Upload Call Conversions

You can use the Google Ads API to upload offline call conversions into Google Ads in order to track when ads leads to phone calls and when those phone calls leads to valuable customer actions.

A mobile click-to-call click cannot be uploaded as a conversion if there is no Google forwarding number attached to the call. Without a Google forwarding number, there is no way Google can be sure that the click led to a call and then to a conversion. If a click is uploaded like this, it will be ignored by the conversion action.

Mapping to the Google Ads UI this is the same as using the Uploads conversion source followed by choosing Conversions from calls.

Create a call conversion

A few things to keep in mind when creating a CallConversion:

  • Starting with version v15 of the Google Ads API, you should populate the consent field of the CallConversion object.

  • The partial_failure attribute of the UploadCallConversionsRequest should always be set to true. Follow the partial failures guidelines when handling valid and failed operations simultaneously.

  • If you encounter a TOO_RECENT_CONVERSION_ACTION or TOO_RECENT_CALL response message to an upload conversion request, wait 6 hours or 12 hours, respectively, before retrying the failed rows.

  • It takes up to 3 hours for imported conversion statistics to appear in your Google Ads account.

  • If you upload duplicate conversions (that is, a CallConversion with a caller_id, conversion_date_time, and conversion_action that was previously uploaded), a CALL_CONVERSION_ALREADY_EXISTS error is returned.

    • If a single request contains multiple operations for the same conversion, a DUPLICATE_CALL_CONVERSION_IN_REQUEST error is returned.

Upload a call conversion

In order to associate your offline call conversions with a conversion action you need the following information: the caller ID (phone number), conversion date time, conversion action resource name and optionally the conversion value and currency to the ConversionUploadService. For more details on the different inputs see our Help Center article. The code example also describes the formats for the different inputs.

Requirements

There are several requirements that must be met when uploading a CallConversion.

To avoid a ConversionUploadError.INVALID_CONVERSION_ACTION error, the conversion_action attribute must refer to a ConversionAction where:

  • The ConversionActionType is UPLOAD_CALLS.

  • The status of the ConversionAction is ENABLED. Otherwise, the operation fails with a NO_CONVERSION_ACTION_FOUND error.

  • The ConversionAction exists in the Google Ads conversion customer of the click's Google Ads account.

We recommend also setting the ConversionAction.category to the category that best describes your conversions.

In addition, the following conditions must be met:

  • At the time of the call, conversion tracking was enabled in the Google Ads conversion customer of the call's Google Ads account.

  • The customer_id of the UploadCallConversionsRequest must be the customer ID of the Google Ads conversion customer of the call's Google Ads account. Otherwise, the conversion upload will result in a ConversionUploadError.INVALID_CUSTOMER_FOR_CALL error.

  • The conversion_value must be greater than or equal to zero.

  • The conversion_date_time must have a timezone specified, and the format is as yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm:ss+|-HH:mm, for example: 2022-01-01 19:32:45-05:00 (ignoring daylight saving time) . The timezone can be for any valid value: it does not have to match the account's timezone.

Code example

Java

private void runExample(
    GoogleAdsClient googleAdsClient,
    long customerId,
    String conversionActionId,
    String callerId,
    String callStartDateTime,
    double conversionValue,
    Long conversionCustomVariableId,
    String conversionCustomVariableValue,
    ConsentStatus adUserDataConsent) {
  // Create a call conversion by specifying currency as USD.
  CallConversion.Builder conversionBuilder =
      CallConversion.newBuilder()
          .setConversionAction(conversionActionId)
          .setCallerId(callerId)
          .setCallStartDateTime(callStartDateTime)
          .setConversionValue(conversionValue)
          .setCurrencyCode("USD");

  if (conversionCustomVariableId != null && conversionCustomVariableValue != null) {
    conversionBuilder.addCustomVariables(
        CustomVariable.newBuilder()
            .setConversionCustomVariable(
                ResourceNames.conversionCustomVariable(customerId, conversionCustomVariableId))
            .setValue(conversionCustomVariableValue));
  }

  // Sets the consent information, if provided.
  if (adUserDataConsent != null) {
    // Specifies whether user consent was obtained for the data you are uploading. See
    // https://www.google.com/about/company/user-consent-policy for details.
    conversionBuilder.setConsent(Consent.newBuilder().setAdUserData(adUserDataConsent));
  }

  CallConversion conversion = conversionBuilder.build();

  // Uploads the call conversion to the API.
  try (ConversionUploadServiceClient conversionUploadServiceClient =
      googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createConversionUploadServiceClient()) {
    // Partial failure MUST be enabled for this request.

