Are you able to answer the questions/notes from the last reply?
Thank you in advance.

Have a nice day

On Friday, August 18, 2023 at 8:57:21 AM UTC+2 MKostrosO2 wrote:

> OK, thank you.
> I understand, that this means my integration should work properly then.
> Let's go through example scenario and please validate every step, whether 
> this will work or not:
>
>
>    1. Customer is targeted with some Google ad
>    2. He clicks through it and is redirected to my website, moreover, the 
>    URL contains parameter gclid
>    3. 
>       - does google store this information, is it the lead we need before 
>       we can send enhanced conversion via REST API discussed above?
>       - if so, is it stored even if customer does not allow marketing (or 
>       any other cookies on website) - in case this is his very first website 
>       visit ?
>    4. Am I subsequently ready to send enhanced conversion? Or should I 
>    firstly create the lead using gclid from URL and then I have everything 
>    prepared for enhanced conversion (in case of any customer offline action)
>
> And I'm a bit confused by this: *"The conversions process needs PII (the 
> hashed email in your case) and the accompanying GCLID forwarded from a 
> website"*
>
>    - The REST API request for enhanced conversion should contain not only 
>    hashed PII, but also the gclid ? no gclid was mentioned within the 
>    documentation 
>    
> https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/conversions/upload-identifiers
>     nor 
>    
> https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/rest/reference/rest/v14/customers/uploadClickConversions
>
> If the steps I've described will work, how does google merge the 
> conversion ?
> - does it work like - gclid is connected to a customer's email address, so 
> when I send enhanced conversion (with PII but no gclid), the email will be 
> merged with previous lead's gclid ?
> This does not make sense, a customer could have clicked on more ads, so I 
> suppose I'm not right :/
>
> I'm grateful for your time, help and additional information.
>
> Regards,
> Marius
> On Thursday, August 17, 2023 at 3:29:57 PM UTC+2 Google Ads API Forum 
> Advisor wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the detailed response. Unfortunately, there is no way to 
>> perform the type of E2E testing with your current setup. The conversions 
>> process needs PII (the hashed email in your case) and the accompanying 
>> GCLID forwarded from a website to start the process. Otherwise, it will 
>> respond with CLICK_NOT_FOUND.
>>
>> The way I've seen other users do this is to create a test account in Ads 
>> and then have a development website where you setup a lead form and then 
>> click on it to generate your own test conversions.
>>
>> Kudos, on working through the process to get the correct REST request and 
>> wanting to perform E2E testing. 
>>
>>
>>   
>> This message is in relation to case "ref:_00D1U1174p._5004Q2nd55H:ref"
>>
>> Thanks,
>>   
>> [image: Google Logo] 
>> Bob Hancock 
>> Google Ads API Team 
>>
>>
>>

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