add

Creates ads.

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Restrictions

To manage product ads, use this URL: https://api.direct.yandex.com/v501/.

The ad type must match the ad group type. See the table in Ad type.

You can't add ads to an archived campaign.

Maximum of 1000 ads per method call.

To check the limit on the number of ads per group for an advertiser, use the Clients.get or AgencyClients.get method (look for the ADS_TOTAL_PER_ADGROUP element in the Restrictions array).

Request

Request structure in JSON format:

{
  "method": "add",
  "params": { /* params */
    "Ads": [{  /* AdAddItem */
      "AdGroupId": (long), /* required */
      "TextAd": {  /* TextAdAdd */
        "Title": (string), /* required */
        "Title2": (string),
        "Text": (string), /* required */
        "Href": (string),
        "Mobile": ( "YES" | "NO" ), /* required */
        "DisplayUrlPath": (string),
        "VCardId": (long),
        "AdImageHash": (string),
        "SitelinkSetId": (long),
        "AdExtensionIds": [(long), ... ],
        "VideoExtension": {  /* VideoExtensionAddItem */
          "CreativeId": (long)
        },
        "PriceExtension": {  /* PriceExtensionAddItem */
          "Price": (long), /* required */
          "OldPrice": (long),
          "PriceQualifier": ( "FROM" | "UP_TO" | "NONE" ), /* required */
          "PriceCurrency": ( "RUB" | "BYN" | "CHF" | "EUR" | "KZT" | "TRY" | "UAH" | "USD" | "UZS" ) /* required */
        },
        "TurboPageId": (long),
        "BusinessId": (long),
        "PreferVCardOverBusiness": ( "YES" | "NO" ),
        "ErirAdDescription" : (string)
      },
      "DynamicTextAd": {  /* DynamicTextAdAdd */
        "VCardId": (long),
        "AdImageHash": (string),
        "SitelinkSetId": (long),
        "AdExtensionIds": [(long), ... ],
        "Text": (string) /* required */
      },
      "MobileAppAd": {  /* MobileAppAdAdd */
        "AdImageHash": (string),
        "Text": (string), /* required */
        "Title": (string), /* required */
        "TrackingUrl": (string),
        "Action": ( "DOWNLOAD" | "GET" | "INSTALL" | "MORE" | "OPEN" | "UPDATE" | "PLAY" | "BUY_AUTODETECT" ), /* required */
        "Features": [{  /* MobileAppAdFeatureItem */
          "Feature": ( "PRICE" | "ICON" | "CUSTOMER_RATING" | "RATINGS" ), /* required */
          "Enabled": ( "YES" | "NO" ) /* required */
        }, ... ],
        "AgeLabel": ( "AGE_0" | ... | "AGE_18" ),
        "VideoExtension": {  /* VideoExtensionAddItem */
          "CreativeId": (long)
        },
        "ErirAdDescription" : (string)
      },
      "TextImageAd": {  /* TextImageAdAdd */
        "AdImageHash": (string), /* required */
        "ErirAdDescription" : (string),
        "Href": (string),
        "TurboPageId": (long)
      },
      "MobileAppImageAd": {  /* MobileAppImageAdAdd */
        "AdImageHash": (string), /* required */
        "ErirAdDescription" : (string),
        "TrackingUrl": (string)
      },
      "TextAdBuilderAd": {  /* TextAdBuilderAdAdd */
        "Creative": { /* AdBuilderAdAddItem */
          "CreativeId": (long) /* required */
        }, /* required */
