Starting
Feb 15, 2019, in
all AdWords API versions and in the
Google Ads API, we’re going to reject requests that attempt to create a
Smart Shopping campaign with the
local inventory ads setting enabled. The local inventory ads setting is equivalent to setting
enableLocal to
true in the AdWords API, and
enable_local to
true in the Google Ads API. Trying to set those fields to
true when creating a Smart Shopping campaign will result in the
OperationAccessDenied.OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CAMPAIGN_TYPE error. Previously, those fields were ignored when passed to the API servers.
Why is this happening?
Throwing an error for the requests described above provides an alert to users that local inventory ads are not supported in Smart Shopping campaigns.
What should you do?
Make sure you do not have code that creates a Smart Shopping campaign with local inventory ads enabled. Specifically, when you create a
ShoppingSetting object for a Smart Shopping campaign, take either of the following actions:
Follow the guides below for details on how to create a Smart Shopping campaign:
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please post them on our
forum.
- Thanet Praneenararat, Google Ads API Team
