type AdRule (v202508)

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• An AdRule contains data used by the ad server to generate a playlist of video ads.

• Key attributes for an AdRule include a unique ID, name, priority, targeting criteria, and start/end dates.

• AdRules can have frequency caps for impressions per stream or per pod.

• An AdRule is required to define slots for pre-roll, mid-roll, and post-roll ads.

Service

AdRuleService

Dependencies

AdRulePage createAdRules() updateAdRules()

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AdRule

An AdRule contains data that the ad server will use to generate a playlist of video ads.

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Namespace

https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202508

Field
id	xsd:long The unique ID of the AdRule. This value is readonly and is assigned by Google.
name	xsd:string The unique name of the AdRule. This attribute is required to create an ad rule and has a maximum length of 255 characters.
priority	xsd:int The priority of the AdRule. This attribute is required and can range from 1 to 1000, with 1 being the highest possible priority. Changing an ad rule's priority can affect the priorities of other ad rules. For example, increasing an ad rule's priority from 5 to 1 will shift the ad rules that were previously in priority positions 1 through 4 down one.
targeting	Targeting The targeting criteria of the AdRule. This attribute is required.
startDateTime	DateTime This AdRule object's start date and time. This attribute is required and must be a date in the future for new ad rules.
startDateTimeType	StartDateTimeType Specifies whether to start using the AdRule right away, in an hour, etc. This attribute is optional and defaults to StartDateTimeType.USE_START_DATE_TIME. Enumerations USE_START_DATE_TIME Use the value in startDateTime. IMMEDIATELY The entity will start serving immediately. startDateTime in the request is ignored and will be set to the current time. Additionally, startDateTimeType will be set to StartDateTimeType.USE_START_DATE_TIME. ONE_HOUR_FROM_NOW The entity will start serving one hour from now. startDateTime in the request is ignored and will be set to one hour from the current time. Additionally, startDateTimeType will be set to StartDateTimeType.USE_START_DATE_TIME. UNKNOWN The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
endDateTime	DateTime This AdRule object's end date and time. This attribute is required unless unlimitedEndDateTime is set to true. If specified, it must be after the startDateTime.
unlimitedEndDateTime	xsd:boolean Specifies whether the AdRule has an end time. This attribute is optional and defaults to false.
status	AdRuleStatus The AdRuleStatus of the ad rule. This attribute is read-only and defaults to AdRuleStatus.INACTIVE. Enumerations ACTIVE Created and ready to be served. Is user-visible. INACTIVE Paused, user-visible. UNKNOWN The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
frequencyCapBehavior	FrequencyCapBehavior The FrequencyCapBehavior of the AdRule. This attribute is optional and defaults to FrequencyCapBehavior.DEFER. Enumerations TURN_ON Turn on at least one of the frequency caps. TURN_OFF Turn off all frequency caps. DEFER Defer frequency cap decisions to the next ad rule in priority order. UNKNOWN The value returned if the actual value is not exposed by the requested API version.
maxImpressionsPerLineItemPerStream	xsd:int This AdRule object's frequency cap for the maximum impressions per stream. This attribute is optional and defaults to 0.
maxImpressionsPerLineItemPerPod	xsd:int This AdRule object's frequency cap for the maximum impressions per pod. This attribute is optional and defaults to 0.
preroll	BaseAdRuleSlot NoPoddingAdRuleSlot OptimizedPoddingAdRuleSlot StandardPoddingAdRuleSlot UnknownAdRuleSlot This AdRule object's pre-roll slot. This attribute is required.
midroll	BaseAdRuleSlot NoPoddingAdRuleSlot OptimizedPoddingAdRuleSlot StandardPoddingAdRuleSlot UnknownAdRuleSlot This AdRule object's mid-roll slot. This attribute is required.
postroll	BaseAdRuleSlot NoPoddingAdRuleSlot OptimizedPoddingAdRuleSlot StandardPoddingAdRuleSlot UnknownAdRuleSlot This AdRule object's post-roll slot. This attribute is required.