Activate and pause Google Display & Video 360 (DV360) line items, using the DV360 API and Python

google_dv360_api_activate_pause_lineitems.py

###################################################
# Author    Krisjan Oldekamp / Stacktonic.com
# Email     [email protected]
# Article   https://stacktonic.com/article/how-to-activate-and-pause-line-items-in-google-dv-360-using-python
####################################################

import os
from urllib.error import HTTPError
from googleapiclient import discovery
from oauth2client.service_account import ServiceAccountCredentials

####################################################
# Settings
####################################################

GOOGLE_JSON_KEYFILE = "<your-keyfile>.json" # Google Cloud Platform Service Account JSON keyfile
GOOGLE_DV360_API_VERSION = "v1"
GOOGLE_DV360_API_SCOPES = ["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/display-video"]

DV360_ADVERTISER_ID = "<your-dv360-advertiser-id>"

####################################################

# Google D&V360 API service
def get_dv360_service():
    credentials = ServiceAccountCredentials.from_json_keyfile_name(
        GOOGLE_JSON_KEYFILE,
        scopes=GOOGLE_DV360_API_SCOPES)

    return discovery.build('displayvideo', GOOGLE_DV360_API_VERSION, credentials=credentials, cache_discovery=False)

# Change DV360 Line Item status
def update_lineitem_status(advertiser_id, line_item_id, status_new):

    service = get_dv360_service()

    status_dv360 = 'ENTITY_STATUS_ACTIVE' if status_new == 'ACTIVE' else 'ENTITY_STATUS_PAUSED'

    line_item_obj = {
        'entityStatus': status_dv360,
    }

    # Update the line item.
    update_line_item = service.advertisers().lineItems().patch(
        advertiserId=advertiser_id,
        lineItemId=line_item_id,
        updateMask="entityStatus",
        body=line_item_obj
    ).execute()

    print("Lineitem " + line_item_id + " updated to " + status_dv360)

# Activate a manual trigger
def manual_trigger(advertiser_id, trigger_id):

    service = get_dv360_service()

    # Activate the trigger
    update_line_item = service.advertisers().manualTriggers().activate(
        advertiserId=advertiser_id,
        triggerId=trigger_id
    ).execute()

    print("TriggerId " + trigger_id + " activated.")


# Usecase 1: Update lineitem status

line_item_id = "123" # DV360 Line-Item-ID
line_item_status_new = "ACTIVE" # New status -> ACTIVE or PAUSED

update_lineitem_status(DV360_ADVERTISER_ID, line_item_id, line_item_status_new)

# Usecase 2: Activate a manual trigger (create and attach a manual trigger in the DV360 interface first)

trigger_id = "123"

manual_trigger(DV360_ADVERTISER_ID, trigger_id)