        "ErirAdDescription" : (string),
        "Href": (string),
        "TurboPageId": (long)
      },
      "MobileAppAdBuilderAd": {  /* MobileAppAdBuilderAdAdd */
        "Creative": { /* AdBuilderAdAddItem */
          "CreativeId": (long) /* required */
        }, /* required */
        "ErirAdDescription" : (string),
        "TrackingUrl": (string)
      },
      "MobileAppCpcVideoAdBuilderAd" : {  /* MobileAppCpcVideoAdBuilderAdAdd */
        "Creative" : { /* AdBuilderAdAddItem */
          "CreativeId" : (long) /* required */
        },
        "ErirAdDescription" : (string),
        "TrackingUrl" : (string)
      }, /* required */
      "CpmBannerAdBuilderAd": {  /* CpmBannerAdBuilderAdAdd */
        "Creative": { /* AdBuilderAdAddItem */
          "CreativeId": (long) /* required */
        }, /* required */
        "ErirAdDescription" : (string),
        "Href": (string),
        "TrackingPixels": { /* ArrayOfString */
          "Items": [(string), ... ] /* required */
        },
        "TurboPageId": (long)
      },
      "CpcVideoAdBuilderAd": {  /* CpcVideoAdBuilderAdAdd */
        "Creative": { /* AdBuilderAdAddItem */
          "CreativeId": (long) /* required */
        }, /* required */
        "ErirAdDescription" : (string),
        "Href": (string),
        "TurboPageId": (long)
      },
      "CpmVideoAdBuilderAd": {  /* CpmVideoAdBuilderAdAdd */
        "Creative": { /* AdBuilderAdAddItem */
          "CreativeId": (long) /* required */
        }, /* required */
        "ErirAdDescription" : (string),
        "Href": (string),
        "TrackingPixels": { /* ArrayOfString */
          "Items": [(string), ... ] /* required */
        },
        "TurboPageId": (long)
      },
      "SmartAdBuilderAd": { /* SmartAdBuilderAdAdd */
        "Creative": { /* AdBuilderAdAddItem */
          "CreativeId": (long) /* required */
        }, /* required */
        "ErirAdDescription" : (string)
      },
      "ShoppingAd" : {
        "SitelinkSetId" : (long),
        "AdExtensionIds" : [ (long) ],
        "BusinessId" : (long),
        "FeedId" : (long) /* required */,
        "FeedFilterConditions" : [ {
          "Operand" : (string) /* required */,
          "Operator" : ("CONTAINS_ANY"|"EQUALS_ANY"|"EXISTS"|"GREATER_THAN"|"IN_RANGE"|"LESS_THAN"|"NOT_CONTAINS_ALL") /* required */,
          "Arguments" : [ (string) ] /* required */
        }, ... ],
        "TitleSources" : [ (string) ],
        "TextSources" : [ (string) ],
        "DefaultTexts" : [ (string) ] /* required */
      },
      "ListingAd" : {
        "SitelinkSetId" : (long),
        "AdExtensionIds" : [ (long) ],
        "BusinessId" : (long),
        "FeedId" : (long) /* required */,
        "FeedFilterConditions" : [ {
          "Operand" : (string) /* required */,
          "Operator" : ("CONTAINS_ANY"|"EQUALS_ANY"|"EXISTS"|"GREATER_THAN"|"IN_RANGE"|"LESS_THAN"|"NOT_CONTAINS_ALL") /* required */,
          "Arguments" : [ (string) ] /* required */
        }, ... ],
        "TitleSources" : [ (string) ],
        "TextSources" : [ (string) ],
        "DefaultTexts" : [ (string) ] /* required */
      }
    }, ... ] /* required */
  }
}

