Method: accounts.adclients.adunits.create

  • Creates an ad unit for AdSense for Platforms publishers with ad clients having an "AFC" product code.

  • Ad units can only be of DISPLAY type and are created under a specified ad client using the provided AdUnit details in the request body.

  • This method requires authorization with the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/adsense scope and is restricted to specific projects.

  • A successful request returns the newly created AdUnit instance in the response.

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