    // NOTE: This request contains a single conversion as a demonstration.  However, if you have
    // multiple conversions to upload, it's best to upload multiple conversions per request
    // instead of sending a separate request per conversion. See the following for per-request
    // limits:
    // https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/best-practices/quotas#conversion_upload_service
    UploadCallConversionsResponse response =
        conversionUploadServiceClient.uploadCallConversions(
            UploadCallConversionsRequest.newBuilder()
                .setCustomerId(String.valueOf(customerId))
                .setCustomerId(Long.toString(customerId))
                .addConversions(conversion)
                .setPartialFailure(true)
                .build());

    // Prints any partial failure errors returned.
    if (response.hasPartialFailureError()) {
      GoogleAdsFailure googleAdsFailure =
          ErrorUtils.getInstance().getGoogleAdsFailure(response.getPartialFailureError());
      googleAdsFailure
          .getErrorsList()
          .forEach(e -> System.out.println("Partial failure occurred: " + e.getMessage()));
      throw new RuntimeException(
          "Partial failure occurred " + response.getPartialFailureError().getMessage());
    }

    // Prints the result if valid.
    CallConversionResult result = response.getResults(0);
    System.out.printf(
        "Uploaded call conversion that occurred at '%' for caller ID '%' to the conversion"
            + " action with resource name '%'.%n",
        result.getCallStartDateTime(), result.getCallerId(), result.getConversionAction());
  }
}
UploadCallConversion.java

C#

public void Run(GoogleAdsClient client, long customerId,
    long conversionActionId, string callerId, string callStartTime,
    string conversionTime, double conversionValue,
    long? conversionCustomVariableId, string conversionCustomVariableValue,
    ConsentStatus? adUserDataConsent)
{
    // Get the ConversionUploadService.
    ConversionUploadServiceClient conversionUploadService =
        client.GetService(Services.V16.ConversionUploadService);

    // Create a call conversion by specifying currency as USD.
    CallConversion callConversion = new CallConversion()
    {
        ConversionAction = ResourceNames.ConversionAction(customerId, conversionActionId),
        CallerId = callerId,
        CallStartDateTime = callStartTime,
        ConversionDateTime = conversionTime,
        ConversionValue = conversionValue,
        CurrencyCode = "USD",
    };

    if (adUserDataConsent != null)
    {
        // Specifies whether user consent was obtained for the data you are uploading. See
        // https://www.google.com/about/company/user-consent-policy
        // for details.
        callConversion.Consent = new Consent()
        {
            AdUserData = (ConsentStatus)adUserDataConsent
        };
    }

    if (conversionCustomVariableId != null &&
        !string.IsNullOrEmpty(conversionCustomVariableValue))
    {
        callConversion.CustomVariables.Add(new CustomVariable()
        {
            ConversionCustomVariable = ResourceNames.ConversionCustomVariable(
                customerId, conversionCustomVariableId.Value),
            Value = conversionCustomVariableValue
        });
    }

    UploadCallConversionsRequest request = new UploadCallConversionsRequest()
    {
        CustomerId = customerId.ToString(),
        Conversions = { callConversion },
        PartialFailure = true
    };

    try
    {
        // Issues a request to upload the call conversion. The partialFailure parameter
        // is set to true, and validateOnly parameter to false as required by this method
        // call.
        // NOTE: This request contains a single conversion as a demonstration.  However, if
        // you have multiple conversions to upload, it's best to upload multiple conversions
        // per request instead of sending a separate request per conversion. See the
        // following for per-request limits:
        // https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/best-practices/quotas#conversion_upload_service
        UploadCallConversionsResponse response =
            conversionUploadService.UploadCallConversions(request);

        // Since we set partialFailure = true, we can retrieve error messages (if any) from
        // the operation response.
        if (response.PartialFailureError != null)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Call conversion upload failed.");

            // Retrieves the errors from the partial failure and prints them.
            List<GoogleAdsError> errors =
                response.PartialFailure.GetErrorsByOperationIndex(0);
            foreach (GoogleAdsError error in errors)
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Operation failed with error: {error}.");
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Prints the result.
            CallConversionResult uploadedCallConversion = response.Results[0];
            Console.WriteLine($"Uploaded call conversion that occurred at " +
                $"'{uploadedCallConversion.CallStartDateTime}' for caller ID " +
                $"'{uploadedCallConversion.CallerId}' to the conversion action with " +
                $"resource name '{uploadedCallConversion.ConversionAction}'.");
        }

