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NAME

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

VERSION

This documentation refers to Google::Adwords::CreativeService version 0.3.1

SYNOPSIS

    use Google::Adwords::CreativeService;
    use Google::Adwords::Image;
    use Google::Adwords::Creative;

    use File::Slurp;

    # create the CreativeService object
    my $creative_service = Google::Adwords::CreativeService->new();

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

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

    my $adgroupid       = 123456789;

    # get all the creatives for an adgroup
    my @getallcreatives = $creative_service->getAllCreatives($adgroupid);
    for ( @getallcreatives ) {
        print "Creative name : " . $_->name . " , Id : " . $_->id . "\n";
    }

    # get a specific creative from an AdGroup
    my $creativeid      = 987654321;

    my $getcreative     = $creative_service->getCreative($adgroupid, $creativeid);
    print "Get creative: " . $getcreative->name . ", Id : " . $getcreative->id . "\n";

    # add a creative
    my $creative_text = Google::Adwords::Creative->new
            ->adGroupId($adgroupid)
            ->destinationUrl('http://www.example.com')
            ->displayUrl('http://www.example.com')
            ->headline('API : creative')
            ->description1('desc1 added via API')
            ->description2('desc2 added via API');

    my $addcreative     = $creative_service->addCreative($creative_text);
    print "Added Creative ID: " . $addcreative->id . "\n";

    # add a image creative
    my $data_blurb = read_file('image.gif');

    my $image   = Google::Adwords::Image->new
            ->name('Image #1')
            ->data($data_blurb)
            ->type('image');
    
    my $creative_image = Google::Adwords::Creative->new
            ->adGroupId($adgroupid)
            ->destinationUrl('http://www.example.com')
            ->displayUrl('http://www.example.com')
            ->image( $image );
    
    my $addcreative     = $creative_service->addCreative($creative_image);
    print "Added Creative ID: " . $addcreative->id . "\n";
    print "Image Height: " . $addcreative->image->height . "\n";

  

DESCRIPTION

This module provides an interface to the Google Adwords CreativeService API calls. Please read Google::Adwords::Creative on how to setup and receive information about your creatives.

METHODS

addCreative()

Description

    Make a new Creative. The Creative can either be a text Creative or an image.

Usage

        my $creative_response = $obj->addCreative($creative);

Parameters

    $creative => A Google::Adwords::Creative object

Returns

    $creative_response => The newly added creative as a Google::Adwords::Creative object

addCreativeList()

Description

    Make a batch of new Creatives.

Usage

        my @creatives = $obj->addCreativeList($creative1, $creative2);

Parameters

    A list of Google::Adwords::Creative objects

Returns

    The list of created creatives, each as a Google::Adwords::Creative object

getActiveCreatives()

Description

    Return all active Creatives associated with an AdGroup.

Usage

        my @creatives = $obj->getActiveCreatives($adgroupid);

Parameters

    1) $adgroupid : the id of the AdGroup.

Returns

    A list of Google::Adwords::Creative objects.

getAllCreatives()

Description

    Return all Creatives (active and deleted) associated with an AdGroup

Usage

        my @creatives = $obj->getAllCreatives($adgroupid);

Parameters

    1) $adgroupid : the id of the AdGroup.

Returns

    A list of Google::Adwords::Creative objects.

getCreative()

Description

    Return information about one Creative.

Usage

        my $creative = $obj->getCreative($adgroupid, $creativeid);

Parameters

1) $adgroupid : the id of the AdGroup
2) $creativeid : the id of the Creative.

Returns

    $creative => The creative info as a Google::Adwords::Creative object

getCreativeStats()

Description

    Get statistics for a list of Creatives. See Google::Adwords::StatsRecord for details about the statistics returned. The time granularity is one day.

    Also see -

    http://www.google.com/apis/adwords/developer/StatsRecord.html

Usage

       my @creative_stats = $obj->getCreativeStats({
            adGroupId   => 1234
            creativeIds => [ 3982, 2787, 17872 ],
            startDay    => $startDay,
            endDay      => $endDay,
            inPST       => 1,
        });

Parameters

Takes a hashref with following keys,

    * adGroupId => The ad group that contains the creative to be queried

    * creativeIds => array reference of creative ids

    * startDay => The starting day of the period for which statistics are to be collected in format YYYY-MM-DD

    * endDay => The ending day of the period for which statistics are to be collected in format YYYY-MM-DD

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

Returns

    A list of Google::Adwords::StatsRecord objects; one for each creative.

SEE ALSO

AUTHORS

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.