetary Cruise #" 
  
 + 
  
 ExampleUtilities 
 . 
 GetRandomString 
 (), 
  
 AdvertisingChannelType 
  
 = 
  
 AdvertisingChannelType 
 . 
 Travel 
 , 
  
 AdvertisingChannelSubType 
  
 = 
  
 AdvertisingChannelSubType 
 . 
 TravelActivities 
 , 
  
 TravelCampaignSettings 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 TravelCampaignSettings 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 TravelAccountId 
  
 = 
  
 thingsToDoCenterAccountId 
  
 }, 
  
 // Recommendation: Set the campaign to PAUSED when creating it to prevent 
  
 // the ads from immediately serving. Set to ENABLED once you've added 
  
 // targeting and the ads are ready to serve 
  
 Status 
  
 = 
  
 CampaignStatus 
 . 
 Paused 
 , 
  
 // Set the bidding strategy and budget. 
  
 MaximizeConversionValue 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 MaximizeConversionValue 
 (), 
  
 CampaignBudget 
  
 = 
  
 budget 
 , 
  
 // Set the campaign network options. 
  
 NetworkSettings 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 NetworkSettings 
  
 { 
  
 TargetGoogleSearch 
  
 = 
  
 true 
  
 }, 
  
 // Declare whether or not this campaign contains political ads targeting the EU. 
  
 ContainsEuPoliticalAdvertising 
  
 = 
  
 EuPoliticalAdvertisingStatus 
 . 
 DoesNotContainEuPoliticalAdvertising 
 , 
 }; 
   AddThingsToDoAd 
 . 
 cs

PHP

 private static function addThingsToDoCampaign( 
 GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient, 
 int $customerId, 
 string $budgetResourceName, 
 int $thingsToDoCenterAccountId 
 ) { 
 // Creates a campaign. 
 $campaign = new Campaign([ 
 'name' => 'Interplanetary Cruise Campaign #' . Helper::getPrintableDatetime(), 
 // Configures settings related to Things to do campaigns including advertising channel 
 // type, advertising channel sub type and travel campaign settings. 
 'advertising_channel_type' => AdvertisingChannelType::TRAVEL, 
 'advertising_channel_sub_type' => AdvertisingChannelSubType::TRAVEL_ACTIVITIES, 
 'travel_campaign_settings' 
 => new TravelCampaignSettings(['travel_account_id' => $thingsToDoCenterAccountId]), 
 // Recommendation: Set the campaign to PAUSED when creating it to prevent 
 // the ads from immediately serving. Set to ENABLED once you've added 
 // targeting and the ads are ready to serve. 
 'status' => CampaignStatus::PAUSED, 
 // Sets the bidding strategy to MaximizeConversionValue. Only this type can be used 
 // for Things to do campaigns. 
 'maximize_conversion_value' => new MaximizeConversionValue(), 
 // Sets the budget. 
 'campaign_budget' => $budgetResourceName, 
 // Configures the campaign network options. Only Google Search is allowed for 
 // Things to do campaigns. 
 'network_settings' => new NetworkSettings(['target_google_search' => true]), 
 // Declare whether or not this campaign serves political ads targeting the EU. 
 'contains_eu_political_advertising' = 
> EuPoliticalAdvertisingStatus::DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING 
 ]); 
 // Creates a campaign operation. 
 $campaignOperation = new CampaignOperation(); 
 $campaignOperation->setCreate($campaign); 
 // Issues a mutate request to add campaigns. 
 $campaignServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getCampaignServiceClient(); 
 $response = $campaignServiceClient->mutateCampaigns( 
 MutateCampaignsRequest::build($customerId, [$campaignOperation]) 
 ); 
 /** @var Campaign $addedCampaign */ 
 $addedCampaign = $response->getResults()[0]; 
 printf( 
 "Added a Things to do campaign with resource name '%s'.%s", 
 $addedCampaign->getResourceName(), 
 PHP_EOL 
 ); 
 return $addedCampaign->getResourceName(); 
 }  AddThingsToDoAd.php