    }
    catch (GoogleAdsException e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Failure:");
        Console.WriteLine($"Message: {e.Message}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Failure: {e.Failure}");
        Console.WriteLine($"Request ID: {e.RequestId}");
        throw;
    }
}
UploadCallConversion.cs

PHP

public static function runExample(
    GoogleAdsClient $googleAdsClient,
    int $customerId,
    int $conversionActionId,
    string $callerId,
    string $callStartDateTime,
    string $conversionDateTime,
    float $conversionValue,
    ?string $conversionCustomVariableId,
    ?string $conversionCustomVariableValue,
    ?int $adUserDataConsent
) {
    // Creates a call conversion by specifying currency as USD.
    $callConversion = new CallConversion([
        'conversion_action' =>
            ResourceNames::forConversionAction($customerId, $conversionActionId),
        'caller_id' => $callerId,
        'call_start_date_time' => $callStartDateTime,
        'conversion_date_time' => $conversionDateTime,
        'conversion_value' => $conversionValue,
        'currency_code' => 'USD'
    ]);
    if (!is_null($conversionCustomVariableId) && !is_null($conversionCustomVariableValue)) {
        $callConversion->setCustomVariables([new CustomVariable([
            'conversion_custom_variable' => ResourceNames::forConversionCustomVariable(
                $customerId,
                $conversionCustomVariableId
            ),
            'value' => $conversionCustomVariableValue
        ])]);
    }
    // Sets the consent information, if provided.
    if (!empty($adUserDataConsent)) {
        // Specifies whether user consent was obtained for the data you are uploading. See
        // https://www.google.com/about/company/user-consent-policy for details.
        $callConversion->setConsent(new Consent(['ad_user_data' => $adUserDataConsent]));
    }

    // Issues a request to upload the call conversion.
    $conversionUploadServiceClient = $googleAdsClient->getConversionUploadServiceClient();
    // NOTE: This request contains a single conversion as a demonstration.  However, if you have
    // multiple conversions to upload, it's best to upload multiple conversions per request
    // instead of sending a separate request per conversion. See the following for per-request
    // limits:
    // https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/best-practices/quotas#conversion_upload_service
    $response = $conversionUploadServiceClient->uploadCallConversions(
        // Partial failure MUST be enabled for this request.
        UploadCallConversionsRequest::build($customerId, [$callConversion], true)
    );

    // Prints the status message if any partial failure error is returned.
    // Note: The details of each partial failure error are not printed here, you can refer to
    // the example HandlePartialFailure.php to learn more.
    if ($response->hasPartialFailureError()) {
        printf(
            "Partial failures occurred: '%s'.%s",
            $response->getPartialFailureError()->getMessage(),
            PHP_EOL
        );
    } else {
        // Prints the result if exists.
        /** @var CallConversionResult $uploadedCallConversion */
        $uploadedCallConversion = $response->getResults()[0];
        printf(
            "Uploaded call conversion that occurred at '%s' for caller ID '%s' to the "
            . "conversion action with resource name '%s'.%s",
            $uploadedCallConversion->getCallStartDateTime(),
            $uploadedCallConversion->getCallerId(),
            $uploadedCallConversion->getConversionAction(),
            PHP_EOL
        );
    }
}
UploadCallConversion.php

Python

def main(
    client,
    customer_id,
    conversion_action_id,
    caller_id,
    call_start_date_time,
    conversion_date_time,
    conversion_value,
    conversion_custom_variable_id,
    conversion_custom_variable_value,
    ad_user_data_consent,
):
    """Imports offline call conversion values for calls related to your ads.

