We’re launching our new “Google Advertising and Measurement Community” Discord server! To join, just click this invite link and follow the onboarding guide.

The current products available on this server are Analytics, Google Ads, Google AdMob, and Google Ad Manager.

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We’re launching our new “Google Advertising and Measurement Community” Discord server! To join, just click this invite link and follow the onboarding guide.

The current products available on this server are Analytics, Google Ads, Google AdMob, and Google Ad Manager.

The Ads Developer Relations team will be on this server regularly to discuss your feedback or questions using Google’s Advertising and Analytics APIs/SDKs, as well as to let you know what’s new with our products.

We’ll be hosting a “Meet the Team” in August, where we’ll go over who we are, and how you can expect to engage with us in Discord. Stay tuned as we add other events, and more channels.

Looking forward to chatting with you on Discord!

- Cory Liseno, on behalf of the Ads Developer Relations Team

We're pleased to announce that v202502 of the Google Ad Manager API is now available. This is a maintenance release to add new error types for entity limits.

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

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We're pleased to announce that v202502 of the Google Ad Manager API is now available. This is a maintenance release to add new error types for entity limits.

For the full list of changes, check the release notes. 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 v202411 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today, November 21, 2024. This release brings support for INVENTORY_FORMAT reporting dimensions and removes GOOGLE as a GrpProvider.

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We're pleased to announce that v202411 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today, November 21, 2024. This release brings support for INVENTORY_FORMAT reporting dimensions and removes GOOGLE as a GrpProvider.

In the PublisherQueryLanguageService Line_Item table, the field EndDateTime has been renamed to ServingEndTime. In both v202411 and earlier versions, the value is inclusive of any grace period. The new name differentiates the PQL field from the LineItem.endDateTime field which is exclusive of any grace period.

Version	Service	End time including grace period	End time excluding grace period
v202411	PublisherQueryLanguageService	ServingEndTime	Not available
	LineItemService	endDateTime + autoExtensionDays	endDateTime
v202408	PublisherQueryLanguageService	EndDateTime	Not available
	LineItemService	endDateTime + autoExtensionDays	endDateTime

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

- Chris Seeley, Ad Manager API Team

If you want all new blog posts sent directly to your inbox, we have good news. The blog includes a customizable RSS feed that you can subscribe to with your favorite RSS service. Just paste the URL above into your RSS service and get the blog contents delivered in whatever way you prefer. If you're new to RSS, check out this ...Read More

If you want all new blog posts sent directly to your inbox, we have good news. The blog includes a customizable RSS feed that you can subscribe to with your favorite RSS service. Just paste the URL above into your RSS service and get the blog contents delivered in whatever way you prefer. If you're new to RSS, check out this community resource on GitHub describing how it works and providing a list of well-supported services.

If you want to filter to specific products that interest you, that's possible too. Here are some quick links to the RSS feeds for the products supported by this blog:

• Google Ads API
• Google Ads scripts
• Ad Manager API
• Authorized Buyers
• Bid Manager API
• DV360 API
• Structured Data Files
• IMA SDK
• Mobile Ads SDK

- Mike Cloonan, Ads DevRel Team

We're pleased to announce that v202408 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today, August 21, 2024. This release brings support for setting contextual targeting with ContentLabelTargeting and VerticalTargeting. It also adds AdsTxtService for reading MCM supply chain diagnostics.

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We're pleased to announce that v202408 of the Google Ad Manager API is available starting today, August 21, 2024. This release brings support for setting contextual targeting with ContentLabelTargeting and VerticalTargeting. It also adds AdsTxtService for reading MCM supply chain diagnostics.

In reporting, the VIDEO_PLACEMENT_NAME dimension has been replaced by the VIDEO_PLCMT_NAME dimension which reflects the updated IAB definition.

For the full list of changes, check the release notes. 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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 ...Read More

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.

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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.

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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.Read More

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.

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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.

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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.Read More

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