params structure (for JSON) / AddRequest structure (for SOAP)

Parameter

Type

Description

Required

Ads

array of AdAddItem

Ads to add.

Yes

AdAddItem structure

AdGroupId

long

ID of the group that the ad is being created in.

Yes

TextAd

TextAdAdd

Parameters of a Text & Image ad. See Ad type.

Use either TextAd or MobileAppAd or DynamicTextAd or TextImageAd or MobileAppImageAd or TextAdBuilderAd or MobileAppAdBuilderAd or MobileAppCpcVideoAdBuilderAd or CpcVideoAdBuilderAd or CpmBannerAdBuilderAd or CpmVideoAdBuilderAd or SmartAdBuilderAd.

DynamicTextAd

DynamicTextAdAdd

Parameters of a dynamic ad.

MobileAppAd

MobileAppAdAdd

Parameters of a mobile app ad

TextImageAd

TextImageAdAdd

Parameters of an image ad to create from an image (when adding it to a group of Text & Image ads).

MobileAppImageAd

MobileAppImageAdAdd

Parameters of an image ad to create from an image (when adding it to a group of mobile app ads).

TextAdBuilderAd

TextAdBuilderAdAdd

Parameters of an image ad to create from a creative (when adding it to a group of Text & Image ads).

MobileAppAdBuilderAd

MobileAppAdBuilderAdAdd

Parameters of an image ad to create from a creative (when adding it to a group of mobile app ads).

MobileAppCpcVideoAdBuilderAd

MobileAppCpcVideoAdBuilderAdAdd

Parameters of a video ad to create from a creative (when adding it to a group of ads for mobile apps).

CpmBannerAdBuilderAd

CpmBannerAdBuilderAdAdd

Display ad parameters.

CpcVideoAdBuilderAd

CpcVideoAdBuilderAdAdd

Video ad parameters in a “Text & Image ads” campaign.

CpmVideoAdBuilderAd

CpmVideoAdBuilderAdAdd

Parameters of a display video ad in a display campaign.

SmartAdBuilderAd

SmartAdBuilderAdAdd

Smart banner parameters.

ShoppingAd

ShoppingAdAdd

Product ad parameters.

ListingAd

ListingAdAdd

Parameters of ads for catalog pages.

TextAdAdd structure

Title

string

Title 1.

Maximum of 56 characters, counting "narrow" characters. Maximum of 22 characters per word. When using a template, the # character doesn't count towards the length.

Yes

Title2

string

Title 2.

A maximum of 30 characters not counting “narrow” characters, plus up to 15 “narrow” characters. Maximum of 22 characters per word. When using a template, the # character doesn't count towards the length.

No

Text

string

Ad text.

Maximum of 81 characters not counting "narrow" characters, plus up to 15 "narrow" characters. Maximum of 23 characters per word. When using a template, the # character doesn't count towards the length.

Yes

Mobile

YesNoEnum

Indicates whether this is a mobile ad: YES or NO. See Mobile ads in Yandex Direct Help.

Yes

Href

string

Link to the advertiser's website. Maximum of 1024 characters. When using a template, the # character doesn't count towards the length.

It must include the protocol and domain name. May contain substitution variables.

At least one of the parameters Href, TurboPageId, VCardId or BusinessId (or all may be present)

TurboPageId

long

ID of the Turbo page.

VCardId

long

ID of the vCard. The vCard must belong to the same campaign as the ad.

BusinessId

long

ID of the business profile on Yandex.

To get data from business profiles, use the Businesses.get method.

A business profile can be linked to an ad only if the YES value is returned for the IsPublished parameter.

Note

The business profile is available at https://yandex.ru/profile/<profile_id>

PreferVCardOverBusiness

YesNoEnum

Indicates which data source takes priority when displaying an ad: YES — vCard, NO — business profile.

Alert

This parameter is used if the VCardID and BusinessId values are specified. If one of these values is deleted, you must set the PreferVCardOverBusiness parameter to NO.

No

ErirAdDescription

string

Ad object description.

No

AdImageHash

string

Hash of the image.

For Text & Image ads, only images of the REGULAR or WIDE type are acceptable. See Type of image.

No

SitelinkSetId

long

ID of a set of sitelinks. Allowed only with the Href or TurboPageId parameter.

No

DisplayUrlPath

string

Display link. Allowed only with the Href parameter. Maximum of 20 characters. When using a template, the # character doesn't count towards the length.

It may contain letters, numbers, and the symbols -, №, /, %, #. Spaces, underscores (_), and double characters -- and // are not allowed.

See Display link in the Yandex Direct Help.

No

AdExtensionIds

array of long

IDs of extensions. Maximum of 50 items in the array.

No

VideoExtension

VideoExtensionAddItem

Video extension.

If this parameter is omitted and the advertiser set ENABLE_VIDEO_EXTENSION_BY_DEFAULT to YES, a video extension is generated automatically.

See Video extensions in the Yandex Direct Help.

No

PriceExtension

PriceExtensionAddItem

Price in the ad.

