Thanks Josh. It'd be nice if the documentation mentioned it; Not trying to shoot the messenger, but the description for "originAdId" in TemplateAd could be clearer. In some places it's even flat out inaccurate. For example https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201502/MediaService says the MediaService can be used "for example: to upload new images for location extensions & get the ids of videos to be used in template ads". It wasn't until I read your response https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/adwords-api/mediaservice/adwords-api/JW9EPgtuGek/xagyMMjFBWEJ that I realized that by "for example" the documentation meant "only for".
Is the team writing the documentation an entirely separate entity from the Adwords API Team? Thanks again for your prompt response. On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 10:49 AM, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Ads in AdWords are immutable, so if you want to change any attribute of an > ad, you'll have to REMOVE the existing ad and ADD a new ad with the new > attributes. > > Cheers, > Josh, AdWords API Team > > > On Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at 8:54:43 AM UTC-4, Miguel Menchu wrote: > >> I have a TemplateAd which was put together in AdBuilder. It is a >> "Dynamic Display ad" and will get its contents from a Feed's FeedItems. >> I'm able to populate most of the ad's fields this way, but not the logo >> (i.e. Design_0_logoImageUrl) . I'm using AdGroupAdService to update this >> logo, >> but Adwords neither complains nor updates it. My request looks like this: >> >> <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> >> <env:Envelope xmlns:env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; >> xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; xmlns:xsi=" >> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";> >> <env:Header> >> <RequestHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google. >> com/api/adwords/cm/v201409"> >> <clientCustomerId>XXX</clientCustomerId> >> <developerToken>XXX</developerToken> >> <userAgent>XXX</userAgent> >> </RequestHeader> >> </env:Header> >> <env:Body> >> <mutate xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201409 >> "> >> <operations> >> <operator>SET</operator> >> <operand> >> <adGroupId>AG1</adGroupId> >> <ad xmlns="https://adwords.google. >> com/api/adwords/cm/v201409" xsi:type="TemplateAd"> >> <id>TPL1</id> >> <templateElements> >> <uniqueName>Design_0_ >> logoImageUrl</uniqueName> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_logoImageUrl</name> >> <type>IMAGE</type> >> <fieldMedia xmlns=" >> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201409"; xsi:type="Image"> >> <mediaId>XXX</mediaId> >> <mimeType>IMAGE_PNG</mimeType> >> <Media.Type>Image</Media.Type> >> <data xsi:type="xsd:base64Binary"> >> XXX=\n</data> >> </fieldMedia> >> </fields> >> </templateElements> >> <name>XXX</name> >> </ad> >> <status>ENABLED</status> >> </operand> >> </operations> >> </mutate> >> </env:Body> >> </env:Envelope> >> >> The response looks like this. >> >> >> >> <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";> >> <soap:Header> >> <ResponseHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google. >> com/api/adwords/cm/v201409"> >> <requestId>0005139c9ccfc3e80aec8ac70b0050ec</requestId> >> <serviceName>AdGroupAdService</serviceName> >> <methodName>mutate</methodName> >> <operations>0</operations> >> <responseTime>174</responseTime> >> </ResponseHeader> >> </soap:Header> >> <soap:Body> >> <mutateResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google. >> com/api/adwords/cm/v201409"> >> <rval> >> <ListReturnValue.Type>AdGroupAdReturnValue</ >> ListReturnValue.Type> >> <value> >> <adGroupId>XXX</adGroupId> >> <ad xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/ >> 2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="TemplateAd"> >> <id>XXX</id> >> <url>http://www.XXX.com</url> >> <displayUrl>www.XXX.com</displayUrl> >> <Ad.Type>TemplateAd</Ad.Type> >> <templateId>416</templateId> >> <adUnionId> >> <id>XXX</id> >> <AdUnionId.Type>AdUnionId</AdUnionId.Type> >> </adUnionId> >> <templateElements> >> <uniqueName>adData</uniqueName> >> <fields> >> <name>creationContext</name> >> <type>TEXT</type> >> <fieldText>WORKFLOW:BURDOCK, >> TEMPLATE_SOURCE:AD_GALLERY,SP_ID:use_case_dynamicx_416</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_fontUrl</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>AGBookRoundedProMedium_basic. >> swf</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_txtPadding</name> >> <type>NUMBER</type> >> <fieldText>5</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_alignHoriz</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>center</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_txtColorDisc</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#555555</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_discSize</name> >> <type>NUMBER</type> >> <fieldText>10</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_cornerStyle</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>square</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_txtColorDescription</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#4d4d4d</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_descriptionSize</name> >> <type>NUMBER</type> >> <fieldText>14</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_txtColorSubTitle</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#4d4d4d</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_subTitleSize</name> >> <type>NUMBER</type> >> <fieldText>18</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_showSubTitle</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>TRUE</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_priceSize</name> >> <type>NUMBER</type> >> <fieldText>24</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_txtColorPrice</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#0073ed</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Headline_0_showPrice</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>TRUE</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_glowColor</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#666666</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_nameSize</name> >> <type>NUMBER</type> >> <fieldText>24</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_txtColorProduct</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#4d4d4d</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_bgAlpha</name> >> <type>NUMBER</type> >> <fieldText>.3</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_bgGradient</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>FALSE</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_borderColor</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#cbcbcb</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_bgColorAlt</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#e6e6e6</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_bgColor</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#ffffff</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Headline_0_productClickOnly</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>TRUE</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_btnShad</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>FALSE</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_btnBevel</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>FALSE</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_btnStyle</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>square</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_btnRollColor</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#004479</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_btnColor</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#0073ed</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_txtColorCta</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#ffffff</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Headline_0_cta</name> >> <type>TEXT</type> >> <fieldText>Search now</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_priceSuffixSize</name> >> <type>NUMBER</type> >> <fieldText>18</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_txtColorPriceSuffix</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#b00000</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_pricePrefixSize</name> >> <type>NUMBER</type> >> <fieldText>12</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_txtColorPricePrefix</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>#0073ed</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_subHeadlineShadow</name> >> <type>ENUM</type> >> <fieldText>TRUE</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_subHeadlineSize</name> >> <type>NUMBER</type> >> <fieldText>17</fieldText> >> </fields> >> <fields> >> <name>Design_0_bgColorSubHeadline</name> >> 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