We're pleased to announce that v202405 of the Google Ad Manager API is available today. This release brings support for contextual targeting.

It also includes a number of deprecations, such as the removal of the ActivityService, ActivityGroupService, and ACTIVITY reporting dimensions to support the Spotlight deprecation.

For the full list of changes, check the release notes. Feel free to contact us on the Ad Manager API forum with any API-related questions.

- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

We're pleased to announce that v202402 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today, February 13, 2024. This release brings support for gross revenue metrics in reporting as well as new error messages to support the Spotlight deprecation.

For the full list of changes, check the release notes. Feel free to contact us on the Ad Manager API forum with any API-related questions.

- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

We're pleased to announce that v202311 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today, November 8, 2023. This release brings support for marketplace ID on Proposals and consolidates MCM Child Network information in the Company object, removing the Network.childPublishers field.

For the full list of changes, check the release notes. Feel free to contact us on the Ad Manager API forum with any API-related questions.

- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

We're pleased to announce that v202308 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today, August 23, 2023. This release brings support for new ThirdPartyMeasurementSettings providers.

For the full list of changes, check the release notes. Feel free to contact us on the Ad Manager API forum with any API-related questions.

- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

We're pleased to announce that v202305 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today, May 23rd. This release brings support for new DAI ingestion statuses and removes deprecated SPM reporting dimensions.

For the full list of changes, check the release notes. Feel free to contact us on the Ad Manager API forum with any API-related questions.

- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

In August 2023, the Google Ad Manager SOAP API Client Library for PHP will start requiring PHP version 8.0 or higher. The version of the client library that adds support for Google Ad Manager API v202305 will be the last version that supports PHP 7. We’ll still fix security issues for this client library version until Google Ad Manager API v202305 is sunset, but no new features will be added.

All PHP 7 versions reached their end of life in 2022. The PHP development team no longer provides security fixes for these versions, so we highly recommend migrating to newer versions as soon as possible.

Here are useful resources to help with the PHP migration:

• The PHP support version calendar
• How to migrate from PHP 7.4.x to PHP 8.0.x

If you have any questions regarding this change, feel free to comment directly on the GitHub issue.

Pierrick Voulet, Google Ads API Team

On Wednesday, May 31, 2023, in accordance with the deprecation schedule, v202205 of the Ad Manager API will sunset. At that time, any requests made to this version will return errors.

Additionally, support for Ad Manager API v202202 is being extended until the same date, May 31, 2023. We've heard from a number of users that they need additional time to complete the Ad Exchange Historical report migration. Note that v202202 is the last version with support for Ad Exchange Historical reports.

When you’re ready to upgrade, check the full release notes to identify any breaking changes. Here are a few examples of changes that may impact your applications:

• v202211
  • Replaced the string field thirdPartyImpressionTrackingUrl with the list field thirdPartyImpressionTrackingUrls for multiple creative types including ImageCreative. Currently only a single URL may be provided in the list.
  • Removed support for OPTIMIZATION reporting columns.

As always, feel free to contact us on the developer forum with any questions.

- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

We're pleased to announce that v202302 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today, February 21st. This release brings a number of new features for Reporting including Yield Group metrics, Programmatic metrics, and time zone support.

For the full list of changes, check the release notes. Feel free to reach out to us on the Ad Manager API forum with any API-related questions.

- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

We're pleased to announce that v202211 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today, November 2nd. This release lays the groundwork for multiple third-party impression tracking URLs. ImageCreative and other creative types replaced the string field thirdPartyImpressionTrackingUrl with the list field thirdPartyImpressionTrackingUrls. Currently only a single URL can be provided in the list.

For the full list of changes, check the release notes. Feel free to reach out to us on the Ad Manager API forum with any API-related questions.
- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

We're pleased to announce that v202208 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today, August 16th. This release adds support for AMP URLs in ThirdPartyCreatives, InventorySizeTargeting in traffic forecasts, and Real-time video reporting.

For the full list of changes, check the release notes. Feel free to reach out to us on the Ad Manager API forum with any API-related questions.

- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

We're pleased to announce that v202205 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today, May 17th. This release adds support for CPM sponsorships for ProposalLineItems.

It also updates the ReportService for the upcoming "Ad Exchange Historical" to "Historical" report type conversion. Ad Exchange Historical dimensions and metrics are now available for Historical reports. Because of this change, several Ad Exchange dimensions and metrics have been renamed or replaced in the API.

To migrate, please refer to the migration guide and the reference documentation for v202202 and earlier. The reference documentation has been updated to show which values are deprecated and their replacements. Here’s an example:

Enumeration	Description
AD_EXCHANGE_IMPRESSIONS	Ad Impressions on mapped Ad Exchange properties. When multiple text ads fill a single display slot it is only counted once, when the top text ad is recognized. In these cases, the Ad Impression is attributed to the top text ad. Deprecated as part of the "Ad Exchange Historical" to "Historical" report type conversion. Use AD_EXCHANGE_LINE_ITEM_LEVEL_IMPRESSIONS instead.

For the full list of changes, check the release notes. Feel free to reach out to us on the Ad Manager API forum with any API-related questions.

- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

On Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in accordance with the deprecation schedule, v202105 of the Ad Manager API will sunset. At that time, any requests made to this version will return errors.

If you’re still using v202105, now is the time to upgrade to a newer release and take advantage of additional functionality. For example, in v202111 and newer versions we added new video opportunity Columns.

When you’re ready to upgrade, check the full release notes to identify any breaking changes. Here are a few examples of changes that may impact your applications:

• v202108
  • The deprecated adExchangeEnvironment field has been removed from ProposalLineItem. To control which platforms your ProposalLineItem will serve on, you can use requestPlatformTargeting instead.
  • On the MobileApplication object, the singular field appStore was changed to the list field appStores.
• v202202
  • The deprecated pauseRole and pauseReason fields were removed from Proposals. These fields have been available on ProposalLineItems since v202108.
  • The deprecated exchangeRate and refreshExchangeRate fields were removed from Proposals.

As always, don't hesitate to reach out to us on the developer forum with any questions.
 - Donovan McMurray, Ad Manager API Team

We're pleased to announce that v202202 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today, February 28th. This release brings a long-awaited feature – Ad Manager hosted video creatives. Simply provide a URL for the video asset, and Ad Manager will read and transcode it.

While API support has been added, this feature is still rolling out to Ad Manager networks and may not yet be available in yours. Networks with this feature disabled will continue to receive CreativeSetError.CANNOT_CREATE_OR_UPDATE_VIDEO_CREATIVES.

MCM companies now include information about the status of onboarding tasks and Sellers.json identifiers.

There are also some maintenance updates removing deprecated features, like AdExclusionRuleService and Proposal pause information.

For the full list of changes, check the release notes. Feel free to reach out to us on the Ad Manager API forum with any API-related questions.

- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in accordance with the deprecation schedule, v202102 of the Ad Manager API will sunset. At that time, any requests made to this version will return errors.

If you’re still using v202102, now is the time to upgrade to a newer release and take advantage of additional functionality. For example, in v202105 and newer versions we added support for pushing creative previews to linked devices.

When you’re ready to upgrade, check the full release notes to identify any breaking changes. Here are a few examples of changes that may impact your applications:

• v202105
  • Support was removed for filtering on the field keyValueMemberContent in CmsMetadataService.getCmsMetadataValuesByStatement. Use Content.cmsMetadataValueIds instead.
• v202108
  • On the MobileApplication object, the singular field appStore was changed to the list field appStores.

As always, don't hesitate to reach out to us on the developer forum with any questions.

 - Donovan McMurray, Ad Manager API Team

If you are using an Ads API Client Library and Apache Log4j, please see below.

NIST has announced a recent vulnerability in the Apache Log4j library.

The Apache Log4j utility is a commonly used component for logging requests. On December 9, 2021, a vulnerability was reported that could allow a system running older Apache Log4j versions to be compromised.

