Overview

  • The Google Ad Manager Video API is used to update metadata for video content stored in Google Ad Manager.

  • It consists of two services: the Video Content Ingestion Service and the Ad Break Notification Service.

  • Initial setup requires a Google Cloud Account, service account, and access to the Ad Manager network.

  • After setup, you can use Google API client libraries to make HTTP or gRPC calls to the API.

The Video Content Ingestion Service API allows you to update metadata for video content stored in Google Ad Manager. This API is part of the larger Google Ad Manager Video API.

Video Content Ingestion Service

The Video Content Ingestion Service allows you to notify Google Ad Manager when your video content is updated. Instead of waiting for the periodic sync initiated by Google Ad Manager, you can notify Google Ad Manager through this API so that the updated metadata becomes available for ad targeting as soon as possible.

Initial setup

To start using the Video Content Ingestion Service API, complete the following steps:

  1. Contact your Google Ad Manager account manager to enable the Google Ad Manager Video API.
  2. Create a Google Cloud Console account.
  3. In the Google Cloud Console, create a new project.
  4. Create a service account for the new project.
  5. Add the service account to Google Ad Manager by following the steps in Add a service account user for API access.

Using Google API client libraries to make calls to the Google Ad Manager Video API

After you complete the initial setup process, you can use a client library in the language of your choice to send either HTTP or gRPC requests to the API. For more information, see the following resources: