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On Monday, December 2, 2019, in accordance with the deprecation schedule, v201811 of the Ad Manager API will be sunset. At that time, any requests made to this version will return errors.

If you’re still using this version, now is the time to upgrade to the latest release and take advantage of new features like the TargetingPresetService and reporting on CustomTargetingKeys.

When you’re ready to upgrade, check the release notes to identify any breaking changes. Then, grab the latest version of your client library and update your code.

We now provide a machine-readable version of our deprecation schedule, giving you more flexibility to stay up to date with the latest Ad Manager API features. You can access this CSV file at https://developers.google.com/ad-manager/downloads/api-schedule.csv.


As always, don't hesitate to reach out to us on the developer forum with any questions.

 - Donovan McMurray, Ad Manager API Team

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On November 15, 2019, AdWords API, Google Ads API, and Google Ads scripts will start returning null ID criteria for YouTube channels and videos that have been deleted, due to changes in our data retention policy. The criteria itself remains for a given ad group, but referencing the video ID or channel ID for that criteria will return null.

• In the AdWords API v201809, null values are returned as two dashes (--) in reporting.
• In the Google Ads API, NULL values are returned as NULL values.
• In Google Ads Scripts, null values are returned as null JavaScript values.

Please update your code where it uses these fields:

AdWords API	Google Ads API	Google Ads Scripts
YouTubeVideo.videoId	YouTubeVideoInfo.video_id	YouTubeVideo.getVideoId()
YouTubeChannel.channelId	YouTubeChannelInfo.channel_id	VideoYouTubeVideo.getVideoId()
Criteria in CAMPAIGN_CRITERIA_REPORT		Media.getYouTubeVideoId()
Criteria in CRITERIA_PERFORMANCE_REPORT
Criteria in SHARED_SET_CRITERIA_REPORT

If you have any questions while updating your code, please reach out to us on our forum.
Nadine Sundquist, Google Ads API Team

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On June 11, 2019 we deprecated support for Python 2 in the AdWords/Google Ad Manager client library for Python. As part of our previously announced plans, in mid-November 2019 we will be deprecating support in the Google Ads client library for Python as well.

When version 4.0.0 of the Google Ads client library for Python is released, we will officially end support for Python 2 and versions of Python 3 prior to 3.6.0.

If you use the Google Ads client library for Python, please take note of the following:

• If you are already using Python version 3.6.0 or later, you can upgrade to Google Ads client library 4.0.0 and no other action is needed. If not, please do not upgrade to version 4.0.0 until you’ve upgraded to Python version 3.6.0 or later.
• Version 4.0.0 will continue to support previous API versions such as v1_3 but we won't support client library issues related to Python 2 compatibility. For example, we won't release version 4.0.1 to fix a bug that only exists for Python 2 users.

If you have questions about the Python 3 migration, please submit an issue on the Google Ads client library repository’s Issues page, and for general API support please reach out to us on the Google Ads API forum.

Ben Karl, Google Ads API Team

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This is a reminder that, starting October 14, 2019, accelerated budget delivery will no longer be generally available in AdWords API, Google Ads API, and Google Ads scripts for use with shared budgets, search campaigns, and shopping campaigns.

We encourage all developers to review our announcement of the sunset, which has been recently updated to include the most up-to-date information on expected error codes that could be returned after this change goes into effect.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us via the AdWords API and Google Ads API Forum or the Google Ads scripts forum if you have any questions.

Adam Ohren, Google Ads API Team