What do you need to do?
If you are using an Ads API Client Library and affected Apache Log4j versions, please upgrade to the latest version as indicated in the Apache Log4j Security Vulnerabilities website.

If you have any questions or need additional help, contact us through this forum.
--Stan Grinberg, Ads Developer Relations

We're pleased to announce that v202111 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today. This release brings new video features including more Video Opportunity metrics and GRP settings for proposal line items.

Additionally, MCM users can now programmatically resend expired invitations using the new ResendInvitationAction. For altering revenue share or re-inviting an inactive child publisher, continue to use the ReInviteAction.

For the full list of changes for v202111 and all other active API versions, check the release notes. Feel free to reach out to us on the Ad Manager API forum with any API-related questions.
- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

On Tuesday, November 30, 2021, in accordance with the deprecation schedule, v202011 of the Ad Manager API will sunset. At that time, any requests made to this version will return errors.

If you’re still using v202011, now is the time to upgrade to a newer release and take advantage of additional functionality. For example, in v202102 we added support for AudioCreatives, and in v202105 we added support for pushing creative previews to linked devices.

When you’re ready to upgrade, check the full release notes to identify any breaking changes. Here are a few examples of changes that may impact your applications:

• v202102
• The AuthenticationError enum value NOT_WHITELISTED_FOR_API_ACCESS was changed to NETWORK_API_ACCESS_DISABLED.
• The LineItem fields isPrioritizedPreferredDealsEnabled and adExchangeAuctionOpeningPriority were removed.
• For video Line Items, the videoMaxDuration field is now required and must be greater than 0.
• v202105
• Support was removed for filtering on the field keyValueMemberContent in CmsMetadataService.getCmsMetadataValuesByStatement. Use Content.cmsMetadataValueIds instead.
• v202108
• On the MobileApplication object, the singular field appStore was changed to the list field appStores.

As always, don't hesitate to reach out to us on the developer forum with any questions.

 - Donovan McMurray, Ad Manager API Team

We're happy to announce that v202108 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today. This release brings new proposal line item features including a pauseRole and pauseReason, as well as support for Nielsen Digital Ad Ratings.

There are also some updates for MobileApplications, like changing the singular appStore to the list field appStores and adding an applicationCode field. This field contains the same code used to identify the app in the Google Mobile Ads SDK.

For the full list of changes for v202108 and all other active API versions, check the release notes. Feel free to reach out to us on the Ad Manager API forum with any API-related questions.

- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

On Tuesday, August 31, 2021, in accordance with the deprecation schedule, v202008 of the Ad Manager API will sunset. At that time, any requests made to this version will return errors.

If you’re still using v202008, now is the time to upgrade to a newer release and take advantage of additional functionality. For example, in v202105 we added support for pushing creative previews to linked devices.

When you’re ready to upgrade, check the full release notes to identify any breaking changes. Here are a few examples of changes that may impact your applications:

• v202102
  • We renamed an AuthenticationError enum value from NOT_WHITELISTED_FOR_API_ACCESS to NETWORK_API_ACCESS_DISABLED.
  • We removed deprecated LineItem fields isPrioritizedPreferredDealsEnabled and adExchangeAuctionOpeningPriority.
• v202105
  • We removed support for filtering on field keyValueMemberContent in CmsMetadataService.getCmsMetadataValuesByStatement. Use Content.cmsMetadataValueIds instead.

As always, don't hesitate to reach out to us on the developer forum with any questions.
 - Donovan McMurray, Ad Manager API Team

We're happy to announce that v202105 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today. With this release, Creative Previews are going mobile! You can now push creatives to multiple linked devices using the new LineItemCreativeAsociationService.pushCreativeToDevices method and Linked_Device PQL table.

This release also brings support for pause controls for programmatic proposals and new ReportService features like Inventory Share dimensions.

For the full list of changes for v202105 and all other active API versions, check the release notes. Feel free to reach out to us on the Ad Manager API forum with any API-related questions.

- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team