    Args:
        client: An initialized GoogleAdsClient instance.
        customer_id: The client customer ID string.
        conversion_action_id: The ID of the conversion action to upload to.
        caller_id: The caller ID from which this call was placed. Caller ID is
            expected to be in E.164 format with preceding '+' sign,
            e.g. '+18005550100'.
        call_start_date_time: The date and time at which the call occurred. The
            format is 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss+|-hh:mm',
            e.g. '2021-01-01 12:32:45-08:00'.
        conversion_date_time: The the date and time of the conversion (should be
            after the click time). The format is 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss+|-hh:mm',
            e.g. '2021-01-01 12:32:45-08:00'.
        conversion_value: The conversion value in the desired currency.
        conversion_custom_variable_id: The ID of the conversion custom
            variable to associate with the upload.
        conversion_custom_variable_value: The str value of the conversion custom
            variable to associate with the upload.
        ad_user_data_consent: The consent status for ad user data for all
            members in the job.
    """
    # Get the ConversionUploadService client.
    conversion_upload_service = client.get_service("ConversionUploadService")

    # Create a call conversion in USD currency.
    call_conversion = client.get_type("CallConversion")
    call_conversion.conversion_action = client.get_service(
        "ConversionActionService"
    ).conversion_action_path(customer_id, conversion_action_id)
    call_conversion.caller_id = caller_id
    call_conversion.call_start_date_time = call_start_date_time
    call_conversion.conversion_date_time = conversion_date_time
    call_conversion.conversion_value = conversion_value
    call_conversion.currency_code = "USD"

    if conversion_custom_variable_id and conversion_custom_variable_value:
        conversion_custom_variable = client.get_type("CustomVariable")
        conversion_custom_variable.conversion_custom_variable = (
            conversion_custom_variable_id
        )
        conversion_custom_variable.value = conversion_custom_variable_value
        call_conversion.custom_variables.append(conversion_custom_variable)

    # Specifies whether user consent was obtained for the data you are
    # uploading. For more details. see:
    # https://www.google.com/about/company/user-consent-policy
    if ad_user_data_consent:
        call_conversion.consent.ad_user_data = client.enums.ConsentStatusEnum[
            ad_user_data_consent
        ]

    # Issue a request to upload the call conversion.
    # Partial failure MUST be enabled for this request.
    request = client.get_type("UploadCallConversionsRequest")
    request.customer_id = customer_id
    request.conversions = [call_conversion]
    request.partial_failure = True
    # NOTE: This request only uploads a single conversion, but if you have
    # multiple conversions to upload, it's most efficient to upload them in a
    # single request. See the following for per-request limits for reference:
    # https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/best-practices/quotas#conversion_upload_service
    upload_call_conversions_response = (
        conversion_upload_service.upload_call_conversions(request=request)
    )

    # Print any partial errors returned.
    if upload_call_conversions_response.partial_failure_error:
        print(
            "Partial error occurred: "
            f"'{upload_call_conversions_response.partial_failure_error.message}'"
        )

    # Print the result if valid.
    uploaded_call_conversion = upload_call_conversions_response.results[0]
    if uploaded_call_conversion.call_start_date_time:
        print(
            "Uploaded call conversion that occurred at "
            f"'{uploaded_call_conversion.call_start_date_time}' "
            f"for caller ID '{uploaded_call_conversion.caller_id}' "
            "to the conversion action with resource name "
            f"'{uploaded_call_conversion.conversion_action}'."
        )
upload_call_conversion.py

Ruby

def upload_call_conversion(
  customer_id,
  conversion_action_id,
  caller_id,
  call_start_date_time,
  conversion_date_time,
  conversion_value,
  conversion_custom_variable_id,
  conversion_custom_variable_value,
  ad_user_data_consent)
  # GoogleAdsClient will read a config file from
  # ENV['HOME']/google_ads_config.rb when called without parameters
  client = Google::Ads::GoogleAds::GoogleAdsClient.new

  # Create a call conversion by specifying currency as USD.
  call_conversion = client.resource.call_conversion do |c|
    c.conversion_action = client.path.conversion_action(
      customer_id, conversion_action_id)
    c.caller_id = caller_id
    c.call_start_date_time = call_start_date_time
    c.conversion_date_time = conversion_date_time
    c.conversion_value = conversion_value
    c.currency_code = "USD"
    if conversion_custom_variable_id && conversion_custom_variable_value
      c.custom_variables << client.resource.custom_variable do |cv|
        cv.conversion_custom_variable = client.path.conversion_custom_variable(
          customer_id, conversion_custom_variable_id)
        cv.value = conversion_custom_variable_value
      end
    end

    unless ad_user_data_consent.nil?
      c.consent = client.resource.consent do |c|
        # Specifies whether user consent was obtained for the data you are
        # uploading. For more details, see:
        # https://www.google.com/about/company/user-consent-policy
        c.ad_user_data = ad_user_data_consent
      end
    end
  end