No

VideoExtensionAddItem structure

CreativeId

long

ID of the creative.

To get the ID of a creative, use the Creatives.get method.

Yes

PriceExtensionAddItem structure

Price

long

The price of a product or service multiplied by 1,000,000. An integer that is a multiple of 10,000 (the price with two digits after the decimal point). Maximum value: 10,000,000,000,000,000.

Yes

OldPrice

long

The previous price of a product or service multiplied by 1,000,000. An integer that is a multiple of 10,000. The old price must be higher than the current price.

No

PriceQualifier

PriceQualifierEnum

Text explanation of the price:

  • FROM — "From".
  • UP_TO — "To".
  • NONE — No explanation.

Yes

PriceCurrency

PriceCurrencyEnum

The currency that the price is shown in.

Yes

DynamicTextAdAdd structure

VCardId

long

ID of the vCard. The vCard must belong to the same campaign as the ad.

No

AdImageHash

string

Hash of the image.

For dynamic ads, only images of the REGULAR or WIDE type are acceptable. See Type of image.

No

SitelinkSetId

long

ID of a set of sitelinks.

No

AdExtensionIds

array of long

IDs of extensions. Maximum of 50 items in the array.

No

Text

string

Ad text.

Maximum of 81 characters not counting "narrow" characters, plus up to 15 "narrow" characters. Maximum of 23 characters per word. When using a template, the # character doesn't count towards the length.

Yes

MobileAppAdAdd structure

AdImageHash

string

Hash of the image.

For mobile app ads, only images of the WIDE type are acceptable. See Type of image.

No

Text

string

Ad text.

Maximum of 75 characters, counting "narrow" characters. Maximum of 23 characters per word. When using a template, the # character doesn't count towards the length.

Yes

Title

string

Title.

Maximum of 56 characters, counting "narrow" characters. Maximum of 22 characters per word. When using a template, the # character doesn't count towards the length.

Yes

TrackingUrl

string

Tracking link for tracking app installations. Maximum of 1024 characters. It must include the protocol and domain name.

No

Action

MobileAppAdActionEnum

The button label:

  • DOWNLOAD — "Download"

  • GET — "Get"

  • INSTALL — "Install"

  • MORE — "More"

  • OPEN — "Open"

  • UPDATE — "Update"

  • PLAY — "Play"

  • BUY_AUTODETECT — The text changes based on the app's price: "Buy" if the price is non-zero, or "Free" if the price is set to zero.

Yes

Features

array of MobileAppAdFeatureItem

Add-ons that need to be automatically downloaded from the app store and displayed in the ad.

No

AgeLabel

MobAppAgeLabelEnum

Age restriction. The default value is AGE_18.

No

VideoExtension

VideoExtensionAddItem

Video extension.

If this parameter is omitted and the advertiser set ENABLE_VIDEO_EXTENSION_BY_DEFAULT to YES, a video extension is generated automatically.

See Video extensions in the Yandex Direct Help.

No

ErirAdDescription

string

Ad object description.

No

MobileAppAdFeatureItem structure

Feature

MobileAppFeatureEnum

Type of extension:

  • PRICE — price
  • ICON — icon
  • CUSTOMER_RATING — rating
  • RATINGS — number of ratings (shown only if the rating is displayed)

If the add-on type is omitted from the Features array, the add-on won't be displayed.

Yes

Enabled

YesNoEnum

Whether to display an add-on in the ad.

Note

  • If the add-on couldn't be downloaded from the app store, the YES value is available, but this add-on is not shown when displaying the ad.
  • The number of ratings is only shown together with the average rating: if NO is set for the CUSTOMER_RATING type, but YES is set for RATINGS, the number of ratings is not displayed.

Yes

TextImageAdAdd structure

AdImageHash

string

Hash of the image.

For image ads, only images of the FIXED_IMAGE type are acceptable. See Type of image.

Yes

ErirAdDescription

string

Ad object description.

No

Href

string

Link to the advertiser's website. Maximum of 1024 characters. When using a template, the # character doesn't count towards the length.

