Create an ad squad under a campaign

What it does

Create an ad squad under a campaign. campaign_id is injected from campaignId; billing_event defaults to IMPRESSION, the only documented value. Budget fields are micro units of the AD ACCOUNT's currency

Request

Body

Field	Type	Required	Description
`accountId`	string	no
`adAccountId`	string	no
`bid_micro`	integer	no	Micro units of the AD ACCOUNT currency
`bid_strategy`	enum	yes	One of: AUTO_BID, LOWEST_COST_WITH_MAX_BID, TARGET_COST.
`billing_event`	enum	no	One of: IMPRESSION.
`campaignId`	string	yes
`daily_budget_micro`	integer	no	Micro units of the AD ACCOUNT currency
`delivery_constraint`	enum	yes	One of: DAILY_BUDGET, LIFETIME_BUDGET.
`lifetime_budget_micro`	integer	no	Micro units of the AD ACCOUNT currency
`name`	string	yes
`optimization_goal`	enum	yes	One of: IMPRESSIONS, SWIPES, APP_INSTALLS, VIDEO_VIEWS, VIDEO_VIEWS_15_SEC, USES, STORY_OPENS, PIXEL_PAGE_VIEW….
`placement_v2`	object	yes
`status`	enum	no	One of: ACTIVE, PAUSED.
`targeting`	object	yes
`type`	enum	yes	One of: SNAP_ADS, LENS, FILTER.

Example request

{
  "accountId": "acc_811449",
  "adAccountId": "ada_489573",
  "bid_micro": 13,
  "bid_strategy": "AUTO_BID",
  "billing_event": "IMPRESSION",
  "campaignId": "cam_651933",
  "daily_budget_micro": 4,
  "delivery_constraint": "DAILY_BUDGET",
  "lifetime_budget_micro": 3,
  "name": "Ada Lovelace",
  "optimization_goal": "IMPRESSIONS",
  "placement_v2": {},
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "targeting": {},
  "type": "SNAP_ADS"
}

Response

Field	Type	Description
`adsquad`	object
`↳ bid_micro`	integer
`↳ billing_event`	string
`↳ campaign_id`	string
`↳ daily_budget_micro`	integer
`↳ id`	string
`↳ lifetime_budget_micro`	integer
`↳ name`	string
`↳ optimization_goal`	string
`↳ placement_v2`	object
`↳ status`	string
`↳ targeting`	object
`↳ type`	string
`status`	string
`tokensDeducted`	integer

Example response

{
  "adsquad": {
    "bid_micro": 13,
    "billing_event": "<billing event>",
    "campaign_id": "cam_338064",
    "daily_budget_micro": 4,
    "id": "evt_583416",
    "lifetime_budget_micro": 3,
    "name": "Ada Lovelace",
    "optimization_goal": "<optimization goal>",
    "placement_v2": {},
    "status": "success",
    "targeting": {},
    "type": "standard"
  },
  "status": "success",
  "tokensDeducted": 1
}

Errors

Every error answers with the same envelope: an HTTP status, a machine code and a sentence.

`400`	The body or a parameter failed validation. The details array names the field.
`401`	No key, a revoked key or a wrong header. Send x-api-key.
`402`	The wallet cannot cover this call. Top up or wait for the monthly grant.
`404`	The resource does not exist, or it is not yours. Both answer identically and cost nothing.
`429`	Over the per-minute quota of your tier. Back off and retry.
`5xx`	Upstream refused or timed out. The call is not billed.

Code

curl -X POST 'https://app.castomapi.com/v1/snapchat-ads/adsquads' \
  -H 'x-api-key: <your-api-key>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"accountId": "acc_811449", "adAccountId": "ada_489573", "bid_micro": 13, "bid_strategy": "AUTO_BID", "billing_event": "IMPRESSION", "campaignId": "cam_651933", "daily_budget_micro": 4, "delivery_constraint": "DAILY_BUDGET", "lifetime_budget_micro": 3, "name": "Ada Lovelace", "optimization_goal": "IMPRESSIONS", "placement_v2": {}, "status": "ACTIVE", "targeting": {}, "type": "SNAP_ADS"}'

