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NAME

Google::Adwords::AdGroupService - Interact with the Google Adwords AdGroupService API calls

VERSION

This documentation refers to Google::Adwords::AdGroupService version 0.0.2

SYNOPSIS

    use Google::Adwords::AdGroup;
    use Google::Adwords::AdGroupService;

    # create a new adgroup object
    my $adgroup = Google::Adwords::AdGroup->new;

    # set values for the adgroup object
    $adgroup->name('My Final Try');
    $adgroup->maxCpc(500000);
  
    # create the adgroup service object
    my $adgroup_service = Google::Adwords::AdGroupService->new();

    # need to login to the Adwords service
    $adgroup_service->email($email_address)
                     ->password($password)
                     ->developerToken($developer_token)
                     ->applicationToken($application_token);

    # if you use a MCC
    #$adgroup_service->clientEmail($client_email);
    # or 
    #$adgroup_service->clientCustomerId($customerid);

    # now create the adgroup
    my $campaignId = 1234; # within this campaign
    my $adgroup_response = $adgroup_service->addAdGroup($campaignId, $adgroup);

    print "New adgroup ID is :" . $adgroup_response->id;
 
  
  

METHODS

addAdGroup()

Description

    Create a new AdGroup.

Usage

        my $adgroup = $obj->addAdGroup($campaignId, $adgroup_obj);

Parameters

Takes the campaignId in which the adgroup is to be added and a Google::Adwords::AdGroup object.

Returns

    $adgroup => The new adgroup details as a Google::Adwords::AdGroup object

addAdGroupList()

Description

    Create multiple new AdGroups. All the AdGroups must be associated with the same Campaign.

Usage

        my @adgroups = $obj->addAdGroupList($campaignId, \@adgroups_to_add);

Parameters

  • $campaignId => Campaign ID

  • \@adgroups_to_add => arrayref of Google::Adwords::AdGroup objects

Returns

    @adgroups => List of AdGroup objects with details filled in.

getAdGroup()

Description

    Get information on an existing adgroup.

Usage

        my $adgroup = $obj->getAdGroup($id);

Parameters

Takes the id of the targeted adgroup.

Returns

    $adgroup => The adgroup details as a Google::Adwords::AdGroup object

getAdGroupList()

Description

    Get details on a specific list of adgroups

Usage

        my @adgroup_ids = (1001, 1002, 1003);
        my @adgroups = $obj->getAdGroupList(@adgroup_ids);

Parameters

A list of adgroup ids.

Returns

    A list of Adgroup objects

getAdGroupStats()

Description

    Get statistics for a list of ad groups in a campaign. Returns the statictics as a Google::Adwords::StatsRecord object for each adgroup. The time granularity is one day.

Usage

        my @stats = $obj->getAdGroupStats({
            campaignId => $campaignId,
            adGroupIds      => [ $id1, $id2, $id3 ],
            startDay => '2006-08-01'
            endDay  => '2006-08-31',
            inPST   => 1,
        });

Parameters

Takes a hashref with keys -

  • campaignId - The campaign in which to find the ad groups

  • adGroupIds - arrayref of adgroup ids

  • startDay - The starting day of the period for which statistics are to be collected. Format is YYYY-MM-DD

  • endDay - The ending day of the period for which statistics are to be collected, inclusive. Format is YYYY-MM-DD

  • inPST : 1 => get stats in America/Los_Angeles timezone (Google headquarters) regardless of the parent account's localtimezone.

Returns

    A list of Google::Adwords::StatsRecord objects for each adgroup.

getAllAdGroups()

Description

    Get all information about the adgroups associated with a campaign.

Usage

            my @adgroups = $obj->getAllAdGroups($campaignId);

Parameters

The id of the campaign.

Returns

    @adgroups => An list of all the adgroups, each as a Google::Adwords::AdGroup object

updateAdGroup()

Description

    Update the fields of an existing adgroup

Usage

        my $adgroup = Google::Adwords::AdGroup->new;
        $adgroup->id(1001);
        $adgroup->maxCpc(700000);
    
        my $ret = $obj->updateAdGroup($adgroup);

Parameters

    A Google::Adwords::AdGroup object which needs to be updated.

Returns

1 on success

updateAdGroupList()

Description

    Update the fields of multiple existing adgroups

Usage

        my $adgroup1 = Google::Adwords::AdGroup->new;
        $adgroup1->id(1001);
        $adgroup1->maxCpc(700000);
    
        my $adgroup2 = Google::Adwords::AdGroup->new;
        $adgroup2->id(1002);
        $adgroup2->maxCpm(700000);
    
        my $ret = $obj->updateAdGroupList(qw/$adgroup1 $adgroup2/);

Parameters

    A list of Google::Adwords::AdGroup objects which needs to be updated.

Returns

1 on success

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

Rohan Almeida <rohan@almeida.in>

Mathieu Jondet <mathieu@eulerian.com>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2006 Rohan Almeida <rohan@almeida.in>. All rights reserved.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.