It must include the protocol and domain name. May contain substitution variables.

One or both of the Href and TurboPageId parameters

TurboPageId

long

ID of the Turbo page.

MobileAppImageAdAdd structure

AdImageHash

string

Hash of the image.

For image ads, only images of the FIXED_IMAGE type are acceptable. See Type of image.

Yes

ErirAdDescription

string

Ad object description.

No

TrackingUrl

string

Tracking link for tracking app installations. Maximum of 1024 characters. It must include the protocol and domain name.

No

TextAdBuilderAdAdd structure

Creative

AdBuilderAdAddItem

A creative that was created in the Ad Builder.

See Creative Ad Builder for image ads in the Yandex Direct Help.

Yes

ErirAdDescription

string

Ad object description.

No

Href

string

Link to the advertiser's website. Maximum of 1024 characters. When using a template, the # character doesn't count towards the length.

It must include the protocol and domain name. May contain substitution variables.

One or both of the Href and TurboPageId parameters

TurboPageId

long

ID of the Turbo page.

MobileAppAdBuilderAdAdd structure

Creative

AdBuilderAdAddItem

A creative that was created in the Ad Builder.

See Creative Ad Builder for image ads in the Yandex Direct Help.

Yes

ErirAdDescription

string

Ad object description.

No

TrackingUrl

string

Tracking link for tracking app installations. Maximum of 1024 characters. It must include the protocol and domain name.

No

MobileAppCpcVideoAdBuilderAdAdd structure

Creative

AdBuilderAdAddItem

A creative that was created in the Ad Builder.

See Creative Ad Builder for video extensions in Yandex Direct Help.

Yes

ErirAdDescription

string

Ad object description.

No

TrackingUrl

string

Tracking link for tracking app installations. Maximum of 1024 characters. It must include the protocol and domain name.

No

CpmBannerAdBuilderAdAdd structure

Creative

AdBuilderAdAddItem

A creative that was uploaded in the web interface or created in the Ad Builder.

See Creating a display campaign in the Yandex Direct Help.

Yes

ErirAdDescription

string

Ad object description.

No

Href

string

Link to the advertiser's website. Maximum of 1024 characters. When using a template, the # character doesn't count towards the length.

It must include the protocol and domain name. May contain substitution variables.

One or both of the Href and TurboPageId parameters

TurboPageId

long

ID of the Turbo page.

TrackingPixels

ArrayOfString

Can contain a maximum of two strings:

  • A Yandex Audience pixel (see Pixel in the Yandex Audience Help).
  • An ADFOX tracking tag. The tag must have the %random% or %aw_random% macro.

The maximum length of each string is 1024 characters.

No

CpcVideoAdBuilderAdAdd structure

Creative

AdBuilderAdAddItem

A creative that was created in the Ad Builder.

See the section Video ads / Creative Ad Builder in the Help for Yandex Direct.

Yes

ErirAdDescription

string

Ad object description.

No

Href

string

Link to the advertiser's website. Maximum of 1024 characters. When using a template, the # character doesn't count towards the length.

It must include the protocol and domain name. May contain substitution variables.

One or both of the Href and TurboPageId parameters.

TurboPageId

long

ID of the Turbo page.

CpmVideoAdBuilderAdAdd structure

Creative

AdBuilderAdAddItem

A creative that was created in the Ad Builder.

See Video advertising / How to launch in Yandex Direct Help.

Yes

ErirAdDescription

string

Ad object description.

No

Href

string

Link to the advertiser's website. Maximum of 1024 characters. When using a template, the # character doesn't count towards the length.

It must include the protocol and domain name. May contain substitution variables.

One or both of the Href and TurboPageId parameters.

TurboPageId

long

ID of the Turbo page.

TrackingPixels

ArrayOfString

An ADFOX tracking tag. The tag must have the %random% or %aw_random% macro. Maximum of 1024 characters.

No

SmartAdBuilderAdAdd structure

Creative

AdBuilderAdAddItem

A creative that was created in the Ad Builder.

See Creative Ad Builder for smart banners in the Help for Yandex Direct.