const res = await fetch('https://app.castomapi.com/v1/snapchat-ads/adsquads', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'x-api-key': '<your-api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"accountId": "acc_811449", "adAccountId": "ada_489573", "bid_micro": 13, "bid_strategy": "AUTO_BID", "billing_event": "IMPRESSION", "campaignId": "cam_651933", "daily_budget_micro": 4, "delivery_constraint": "DAILY_BUDGET", "lifetime_budget_micro": 3, "name": "Ada Lovelace", "optimization_goal": "IMPRESSIONS", "placement_v2": {}, "status": "ACTIVE", "targeting": {}, "type": "SNAP_ADS"})
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import { request } from 'node:https';

// Node 18+ has fetch built in
const res = await fetch('https://app.castomapi.com/v1/snapchat-ads/adsquads', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { 'x-api-key': '<your-api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"accountId": "acc_811449", "adAccountId": "ada_489573", "bid_micro": 13, "bid_strategy": "AUTO_BID", "billing_event": "IMPRESSION", "campaignId": "cam_651933", "daily_budget_micro": 4, "delivery_constraint": "DAILY_BUDGET", "lifetime_budget_micro": 3, "name": "Ada Lovelace", "optimization_goal": "IMPRESSIONS", "placement_v2": {}, "status": "ACTIVE", "targeting": {}, "type": "SNAP_ADS"})
});
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

res = requests.post(
    'https://app.castomapi.com/v1/snapchat-ads/adsquads',
    headers={'x-api-key': '<your-api-key>'},
    json={"accountId": "acc_811449", "adAccountId": "ada_489573", "bid_micro": 13, "bid_strategy": "AUTO_BID", "billing_event": "IMPRESSION", "campaignId": "cam_651933", "daily_budget_micro": 4, "delivery_constraint": "DAILY_BUDGET", "lifetime_budget_micro": 3, "name": "Ada Lovelace", "optimization_goal": "IMPRESSIONS", "placement_v2": {}, "status": "ACTIVE", "targeting": {}, "type": "SNAP_ADS"},
    timeout=30,
)
print(res.json())

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://app.castomapi.com/v1/snapchat-ads/adsquads');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: <your-api-key>', 'Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode(['accountId' => 'acc_811449', 'adAccountId' => 'ada_489573', 'bid_micro' => 13, 'bid_strategy' => 'AUTO_BID', 'billing_event' => 'IMPRESSION', 'campaignId' => 'cam_651933', 'daily_budget_micro' => 4, 'delivery_constraint' => 'DAILY_BUDGET', 'lifetime_budget_micro' => 3, 'name' => 'Ada Lovelace', 'optimization_goal' => 'IMPRESSIONS', 'placement_v2' => [], 'status' => 'ACTIVE', 'targeting' => [], 'type' => 'SNAP_ADS']),
]);
$data = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
print_r($data);

Cost and limits

This operation costs 1 token. A call that fails is never billed. Every account gets 1000 free tokens a month; paid balances never expire.

Rate limits per minute

No key	10
Free	60
Pro	300
Enterprise	1200

Docs → Pricing

Questions

What does Create an ad squad under a campaign cost?

1 token per successful call, debited from your wallet after the response. Failed calls are free. Every account receives 1000 free tokens a month.

How do I authenticate?

Send your key in the x-api-key header. One key covers every metered endpoint; there is nothing to enable per endpoint.

Can I send an Authorization: Bearer token instead?

Not for a metered endpoint — those take the x-api-key header and nothing else. Bearer tokens belong to the account side: the dashboard and account APIs accept a JWT session, and castomapi-auth issues those through a standard OAuth2 handshake, with authorization code, client credentials and refresh grants. The auth service page covers it.

What are the limits?

10 requests a minute per IP with no key at all, 60 a minute on the free tier, 300 on Pro, 1200 on Enterprise. Above the no-key tier the quota is per account, across every endpoint.

OpenAPI: https://app.castomapi.com/docs/json

Request

Response

What it does

Request

Body

Example request

Response

Example response

Errors

Code

Cost and limits

Rate limits per minute

Questions

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