Experiments Code Example
This example demonstrates how to create experiment campaigns from a base campaign.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.ServiceModel;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.BingAds.V13.CampaignManagement;
using Microsoft.BingAds;
namespace BingAdsExamplesLibrary.V13
{
/// <summary>
/// How to create experiment campaigns from a base campaign.
/// </summary>
public class Experiments : ExampleBase
{
public override string Description
{
get { return "Experiments | Campaign Management V13"; }
}
public async override Task RunAsync(AuthorizationData authorizationData)
{
try
{
ApiEnvironment environment = ((OAuthDesktopMobileAuthCodeGrant)authorizationData.Authentication).Environment;
CampaignManagementExampleHelper CampaignManagementExampleHelper = new CampaignManagementExampleHelper(
OutputStatusMessageDefault: this.OutputStatusMessage);
CampaignManagementExampleHelper.CampaignManagementService = new ServiceClient<ICampaignManagementService>(
authorizationData: authorizationData,
environment: environment);
// Choose a base campaign for the experiment.
OutputStatusMessage("-----\nGetCampaignsByAccountId:");
GetCampaignsByAccountIdResponse getCampaignsByAccountIdResponse = await CampaignManagementExampleHelper.GetCampaignsByAccountIdAsync(
accountId: authorizationData.AccountId,
campaignType: CampaignType.Search,
returnAdditionalFields: CampaignAdditionalField.AdScheduleUseSearcherTimeZone);
var campaigns = getCampaignsByAccountIdResponse.Campaigns;
OutputStatusMessage("Campaigns:");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper.OutputArrayOfCampaign(campaigns);
// The base campaign cannot be an experiment of another base campaign
// i.e., the campaign's ExperimentId must be nil.
// Likewise the base campaign cannot use a shared budget
// i.e., the campaign's BudgetId must be nil.
var baseCampaign = campaigns.FirstOrDefault(
campaign => campaign.ExperimentId == null && campaign.BudgetId == null);
if (baseCampaign == null)
{
OutputStatusMessage("You do not have any campaigns that are eligible for experiments.");
return;
}
// Create the experiment
var experiments = new [] {
new Experiment
{
BaseCampaignId = baseCampaign.Id,
EndDate = new Date
{
Month = 12,
Day = 31,
Year = DateTime.UtcNow.Year
},
ExperimentCampaignId = null,
ExperimentStatus = "Active",
ExperimentType = null,
Id = null,
Name = baseCampaign.Name + "-Experiment",
StartDate = new Date
{
Month = DateTime.UtcNow.Month,
Day = DateTime.UtcNow.Day,
Year = DateTime.UtcNow.Year
},
TrafficSplitPercent = 50
}
};
OutputStatusMessage("-----\nAddExperiments:");
AddExperimentsResponse addExperimentsResponse = await CampaignManagementExampleHelper.AddExperimentsAsync(
experiments: experiments);
long?[] experimentIds = addExperimentsResponse.ExperimentIds.ToArray();
BatchError[] experimentErrors = addExperimentsResponse.PartialErrors.ToArray();
OutputStatusMessage("ExperimentIds:");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper.OutputArrayOfLong(experimentIds);
OutputStatusMessage("PartialErrors:");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper.OutputArrayOfBatchError(experimentErrors);
OutputStatusMessage("-----\nGetExperimentsByIds:");
GetExperimentsByIdsResponse getExperimentsByIdsResponse = await CampaignManagementExampleHelper.GetExperimentsByIdsAsync(
experimentIds: new[] { (long)experimentIds[0] },
pageInfo: null);
OutputStatusMessage("Experiments:");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper.OutputArrayOfExperiment(getExperimentsByIdsResponse.Experiments);
var experiment = getExperimentsByIdsResponse.Experiments?.ToList()[0];
// If the experiment is in a Graduated state, then the former experiment campaign
// is now an independent campaign that must be deleted separately.
// Otherwise if you delete the base campaign (not shown here),
// the experiment campaign and experiment itself are also deleted.
