Method: accounts.adclients.adunits.create

  • This method is used to create an ad unit and can only be called by a restricted set of projects, typically owned by AdSense for Platforms publishers.

  • Ad units can only be created for ad clients with an "AFC" product code.

  • Currently, this method can only be used to create DISPLAY ad units.

  • The HTTP request is a POST to https://adsense.googleapis.com/v2/{parent=accounts/*/adclients/*}/adunits.

  • The request requires the parent path parameter and an AdUnit instance in the request body.

  • A successful response returns a newly created AdUnit instance in the response body and requires the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/adsense authorization scope.

Creates an ad unit.

This method can be called only by a restricted set of projects, which are usually owned by AdSense for Platforms publishers. Contact your account manager if you need to use this method.

Note that ad units can only be created for ad clients with an "AFC" product code. For more info see the AdClient resource.

For now, this method can only be used to create DISPLAY ad units. See: https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/9183566

HTTP request

POST https://adsense.googleapis.com/v2/{parent=accounts/*/adclients/*}/adunits

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
parent

string

Required. Ad client to create an ad unit under. Format: accounts/{account}/adclients/{adclient}

Request body

The request body contains an instance of AdUnit.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of AdUnit.

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/adsense