Create an Account

  • Accounts are created in the Google Ads API using the CreateCustomerClient method on the CustomerService, which is different from the usual "mutate" method for other entities.

  • When using the CreateCustomerClient method, you must specify the customer ID of the manager account that will oversee the new client account.

  • The process involves sending a pre-populated Customer object to the API containing details for the new account.

To create an account, send the Google Ads API a pre-populated Customer. Unlike creating other entities like campaigns, this is done with a special CreateCustomerClient method on the CustomerService rather than a "mutate" method. In the CreateCustomerClient method, you specify the customer ID of the manager account that will be managing the new client, not the customer ID of the client being mutated as usual.

Here is code demonstrating customer creation:

Java

private void runExample(GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient, Long managerId) {
  // Formats the current date/time to use as a timestamp in the new customer description.
  String dateTime = ZonedDateTime.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.RFC_1123_DATE_TIME);

  // Initializes a Customer object to be created.
  Customer customer =
      Customer.newBuilder()
          .setDescriptiveName("Account created with CustomerService on '" + dateTime + "'")
          .setCurrencyCode("USD")
          .setTimeZone("America/New_York")
          // Optional: Sets additional attributes of the customer.
          .setTrackingUrlTemplate("{lpurl}?device={device}")
          .setFinalUrlSuffix("keyword={keyword}&matchtype={matchtype}&adgroupid={adgroupid}")
          .build();

  // Sends the request to create the customer.
  try (CustomerServiceClient client =
      googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createCustomerServiceClient()) {
    CreateCustomerClientResponse response =
        client.createCustomerClient(managerId.toString(), customer);
    System.out.printf(
        "Created a customer with resource name '%s' under the manager account with"
            + " customer ID '%d'.%n",
        response.getResourceName(), managerId);
  }
}
CreateCustomer.java

C#

public void Run(GoogleAdsClient client, long managerCustomerId)
{
    // Get the CustomerService.
    CustomerServiceClient customerService = client.GetService(Services.V22.CustomerService);

    Customer customer = new Customer()
    {
        DescriptiveName = $"Account created with CustomerService on '{DateTime.Now}'",

        // For a list of valid currency codes and time zones see this documentation:
        // https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/data/codes-formats#codes_formats.
        CurrencyCode = "USD",
        TimeZone = "America/New_York",

        // The below values are optional. For more information about URL
        // options see: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6305348.
        TrackingUrlTemplate = "{lpurl}?device={device}",
        FinalUrlSuffix = "keyword={keyword}&matchtype={matchtype}&adgroupid={adgroupid}"
    };

    try
    {
        // Create the account.
        CreateCustomerClientResponse response = customerService.CreateCustomerClient(
            managerCustomerId.ToString(), customer);

        // Display the result.
        Console.WriteLine($"Created a customer with resource name " +
            $"'{response.ResourceName}' under the manager account with customer " +
            $"ID '{managerCustomerId}'");
    }
    catch (GoogleAdsException e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Failure:");
        Console.WriteLine($"Message: {e.Message}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Failure: {e.Failure}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Request ID: {e.RequestId}");
        throw;
    }
}
CreateCustomer.cs

PHP

public static function runExample(GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient, int $managerCustomerId)
{
    $customer = new Customer([
        'descriptive_name' => 'Account created with CustomerService on ' . date('Ymd h:i:s'),
        // For a list of valid currency codes and time zones see this documentation:
        // https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/data/codes-formats.
        'currency_code' => 'USD',
        'time_zone' => 'America/New_York',
        // The below values are optional. For more information about URL
        // options see: https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/6305348.
        'tracking_url_template' => '{lpurl}?device={device}',
        'final_url_suffix' => 'keyword={keyword}&matchtype={matchtype}&adgroupid={adgroupid}'
    ]);

    // Issues a mutate request to create an account
    $customerServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getCustomerServiceClient();
    $response = $customerServiceClient->createCustomerClient(
        CreateCustomerClientRequest::build($managerCustomerId, $customer)
    );

    printf(
        'Created a customer with resource name "%s" under the manager account with '
        . 'customer ID %d.%s',
        $response->getResourceName(),
        $managerCustomerId,
        PHP_EOL
    );
}
CreateCustomer.php