OutputStatusMessage("-----\nDeleteCampaigns:");
await CampaignManagementExampleHelper.DeleteCampaignsAsync(
accountId: authorizationData.AccountId,
campaignIds: new[] { (long)experiment.ExperimentCampaignId });
OutputStatusMessage(string.Format("Deleted Experiment Campaign Id {0} with Status '{1}'",
experiment.ExperimentCampaignId,
experiment.ExperimentStatus));
OutputStatusMessage("-----\nDeleteExperiments:");
await CampaignManagementExampleHelper.DeleteExperimentsAsync(
experimentIds: new[] { (long)experiment.Id });
OutputStatusMessage(string.Format("Deleted Experiment Id {0}", experiment.Id));
}
// Catch authentication exceptions
catch (OAuthTokenRequestException ex)
{
OutputStatusMessage(string.Format("Couldn't get OAuth tokens. Error: {0}. Description: {1}", ex.Details.Error, ex.Details.Description));
}
// Catch Campaign Management service exceptions
catch (FaultException<Microsoft.BingAds.V13.CampaignManagement.AdApiFaultDetail> ex)
{
OutputStatusMessage(string.Join("; ", ex.Detail.Errors.Select(error => string.Format("{0}: {1}", error.Code, error.Message))));
}
catch (FaultException<Microsoft.BingAds.V13.CampaignManagement.ApiFaultDetail> ex)
{
OutputStatusMessage(string.Join("; ", ex.Detail.OperationErrors.Select(error => string.Format("{0}: {1}", error.Code, error.Message))));
OutputStatusMessage(string.Join("; ", ex.Detail.BatchErrors.Select(error => string.Format("{0}: {1}", error.Code, error.Message))));
}
catch (FaultException<Microsoft.BingAds.V13.CampaignManagement.EditorialApiFaultDetail> ex)
{
OutputStatusMessage(string.Join("; ", ex.Detail.OperationErrors.Select(error => string.Format("{0}: {1}", error.Code, error.Message))));
OutputStatusMessage(string.Join("; ", ex.Detail.BatchErrors.Select(error => string.Format("{0}: {1}", error.Code, error.Message))));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
OutputStatusMessage(ex.Message);
}
}
}
}
package com.microsoft.bingads.examples.v13;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Calendar;
import com.microsoft.bingads.*;
import com.microsoft.bingads.v13.campaignmanagement.*;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.*;
public class Experiments extends ExampleBase {
public static void main(java.lang.String[] args) {
try
{
authorizationData = getAuthorizationData();
CampaignManagementExampleHelper.CampaignManagementService = new ServiceClient<ICampaignManagementService>(
authorizationData,
API_ENVIRONMENT,
ICampaignManagementService.class);
ArrayList<CampaignType> campaignTypes = new ArrayList<CampaignType>();
campaignTypes.add(CampaignType.SEARCH);
// Choose a base campaign for the experiment.
outputStatusMessage("-----\nGetCampaignsByAccountId:");
GetCampaignsByAccountIdResponse getCampaignsByAccountIdResponse = CampaignManagementExampleHelper.getCampaignsByAccountId(
authorizationData.getAccountId(),
campaignTypes,
null);
ArrayOfCampaign campaigns = getCampaignsByAccountIdResponse.getCampaigns();
outputStatusMessage("Campaigns:");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper.outputArrayOfCampaign(campaigns);
// The base campaign cannot be an experiment of another base campaign
// i.e., the campaign's ExperimentId must be nil.
// Likewise the base campaign cannot use a shared budget
// i.e., the campaign's BudgetId must be nil.
