Method: networks.sources.content.update
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API to create new content or update its metadata if the content already exists in Ad Manager. Returns the content on success or a google.rpc.Code on failure.
An example request looks like:
{
"status": "ACTIVE",
"title": "Best video ever",
"updateTime": "2019-01-24T01:30:15.01Z",
"duration": "230s",
"cuePoints": ["55.532s", "192s"],
"publishTime": "2019-01-24T01:30:15.01Z",
"thumbnailUrl": "http://www.domain.com/tn.jpg",
"metadata": {
"keyValues": {
"category": "sports",
"tag": ["soccer", "messi"],
"views": 700000,
"rating": 5.5
}
}
}
HTTP request
PUT https://contentingestion.googleapis.com/v1/{name=networks/*/sources/*/content/*}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
name |
string
The resource name of the video content. VideoContent names have the form 'networks/{network_code}/sources/{content_source_id}/content/{cms_content_id}' The network code in Google Ad Manager to which this content belongs. The content source ID in Google Ad Manager to which this content should belong. The CMS content ID in Ad Manager, this is a required request parameter, formed as a part of the ad request to identify which ads Ad Manager can serve against the corresponding video. This value will be used for the vid parameter on a video ad request. It can be numeric or alphanumeric.
|
Request body
The request body contains an instance of VideoContent.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of VideoContent.
Authorization Scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/contentingestion
For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview.
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Last updated 2025-08-20 UTC.
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