Yes

ErirAdDescription

string

Ad object description.

No

AdBuilderAdAddItem structure

CreativeId

long

ID of the creative.

To get the ID of a creative, use the Creatives.get method.

Yes

ShoppingAdAdd structure

SitelinkSetId

long

ID of a set of sitelinks.

No

AdExtensionIds

array of long

IDs of extensions. Maximum of 50 items in the array.

No

BusinessId

long

ID of the business profile on Yandex.

To get data from business profiles, use the Businesses.get method.

A business profile can be linked to an ad only if the YES value is returned for the IsPublished parameter.

Note

The business profile is available at https://yandex.ru/profile/<profile_id>

No

FeedId

long

ID of the feed to generate ads from.

Yes

FeedFilterConditions

FeedFilterConditionsItem

Rules for selecting product offers. No more than 30 filters in the array. The total length of the selection rules is a maximum of 65 KB (in JSON).

A product offer is selected for ad generation if it meets all the selection rules at the same time. If this parameter is omitted, all product offers from the feed are used for ad generation.

No

TitleSources

array of string

Names of feed fields used to generate ad titles. You can retrieve the acceptable field names through the TitleAndTextSources field of the feeds.get method.

No

TextSources

array of string

Names of feed fields used to generate ad texts. You can retrieve the acceptable field names through the TitleAndTextSources field of the feeds.get method.

No

DefaultTexts

array of string

Default texts. You can specify only one value.

Yes

ListingAdAdd structure

SitelinkSetId

long

ID of a set of sitelinks.

No

AdExtensionIds

array of long

IDs of extensions. Maximum of 50 items in the array.

No

BusinessId

long

ID of the business profile on Yandex.

To get data from business profiles, use the Businesses.get method.

A business profile can be linked to an ad only if the YES value is returned for the IsPublished parameter.

Note

The business profile is available at https://yandex.ru/profile/<profile_id>

No

FeedId

long

ID of the feed to generate ads from.

Yes

FeedFilterConditions

FeedFilterConditionsItem

Rules for selecting product offers. No more than 30 filters in the array. The total length of the selection rules is a maximum of 65 KB (in JSON).

A product offer is selected for ad generation if it meets all the selection rules at the same time. If this parameter is omitted, all product offers from the feed are used for ad generation.

No

TitleSources

array of string

Names of feed fields used to generate ad titles. You can retrieve the acceptable field names through the TitleAndTextSources field of the feeds.get method.

No

TextSources

array of string

Names of feed fields used to generate ad texts. You can retrieve the acceptable field names through the TitleAndTextSources field of the feeds.get method.

No

DefaultTexts

array of string

Default texts. You can specify only one value.

Yes

FeedFilterConditionsItem structure

Operand

string

Feed parameter.

For a description of the fields for each feed type, see Configuring filters in the Yandex Direct Help.

Yes

Operator

StringConditionOperatorEnum

Comparison operator. For information on the compatibility of feed fields and operators, as well as restrictions on values, see Rules for selecting product ads.

Yes

Arguments

array of string

An array of strings to compare the operand to.

Yes

Note

"Narrow" characters are: !,.;:"

Response

Response structure in JSON format:

{
  "result": { /* result */
    "AddResults": [{  /* ActionResult */
      "Id": (long),
      "Warnings": [{  /* ExceptionNotification */
        "Code": (int), /* required */
        "Message": (string), /* required */
        "Details": (string)
      }, ... ],
      "Errors": [{  /* ExceptionNotification */
        "Code": (int), /* required */
        "Message": (string), /* required */
        "Details": (string)
      }, ... ]
    }, ... ]
  }
}

Parameter

Type

Description

result structure (for JSON) / AddResponse structure (for SOAP)

AddResults

array of ActionResult

Results of adding ads.

ActionResult structure

Id

long

ID of the ad that was created. Returned if there aren't any errors. See the section Operations on object arrays.

Warnings

array of ExceptionNotification

Warnings that occurred during the operation.

Errors

array of ExceptionNotification

Errors that occurred during the operation.