Campaign baseCampaign = null;
if (baseCampaign == null) baseCampaign = campaigns.getCampaigns().stream().filter(
campaign -> campaign.getExperimentId() == null && campaign.getBudgetId() == null).findFirst().orElse(null);
if (baseCampaign == null)
{
outputStatusMessage("You do not have any campaigns that are eligible for experiments.");
return;
}
// Create the experiment
ArrayOfExperiment experiments = new ArrayOfExperiment();
Experiment experiment = new Experiment();
experiment.setBaseCampaignId(baseCampaign.getId());
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
experiment.setEndDate(new com.microsoft.bingads.v13.campaignmanagement.Date());
experiment.getEndDate().setDay(31);
experiment.getEndDate().setMonth(12);
experiment.getEndDate().setYear(calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
experiment.setExperimentCampaignId(null);
experiment.setExperimentStatus("Active");
experiment.setExperimentType(null);
experiment.setId(null);
experiment.setName(baseCampaign.getName() + "-Experiment");
experiment.setStartDate(new com.microsoft.bingads.v13.campaignmanagement.Date());
experiment.getStartDate().setDay(calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
experiment.getStartDate().setMonth(calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1);
experiment.getStartDate().setYear(calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
experiment.setTrafficSplitPercent(50);
experiments.getExperiments().add(experiment);
outputStatusMessage("-----\nAddExperiments:");
AddExperimentsResponse addExperimentsResponse = CampaignManagementExampleHelper.addExperiments(
experiments);
ArrayOfNullableOflong nullableExperimentIds = addExperimentsResponse.getExperimentIds();
ArrayOfBatchError experimentErrors = addExperimentsResponse.getPartialErrors();
outputStatusMessage("ExperimentIds:");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper.outputArrayOfNullableOflong(nullableExperimentIds);
outputStatusMessage("PartialErrors:");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper.outputArrayOfBatchError(experimentErrors);
outputStatusMessage("-----\nGetExperimentsByIds:");
ArrayOflong experimentIds = new ArrayOflong();
experimentIds.getLongs().add(nullableExperimentIds.getLongs().get(0));
GetExperimentsByIdsResponse getExperimentsByIdsResponse = CampaignManagementExampleHelper.getExperimentsByIds(experimentIds,
null);
experiments = getExperimentsByIdsResponse.getExperiments();
outputStatusMessage("Experiments:");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper.outputArrayOfExperiment(experiments);
experiment = experiments.getExperiments().get(0);
// If the experiment is in a Graduated state, then the former experiment campaign
// is now an independent campaign that must be deleted separately.
// Otherwise if you delete the base campaign (not shown here),
// the experiment campaign and experiment itself are also deleted.
outputStatusMessage("-----\nDeleteCampaigns:");
ArrayOflong campaignIds = new ArrayOflong();
campaignIds.getLongs().add(experiment.getExperimentCampaignId());
CampaignManagementExampleHelper.deleteCampaigns(
authorizationData.getAccountId(),
campaignIds);
outputStatusMessage(String.format("Deleted Experiment Campaign Id %s with Status '%s'",
experiment.getExperimentCampaignId(),
experiment.getExperimentStatus()));
outputStatusMessage("-----\nDeleteExperiments:");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper.deleteExperiments(
experimentIds);
outputStatusMessage(String.format("Deleted Experiment Id %s", experiment.getId()));
}
catch (Exception ex) {
String faultXml = ExampleExceptionHelper.getBingAdsExceptionFaultXml(ex, System.out);
outputStatusMessage(faultXml);
String message = ExampleExceptionHelper.handleBingAdsSDKException(ex, System.out);
outputStatusMessage(message);
}
}
}
<?php
namespace Microsoft\BingAds\Samples\V13;
// For more information about installing and using the Bing Ads PHP SDK,
// see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=838593.
require_once __DIR__ . "/../vendor/autoload.php";
include __DIR__ . "/AuthHelper.php";
include __DIR__ . "/AdInsightExampleHelper.php";
include __DIR__ . "/CampaignManagementExampleHelper.php";
use SoapVar;
use SoapFault;
use Exception;
// Specify the Microsoft\BingAds\Auth classes that will be used.
use Microsoft\BingAds\Auth\ServiceClient;
use Microsoft\BingAds\Auth\ServiceClientType;
// Specify the Microsoft\BingAds\Samples classes that will be used.
use Microsoft\BingAds\Samples\V13\AuthHelper;
use Microsoft\BingAds\Samples\V13\CampaignManagementExampleHelper;
// Specify the Microsoft\BingAds\V13\CampaignManagement classes that will be used.
use Microsoft\BingAds\V13\CampaignManagement\CampaignType;
use Microsoft\BingAds\V13\CampaignManagement\Date;
use Microsoft\BingAds\V13\CampaignManagement\Experiment;
try
{
// Authenticate user credentials and set the account ID for the sample.