  # Issues a request to upload the call conversion.
  response = client.service.conversion_upload.upload_call_conversions(
    customer_id: customer_id,
    # NOTE: This request only uploads a single conversion, but if you have
    # multiple conversions to upload, it's most efficient to upload them in a
    # single request. See the following for per-request limits for reference:
    # https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/best-practices/quotas#conversion_upload_service
    conversions: [call_conversion],
    partial_failure: true
  )

  # Prints errors if any partial failure error is returned.
  if response.partial_failure_error
    failures = client.decode_partial_failure_error(response.partial_failure_error)
    failures.each do |failure|
      failure.errors.each do |error|
        human_readable_error_path = error
          .location
          .field_path_elements
          .map { |location_info|
            if location_info.index
              "#{location_info.field_name}[#{location_info.index}]"
            else
              "#{location_info.field_name}"
            end
          }.join(" > ")

        errmsg =  "error occured while adding operations " \
          "#{human_readable_error_path}" \
          " with value: #{error.trigger.string_value}" \
          " because #{error.message.downcase}"
        puts errmsg
      end
    end
  else
    # Print the result if valid.
    uploaded_call_conversion = response.results.first
    puts "Uploaded call conversion that occurred at " \
      "#{uploaded_call_conversion.call_start_date_time} " \
      "for caller ID " \
      "#{uploaded_call_conversion.caller_id} " \
      "to the conversion action with resource name " \
      "#{uploaded_call_conversion.conversion_action}"
  end
end
upload_call_conversion.rb

Perl

sub upload_call_conversion {
  my (
    $api_client,                       $customer_id,
    $conversion_action_id,             $caller_id,
    $call_start_date_time,             $conversion_date_time,
    $conversion_value,                 $conversion_custom_variable_id,
    $conversion_custom_variable_value, $ad_user_data_consent
  ) = @_;

  # Create a call conversion by specifying currency as USD.
  my $call_conversion =
    Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V16::Services::ConversionUploadService::CallConversion
    ->new({
      conversionAction =>
        Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V16::Utils::ResourceNames::conversion_action(
        $customer_id, $conversion_action_id
        ),
      callerId           => $caller_id,
      callStartDateTime  => $call_start_date_time,
      conversionDateTime => $conversion_date_time,
      conversionValue    => $conversion_value,
      currencyCode       => "USD"
    });

  if ($conversion_custom_variable_id && $conversion_custom_variable_value) {
    $call_conversion->{customVariables} = [
      Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V16::Services::ConversionUploadService::CustomVariable
        ->new({
          conversionCustomVariable =>
            Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V16::Utils::ResourceNames::conversion_custom_variable(
            $customer_id, $conversion_custom_variable_id
            ),
          value => $conversion_custom_variable_value
        })];
  }

  # Set the consent information, if provided.
  if ($ad_user_data_consent) {
    # Specify whether user consent was obtained for the data you are uploading.
    # See https://www.google.com/about/company/user-consent-policy for details.
    $call_conversion->{consent} =
      Google::Ads::GoogleAds::V16::Common::Consent->new({
        adUserData => $ad_user_data_consent
      });
  }

  # Issue a request to upload the call conversion.
  # NOTE: This request contains a single conversion as a demonstration.
  # However, if you have multiple conversions to upload, it's best to
  # upload multiple conversions per request instead of sending a separate
  # request per conversion. See the following for per-request limits:
  # https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/best-practices/quotas#conversion_upload_service
  my $upload_call_conversions_response =
    $api_client->ConversionUploadService()->upload_call_conversions({
      customerId     => $customer_id,
      conversions    => [$call_conversion],
      partialFailure => "true"
    });

  # Print any partial errors returned.
  if ($upload_call_conversions_response->{partialFailureError}) {
    printf "Partial error encountered: '%s'.\n",
      $upload_call_conversions_response->{partialFailureError}{message};
  }

  # Print the result if valid.
  my $uploaded_call_conversion =
    $upload_call_conversions_response->{results}[0];
  if (%$uploaded_call_conversion) {
    printf "Uploaded call conversion that occurred at '%s' " .
      "for caller ID '%s' to the conversion action with resource name '%s'.\n",
      $uploaded_call_conversion->{callStartDateTime},
      $uploaded_call_conversion->{callerId},
      $uploaded_call_conversion->{conversionAction};
  }

  return 1;
}
upload_call_conversion.pl

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