C.iii) Convert regular ad into ad with post id

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15 mins to complete

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an ad from a post id. It’s helpful when you want to create a new ad, but keep the existing engagement of the creative.

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Video Tutorial

Instructions

  1. Add Select Facebook Ad Id node.
  2. Add Select Facebook Ad Account Id node. Select your preferred Facebook Ad Account. Connect ad_account_id sockets. Select an ad_id which you want to transform into a post.
  3. Add Fetch Facebook Ad node. Connect ad_id sockets.
  4. Add Extract node. Connect ad (Fetch Facebook Ad) to data (Extract). Select /creative/id pointer.
  5. Add Parse string to id node. Connect data to value. Choose Ad Creative Id schema.
  6. Add Fetch Facebook Ad Creative node. Connect result to ad_creative. Take a look at the ad_creative socket. We would need effective_object_story_id to proceed with automation.
  7. Add Patch JSON node. Copy the following JSON into the data socket: 
{
	"object_story_id": "",
	"url_tags": ""
}

This is the schema that we need to create an ad from a post id. Add 2 REPLACE patches with /object_story_id, /url_tags path and {{input.value/effective_story_object_id}}, {{input.value/url_tags}} values respectively.

  1. Add another Patch JSON node. Connect data (Patch JSON 1) to value (Patch JSON 2). Connect ad_id (Select Facebook Ad Id) to data (Patch JSON 2). Add 1 ADD patch with a path /creative and {{input.value}} as a value.
  2. Add Update Facebook Ad node. Connect data to ad.