AuthHelper::Authenticate();
// Choose a base campaign for the experiment.
print("-----\r\nGetCampaignsByAccountId:\r\n");
$getCampaignsByAccountIdResponse = CampaignManagementExampleHelper::GetCampaignsByAccountId(
$GLOBALS['AuthorizationData']->AccountId,
AuthHelper::CampaignTypes,
AuthHelper::CampaignAdditionalFields
);
$campaigns = $getCampaignsByAccountIdResponse->Campaigns;
print("Campaigns:\r\n");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper::OutputArrayOfCampaign($campaigns);
// The base campaign cannot be an experiment of another base campaign
// i.e., the campaign's ExperimentId must be nil.
// Likewise the base campaign cannot use a shared budget
// i.e., the campaign's BudgetId must be nil.
$baseCampaign = null;
foreach ($campaigns->Campaign as $campaign) {
if(((isset($campaign->ExperimentId) && $campaign->ExperimentId == null) || !isset($campaign->ExperimentId))
&& $campaign->BudgetId == null){
$baseCampaign = $campaign;
break;
}
}
if($baseCampaign == null){
print("You do not have any campaigns that are eligible for experiments.");
return;
}
// Create the experiment
$experiments = array();
$experiment = new Experiment();
$experiment->BaseCampaignId = $baseCampaign->Id;
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
$endDate = new Date();
$endDate->Day = 31;
$endDate->Month = 12;
$endDate->Year = date("Y");
$experiment->EndDate = $endDate;
$experiment->ExperimentCampaignId = null;
$experiment->ExperimentStatus = "Active";
$experiment->ExperimentType = null;
$experiment->Id = null;
$experiment->Name = $baseCampaign->Name . "-Experiment";
$startDate = new Date();
$startDate->Day = date("d");
$startDate->Month = date("m");
$startDate->Year = date("Y");
$experiment->StartDate = $startDate;
$experiment->TrafficSplitPercent = 50;
$experiments[] = $experiment;
print("-----\r\nAddExperiments:\r\n");
$addExperimentsResponse = CampaignManagementExampleHelper::AddExperiments(
$experiments
);
$experimentIds = $addExperimentsResponse->ExperimentIds;
print("ExperimentIds:\r\n");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper::OutputArrayOfLong($experimentIds);
print("PartialErrors:\r\n");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper::OutputArrayOfBatchError($addExperimentsResponse->PartialErrors);
print("-----\r\nGetExperimentsByIds:\r\n");
$getExperimentsByIdsResponse = CampaignManagementExampleHelper::GetExperimentsByIds(
$experimentIds,
null
);
print("Experiments:");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper::OutputArrayOfExperiment($getExperimentsByIdsResponse->Experiments);
$experiment = $getExperimentsByIdsResponse->Experiments->Experiment[0];
// If the experiment is in a Graduated state, then the former experiment campaign
// is now an independent campaign that must be deleted separately.
// Otherwise if you delete the base campaign (not shown here),
// the experiment campaign and experiment itself are also deleted.
print("-----\r\nDeleteCampaigns:\r\n");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper::DeleteCampaigns(
$GLOBALS['AuthorizationData']->AccountId,
array($experiment->ExperimentCampaignId)
);
printf("Deleted Experiment Campaign Id %s with Status '%s'\r\n",
$experiment->ExperimentCampaignId,
$experiment->ExperimentStatus
);
print("-----\nDeleteExperiments:\r\n");
CampaignManagementExampleHelper::DeleteExperiments(
array($experiment->Id)
);
printf("Deleted Experiment Id %s\r\n", $experiment->Id);
}
catch (SoapFault $e)
{
printf("-----\r\nFault Code: %s\r\nFault String: %s\r\nFault Detail: \r\n", $e->faultcode, $e->faultstring);
var_dump($e->detail);
print "-----\r\nLast SOAP request/response:\r\n";
print $GLOBALS['Proxy']->GetWsdl() . "\r\n";
print $GLOBALS['Proxy']->GetService()->__getLastRequest()."\r\n";
print $GLOBALS['Proxy']->GetService()->__getLastResponse()."\r\n";
}
catch (Exception $e)
{
// Ignore fault exceptions that we already caught.
