Alerting Framework on AdWords

Overview

Alerting Framework on AdWords is an open source Java framework for large- scale AdWords API alerting. It's based on the [Java AdWords API client library] (https://github.com/googleads/googleads-java-lib). This framework is capable of downloading AdWords report data and combining with other data feeds, and processing them according to specified alert rules and alert actions in the configuration. You can use our sample alerts to explore how it works or set up your own fully customized logic. The alerts available through this tool cater to both new and experienced users. Users can set up simple alerts with sample alert entities, or implement custom alert entities through the interfaces and plug into the system.

Quick Start

Prerequisites

You will need Java, Maven and MySQL installed before configuring the project.

Build the project using Maven

Alerting Framework on AdWords can be compiled using Maven by executing the following command:

$ mvn compile dependency:copy-dependencies package

Configure Alerting Framework on AdWords

vi java/resources/aw-alerting-sample.properties

• Fill in the developer token, client ID / secret, manager account ID and refresh token.

vi java/resources/aw-alerting-alerts-sample.json

• This is the JSON configuration of the alerts that you want to run. It's referred from the .properties file in the same folder.

Run the project

java -Xmx4G -jar aw-alerting.jar -file <file>

Arguments:

 -accountIdsFile <file>  ONLY run the alerting logic for client customer IDs
                         specified in the file

 -debug                  Display all the debug information. If option 'verbose'
                         is present, all the information will be displayed on
                         the console as well

 -file <file>            The properties file (please refer to the file
                         ./aw-alerting-sample.properties as an example)

 -help                   Display full help information

Implement custom alert report downloader

Alert report downloader is responsible for downloading report data for further processing (e.g. apply rules and actions). We provide an implementation AwqlReportDownloader that downloads report data using AWQL. Custom alert report downloader:

• Should derive from com.google.api.ads.adwords.awalerting.downloader.AlertReportDownloader, and
• Must have a constructor with a JsonObject parameter to work properly.

Implement custom alert rules

Alert rules are responsible for:

• Defining a list of field names to extend in the report
• Determining a list of field values to extend for each report entry
• Determining whether each report entry should be skipped from result alerts

Custom alert rules:

• Should derive from com.google.api.ads.adwords.awalerting.rule.AlertRule, and
• Must have a constructor with a JsonObject parameter to work properly, and
• Must be stateless, since the same instance will be shared among multiple threads.

Implement custom alert actions

Alert actions are responsible for processing each report entry, and:

• Performing some action immediately, or
• Recording some info and performing aggregated action at the end

Custom alert actions:

• Should derive from com.google.api.ads.adwords.awalerting.action.AlertAction, and
• Must have a constructor with a JsonObject parameter to work properly, and
• Must NOT modify report entries (since an report entry may be processed by multiple alert actions). Any modification should be done by AlertRules.

Plug custom report downloader, alert rules and alert actions

Just edit the JSON configuration file:

• Under ReportDownloader, put class name of the custom alert report downloader in ClassName field, along with any other parameters that will be passed to the custom alert report downloader's constructor. For example:

   "ReportDownloader": {
     "ClassName": "AwqlReportDownloader",
     "ReportQuery": {
       "ReportType": "KEYWORDS_PERFORMANCE_REPORT",
       "Fields": "ExternalCustomerId,Id,Criteria,Impressions,Ctr",
       "Conditions": "Impressions > 100 AND Ctr < 0.05",
       "DateRange": "YESTERDAY"
     }
   }

• Under Rules, put class name of the custom alert rule in ClassName field, along with other parameters that will be passed to the custom alert rule's constructor. For example:

   "Rules": [
     {
       "ClassName": "AddAccountManager"
     },
     {
       "ClassName": "AddAccountMonthlyBudget"
     }
   ]

• Under Actions, put class name of the custom alert rule in ClassName field, along with other parameters that will be passed to the custom alert rule's constructor. For example:

   "Actions": [
     {
       "ClassName": "SimpleConsoleWriter"
     },
     {
       "ClassName": "PerAccountManagerEmailSender",
       "Subject": "Low impression accounts",
       "CC": "abc@example.com,xyz@example.com"
     }
   ]

Fine print

Pull requests are very much appreciated. Please sign the [Google Code contributor license agreement] (https://cla.developers.google.com/about/google-individual) (There is a convenient online form) before submitting.

Copyright

Copyright © 2015 Google, Inc.

License

Apache 2.0

Limitations

This is example software, use with caution under your own risk.