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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.v21.errors.GoogleAdsError
;
import
com.google.ads.googleads.v21.errors.GoogleAdsException
;
import
com.google.ads.googleads.v21.resources.Customer
;
import
com.google.ads.googleads.v21.services.CreateCustomerClientResponse
;
import
com.google.ads.googleads.v21.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.V21.Errors
;
using
Google.Ads.GoogleAds.V21.Resources
;
using
Google.Ads.GoogleAds.V21.Services
;
using
System
;
using
System.Collections.Generic
;
namespace
Google.Ads.GoogleAds.Examples.V21
{
/// <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
.
V21
.
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\V21\GoogleAdsClient;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Lib\V21\GoogleAdsClientBuilder;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Lib\V21\GoogleAdsException;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\Lib\OAuth2TokenBuilder;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\V21\Errors\GoogleAdsError;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\V21\Resources\Customer;
use Google\Ads\GoogleAds\V21\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
from
google.ads.googleads.v21.resources.types.customer
import
Customer
from
google.ads.googleads.v21.services.services.customer_service.client
import
(
CustomerServiceClient
,
)
from
google.ads.googleads.v21.services.types.customer_service
import
(
CreateCustomerClientResponse
,
)
def
main
(
client
:
GoogleAdsClient
,
manager_customer_id
:
str
)
-
> None
:
"""The main method that creates all necessary entities for the example.
Args:
client: an initialized GoogleAdsClient instance.
manager_customer_id: a manager client customer ID.
"""
customer_service
:
CustomerServiceClient
=
client
.
get_service
(
"CustomerService"
)
customer
:
Customer
=
client
.
get_type
(
"Customer"
)
now
:
str
=
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
:
CreateCustomerClientResponse
=
(
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
=
"v21"
)
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
'
\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
#!/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'
require_relative
'../shared/error_handler.rb'
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
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
GoogleAdsErrorHandler
.
handle_google_ads_error
(
e
)
raise
# Re-raise the error to maintain original script behavior.
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::V21::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::V21::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
,
$manager_customer_id
=~
s/-//g
r
);
=pod
=head1 NAME
create_customer
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This example illustrates how to create a new customer under a given manager account.
Note: This example must be run using the credentials of a Google Ads manager account.
By default, the new account will only be accessible via the manager account.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
create_customer.pl [options]
-help Show the help message.
-manager_customer_id The Google Ads manager customer ID.
=cut
curl
#
Copyright 2025
Google LLC #
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2
.0 (
the "License"
)
;
#
you may not use this file except in
compliance with the License. #
You may obtain a copy of the License at #
https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 #
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in
writing, software #
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
BASIS, #
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. #
See the License for
the specific language governing permissions and #
limitations under the License. #
Creates a customer client. #
#
Variables: #
API_VERSION, #
DEVELOPER_TOKEN, #
MANAGER_CUSTOMER_ID, #
OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN: #
See https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/rest/auth#request_headers #
for
details. #
curl -f --request POST \
"https://googleads.googleapis.com/v${API_VERSION}/customers/${MANAGER_CUSTOMER_ID}:createCustomerClient" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "developer-token: ${DEVELOPER_TOKEN}" \
--header "login-customer-id: ${MANAGER_CUSTOMER_ID}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN}" \
--data @- <<EOF
{
"customerClient": {
"descriptiveName": "Account created with CustomerService #${RANDOM}",
"currencyCode": "USD",
"timeZone": "America/New_York"
}
}
EOF
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Last updated 2025-09-03 UTC.
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