if ($e->getPrevious())
{ ; }
else
{
print $e->getCode()." ".$e->getMessage()."\n\n";
print $e->getTraceAsString()."\n\n";
}
}
from auth_helper import *
from campaignmanagement_example_helper import *
# You must provide credentials in auth_helper.py.
def main(authorization_data):
try:
# Choose a base campaign for the experiment.
output_status_message("-----\nGetCampaignsByAccountId:")
campaigns=campaign_service.GetCampaignsByAccountId(
AccountId=authorization_data.account_id,
CampaignType=['Search'])
output_status_message("Campaigns:")
output_array_of_campaign(campaigns)
# The base campaign cannot be an experiment of another base campaign
# i.e., the campaign's ExperimentId must be nil.
# Likewise the base campaign cannot use a shared budget
# i.e., the campaign's BudgetId must be nil.
base_campaign=None
for campaign in campaigns['Campaign']:
if ((hasattr(campaign, 'ExperimentId') and campaign.ExperimentId is None) or not hasattr(campaign, 'ExperimentId')) \
and campaign.BudgetId is None:
base_campaign=campaign
break
if base_campaign is None:
output_status_message("You do not have any campaigns that are eligible for experiments.")
sys.exit(0)
# Create the experiment
experiments=campaign_service.factory.create('ArrayOfExperiment')
experiment=set_elements_to_none(campaign_service.factory.create('Experiment'))
experiment.BaseCampaignId=base_campaign.Id
end_date=campaign_service.factory.create('Date')
end_date.Day=31
end_date.Month=12
current_time=gmtime()
end_date.Year=current_time.tm_year + 1
experiment.EndDate=end_date
experiment.ExperimentCampaignId=None
experiment.ExperimentStatus="Active"
experiment.ExperimentType=None
experiment.Id=None
experiment.Name=base_campaign.Name + "-Experiment"
start_date=campaign_service.factory.create('Date')
start_date.Day=current_time.tm_mday
start_date.Month=current_time.tm_mon
start_date.Year=current_time.tm_year
experiment.StartDate=start_date
experiment.TrafficSplitPercent=50
experiments.Experiment.append(experiment)
output_status_message("-----\nAddExperiments:")
add_experiments_response=campaign_service.AddExperiments(
Experiments=experiments
)
experiment_ids={
'long': add_experiments_response.ExperimentIds['long'] if add_experiments_response.ExperimentIds['long'] else None
}
output_status_message("ExperimentIds:")
output_array_of_long(experiment_ids)
output_status_message("PartialErrors:")
output_array_of_batcherror(add_experiments_response.PartialErrors)
output_status_message("-----\nGetExperimentsByIds:")
get_experiments_by_ids_response=campaign_service.GetExperimentsByIds(
ExperimentIds=experiment_ids,
PageInfo=None
)
output_status_message("Experiments:")
output_array_of_experiment(get_experiments_by_ids_response.Experiments)
experiment=get_experiments_by_ids_response.Experiments['Experiment'][0]
campaign_ids={
'long': [experiment.ExperimentCampaignId]
}
# If the experiment is in a Graduated state, then the former experiment campaign
# is now an independent campaign that must be deleted separately.
# Otherwise if you delete the base campaign (not shown here),
# the experiment campaign and experiment itself are also deleted.
output_status_message("-----\nDeleteCampaigns:")
campaign_service.DeleteCampaigns(
AccountId=authorization_data.account_id,
CampaignIds=campaign_ids
)
output_status_message("Deleted Experiment Campaign Id {0} with Status '{1}'".format(
experiment.ExperimentCampaignId,
experiment.ExperimentStatus))
output_status_message("-----\nDeleteExperiments:")
campaign_service.DeleteExperiments(
ExperimentIds=experiment_ids)
for id in experiment_ids['long']:
output_status_message("Deleted Experiment Id {0}".format(id))
except WebFault as ex:
output_webfault_errors(ex)
except Exception as ex:
output_status_message(ex)
# Main execution
if __name__ == '__main__':
print("Loading the web service client proxies...")
authorization_data=AuthorizationData(
account_id=None,
customer_id=None,
developer_token=DEVELOPER_TOKEN,
authentication=None,
)
campaign_service=ServiceClient(
service='CampaignManagementService',
version=13,
authorization_data=authorization_data,
environment=ENVIRONMENT,
)
authenticate(authorization_data)
main(authorization_data)
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