Cant Create Facebook Ad via Ads API - facebook

Question

I am trying to create a Facebook AD via their PHP SDK. The problem lies in the creation of the ad itself. If I comment out the last piece, its creates the adset. When I run this code, I get the error "a Parent ID is required"
try {
///////////////////////////// CREATE AD SET ////////////////////////////////////
$data = array(
AdSetFields::NAME => $adname,
AdSetFields::BID_TYPE => 'CPC',
AdSetFields::BID_INFO => array(
'CLICKS' => 6,
),
AdSetFields::CAMPAIGN_STATUS => AdSet::STATUS_PAUSED,
AdSetFields::DAILY_BUDGET => 500000,
AdSetFields::CAMPAIGN_GROUP_ID => $campaign_id,
AdSetFields::TARGETING => array(
'age_min' => 30,
'age_max' => 45,
'page_types' => array(
'desktopfeed',
),
'geo_locations' => array(
'countries' => array(
'US',
),
),
),
);
$adset = new AdSet(null, $account_id);
$adset->create($data);
$adset_id = $adset->id;
echo $adset_id.'-';
//////////////////////CREATE AD IMAGE ///////////////////////////////
$image = new AdImage(null, $account_id);
$image->{AdImageFields::FILENAME} = '../adimages/epsom.jpg';
$image->create();
$creative = new AdCreative(null, $account_id);
$creative->setData(array(
AdCreativeFields::TITLE => $adtitle,
AdCreativeFields::BODY => $addesc,
AdCreativeFields::OBJECT_URL => $tracking_promoted_url,
AdCreativeFields::IMAGE_HASH => $image->hash,
));
$creative->create();
echo $creative->id.'-';
/////////////////////////////// CREATE AD GROUP ////////////////////////////
$fields = array(array(
AdGroupFields::CREATIVE =>
array('creative_id' => $creative->id),
AdGroupFields::ADGROUP_STATUS => AdGroup::STATUS_PAUSED,
AdGroupFields::NAME => 'My First AdGroup',
AdGroupFields::CAMPAIGN_ID => $adset_id,
));
$ad = new AdGroup();
$ad->create($fields);
echo 'AdGroup ID:' . $adgroup->id . "-";
} catch (RequestException $e) {
echo 'Caught Exception: '.$e->getMessage().PHP_EOL
.'Code: '.$e->getCode().PHP_EOL
.'HTTP status Code: '.$e->getHttpStatusCode().PHP_EOL;
}

Answer 1

You're missing the parent ID parameter when you create the adgroup. The 2nd parameter should be the account ID you want to create this adgroup under:
$adgroup = new Adgroup(null, $accountId);
If you copied this from a doc, let me know and we can update.

Answer 2

You may reference to the latest doc: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/marketing-api/reference/ad-campaign
From there, you will need to specify the ad account id(AD_ACCOUNT_ID) and ad campaign id(CAMPAIGN_GROUP_ID)