😔 Cannot use ConversionActionServiceClient and really would appreciate some help about google-ads-node

[kritzware]

Hi @Sotacan, it's pretty late here right now, but I'll take a look tomorrow and get back to you!

[kritzware]

So it looks like the phone_call_duration_seconds is now causing issues. If you use a try/catch block like I mentioned previously, this error would be visible in your terminal!

It seems to not allow phone_call_duration_seconds to be set when using the type: enums.ConversionActionType.WEBPAGE. I managed to get it working when setting the type to enums.ConversionActionType.AD_CALL.

Again, I'm not an expert in all the settings for conversion actions, so it may be worth getting in contact with the Google Ads API support team.

[kritzware]

Hi @Sotacan, I've taken a look and found a solution to your issue.

It looks as if you were not correctly specifying the type field of the conversion action object. The value 0 means UNSPECIFIED, which I assume isn't allowed in Google Ads? (I may be wrong here). If I set that to another value, the request appears to work.

Using this as the conversion action object works for me:

const conversion = {
    name: 'my-conversion-action',
    status: enums.ConversionActionStatus.ENABLED,
    type: enums.ConversionActionType.AD_CALL,
    category: enums.ConversionActionCategory.PURCHASE,
    include_in_conversions_metric: true,
    click_through_lookback_window_days: 30,
    // view_through_lookback_window_days: 1,
    attribution_model_settings: {
        attribution_model: enums.AttributionModel.GOOGLE_ADS_LAST_CLICK,
    },
    value_settings: {
        // always_use_default_value: false,
        default_currency_code: 'USD',
        default_value: 1,
    },
}

I've commented out two fields which appear to cause problems, perhaps they can't be set when initially creating the conversion action.

I'd highly recommend using the enums import instead of using the direct values, e.g.

status: enums.ConversionActionStatus.ENABLED, // good
status: 1, // bad

The enums module can be imported with GoogleAdsApi, like so:

const { GoogleAdsApi, enums } = require('google-ads-api');

I would also strongly recommend using TypeScript if possible. This will allow you to use the types import, which makes working with theses complex objects much easier.

You can also get much better debugging information if you wrap your code in a try/catch block, and avoid using the setTimeout:

try {
    const result = await customer.conversionActions.create(conversion_action)
    console.log(result)
} catch (err) {
    console.log('Error creating conversion action:')
    // The err object includes details on which particular key is missing
    console.log(err)
}

Let me know if you still have problems!

[Sotacan]

Hmm i have the same issue, and thanks enums is sweet.

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