Hello Michael,
This guide talks about the old video ads that were available before AdWords for Video was launched. They are still used by very legacy accounts but should not be implemented anymore. Unfortunately YouTube TrueView ( = AdWords for Video) campaigns are not available via the API. -Danial, AdWords API Team. On Friday, January 24, 2014 3:24:05 AM UTC+4, Michael Mertz wrote: > > > I'm very confused by this thread. According to > > https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/guides/videoads > > the very first line of this document reads: > "The AdWords API can be used to access and manipulate video ads in your > online > campaigns <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/6304>. The contents > of video campaigns <https://support.google.com/adwords/answer/2375497> are > not exposed via the API." > > (1) Is this documentation wrong, (2) does "access and manipulate video > ads" NOT MEAN "retrieve ... metrics using the AdWords API," ? (3) does > "contents of video campaigns are not exposed via the API" mean that "ad > metrics are not available via the API" ? or (4) are there SPECIAL CASES > which do allow metrics to be retrieved thru the API, e.g. YouTube's > TrueView formats, as seemingly indicated in the "video campaigns" link, > above. > > Please, if anyone has a clue how to sort this out, please post a reply. > Thanks! GoogleNoobie > -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