def add_things_to_do_campaign ( client : GoogleAdsClient , customer_id : str , budget_resource_name : str , things_to_do_center_account_id : int , ) - > str : """Creates a new Things to do campaign in the specified customer account. Args: client: an initialized GoogleAdsClient instance. customer_id: a client customer ID. budget_resource_name: the resource name of a budget for a new campaign. things_to_do_center_account_id: the Things to Do Center account ID. Returns: The resource name of the newly created campaign. """ # Creates a campaign operation. operation : CampaignOperation = client . get_type ( "CampaignOperation" ) # Creates a campaign. campaign : Campaign = operation . create campaign . name = ( f "Interplanetary Cruise Campaign # { get_printable_datetime () } " ) # Configures settings related to Things to do campaigns including # advertising channel type, advertising channel sub type and travel # campaign settings. campaign . advertising_channel_type = ( client . enums . AdvertisingChannelTypeEnum . TRAVEL ) campaign . advertising_channel_sub_type = ( client . enums . AdvertisingChannelSubTypeEnum . TRAVEL_ACTIVITIES ) campaign . travel_campaign_settings . travel_account_id = ( things_to_do_center_account_id ) # Recommendation: Set the campaign to PAUSED when creating it to prevent # the ads from immediately serving. Set to ENABLED once you've added # targeting and the ads are ready to serve. campaign . status = client . enums . CampaignStatusEnum . PAUSED # Sets the bidding strategy to MaximizeConversionValue. Only this type can # be used for Things to do campaigns. campaign . maximize_conversion_value = client . get_type ( "MaximizeConversionValue" ) # Sets the budget. campaign . campaign_budget = budget_resource_name # Configures the campaign network options. Only Google Search is allowed for # Things to do campaigns. campaign . network_settings . target_google_search = True # Declare whether or not this campaign serves political ads targeting the # EU. Valid values are: # CONTAINS_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING # DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING campaign . contains_eu_political_advertising = ( client . enums . EuPoliticalAdvertisingStatusEnum . DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING ) # Issues a mutate request to add campaigns. campaign_service : CampaignServiceClient = client . get_service ( "CampaignService" ) response : MutateCampaignsResponse = campaign_service . mutate_campaigns ( customer_id = customer_id , operations = [ operation ] ) resource_name : str = response . results [ 0 ] . resource_name print ( f "Added a Things to do campaign with resource name: ' { resource_name } '." ) return resource_name

add_things_to_do_ad

. py

def add_things_to_do_campaign ( client , customer_id , budget_resource , things_to_do_center_account_id ) # Create a campaign. campaign_operation = client . operation . create_resource . campaign do | c | c . name = generate_random_name_field ( "Interplanetary Cruise Campaign" ) # Configures settings related to Things to Do campaigns including # advertising channel type, advertising channel sub type and # travel campaign settings. c . advertising_channel_type = :TRAVEL c . advertising_channel_sub_type = :TRAVEL_ACTIVITIES c . travel_campaign_settings = client . resource . travel_campaign_settings do | tcs | tcs . travel_account_id = things_to_do_center_account_id end # Recommendation: Set the campaign to PAUSED when creating it to prevent the # ads from immediately serving. Set to ENABLED once you've added targeting # and the ads are ready to serve. c . status = :PAUSED # Sets the bidding strategy to MaximizeConversionValue. Only this type can # be used for Things to Do campaigns. c . maximize_conversion_value = client . resource . maximize_conversion_value # Set the budget. c . campaign_budget = budget_resource # Configures the campaign network options. Only Google Search is allowed for # Things to Do campaigns. c . network_settings = client . resource . network_settings do | ns | ns . target_google_search = true end # Declare whether or not this campaign serves political ads targeting the EU. # Valid values are CONTAINS_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING and # DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING. c . contains_eu_political_advertising = :DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING end # Issue a mutate request to add the campaign. campaign_service = client . service . campaign response = campaign_service . mutate_campaigns ( customer_id : customer_id , operations : [ campaign_operation ] , ) # Fetch the new campaign's resource name. campaign_resource = response . results . first . resource_name puts "Added Things To Do campaign with resource name ' #{ campaign_resource } '." campaign_resource end

add_things_to_do_ad

. rb

sub add_things_to_do_campaign { my ( $api_client , $customer_id , $budget_resource_name , $things_to_do_center_account_id ) = @_ ; # Create a campaign. my $campaign = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V21::Resources:: Campaign - > new ({ name = > "Interplanetary Cruise Campaign #" . uniqid (), # Configure settings related to Things to do campaigns including # advertising channel type, advertising channel sub type and travel # campaign settings. advertisingChannelType = > TRAVEL , advertisingChannelSubType = > TRAVEL_ACTIVITIES , travelCampaignSettings = > Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V21::Resources:: TravelCampaignSettings - > new ({ travelAccountId = > $things_to_do_center_account_id } ), # Recommendation: Set the campaign to PAUSED when creating it to prevent # the ads from immediately serving. Set to ENABLED once you've added # targeting and the ads are ready to serve. status = > Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V21::Enums::CampaignStatusEnum:: PAUSED , # Set the bidding strategy to MaximizeConversionValue. Only this type can be # used for Things to do campaigns. maximizeConversionValue = > Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V21::Common:: MaximizeConversionValue - > new (), # Set the budget. campaignBudget = > $budget_resource_name , # Declare whether or not this campaign serves political ads targeting the EU. # Valid values are CONTAINS_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING and # DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING. containsEuPoliticalAdvertising = > DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_EU_POLITICAL_ADVERTISING , # Configure the campaign network options. Only Google Search is allowed for # Things to do campaigns. networkSettings = > Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V21::Resources:: NetworkSettings - > new ({ targetGoogleSearch = > "true" })}); # Create a campaign operation. my $campaign_operation = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V21::Services::CampaignService:: CampaignOperation - > new ({ create = > $campaign }); # Add the campaign. my $campaign_resource_name = $api_client - > CampaignService () - > mutate ({ customerId = > $customer_id , operations = > [ $campaign_operation ]}) - > { results }[ 0 ]{ resourceName }; printf "Added a Things to do campaign with resource name: '%s'.\n" , $campaign_resource_name ; return $campaign_resource_name ; }

add_things_to_do_ad . pl

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