Ad Campaign Group Copies

Updated: Sep 3, 2025

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Create a duplicate campaign based on an existing one.

The Marketing API has it is own rate limiting logic. If you are encountering errors mentioning a reached limit, see Rate Limiting.

Reading

This endpoint returns copies of a specific ad campaign.

Example

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GET /v25.0/{campaign-id}/copies HTTP/1.1
Host: graph.facebook.com

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Parameters

Parameter	Description
`date_preset` enum{today, yesterday, this_month, last_month, this_quarter, maximum, data_maximum, last_3d, last_7d, last_14d, last_28d, last_30d, last_90d, last_week_mon_sun, last_week_sun_sat, last_quarter, last_year, this_week_mon_today, this_week_sun_today, this_year}	Preset date range used to aggregate insights metrics
`effective_status` list<enum{ACTIVE, PAUSED, DELETED, PENDING_REVIEW, DISAPPROVED, PREAPPROVED, PENDING_BILLING_INFO, CAMPAIGN_PAUSED, ARCHIVED, ADSET_PAUSED, IN_PROCESS, WITH_ISSUES}>	Default value: `Vec` Filter adsets by effective status
`is_completed` boolean	Filter adsets by completed status
`time_range` {‘since’:YYYY-MM-DD,’until’:YYYY-MM-DD}	Time range used to aggregate insights metrics `since` datetime A date in the format of "YYYY-MM-DD", which means from the beginning midnight of that day. `until` datetime A date in the format of "YYYY-MM-DD", which means to the beginning midnight of the following day. Show child parameters

Fields

Reading from this edge will return a JSON formatted result:

{
"data": [],
"paging": {},
"summary": {}
}

data

A list of Campaign nodes.

paging

For more details about pagination, see the Graph API guide.

summary

Aggregated information about the edge, such as counts. Specify the fields to fetch in the summary param (like summary=__type__).

Field	Description
`insights` Edge<AdsInsights>	Analytics summary for all objects
`total_count` unsigned int32	Total number of objects default

Error Codes

Error Code	Description
100	Invalid parameter
104	Incorrect signature

Creating

/{campaign_id}/copies

You can make a POST request to copies edge from the following paths:

/{campaign_id}/copies

When posting to this edge, a Campaign will be created.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`deep_copy` boolean	Default value: `false` Whether to copy all the child ads. Limits: the total number of children ads to copy should not exceed 3 for a synchronous call and 51 for an asynchronous call.
`end_time` datetime	For deep copy, the end time of the sets under the copied campaign, e.g. `2015-03-12 23:59:59-07:00` or `2015-03-12 23:59:59 PDT`. UTC UNIX timestamp. When creating a set with a daily budget, specify `end_time=0` to set the set to be ongoing without end date. If not set, the copied sets will inherit the end time from the original set
`parameter_overrides` Campaign spec	parameter_overrides
`rename_options` JSON or object-like arrays	Rename options `rename_strategy` enum {DEEP_RENAME, ONLY_TOP_LEVEL_RENAME, NO_RENAME} Default value: `ONLY_TOP_LEVEL_RENAME` `DEEP_RENAME`: will change this object's name and children's names in the copied object. `ONLY_TOP_LEVEL_RENAME`: will change the this object's name but won't change the children's name in the copied object. `NO_RENAME`: will change no name in the copied object `rename_prefix` string A prefix to copy names. Defaults to null if not provided. `rename_suffix` string A suffix to copy names. Defaults to null if not provided and appends a localized string of `- Copy` based on the ad account locale. Show child parameters
`start_time` datetime	For deep copy, the start time of the sets under the copied campaign, e.g. `2015-03-12 23:59:59-07:00` or `2015-03-12 23:59:59 PDT`. UTC UNIX timestamp. If not set, the copied sets will inherit the start time from the original set
`status_option` enum {ACTIVE, PAUSED, INHERITED_FROM_SOURCE}	Default value: `PAUSED` `ACTIVE`: the copied campaign will have active status. `PAUSED`: the copied campaign will have paused status. `INHERITED_FROM_SOURCE`: the copied campaign will have the parent status.

Return Type

This endpoint supports read-after-write and will read the node represented by copied_campaign_id in the return type.

Struct  {
copied_campaign_id: numeric string,
ad_object_ids:  List  [ Struct  {
ad_object_type: enum {
unique_adcreative,
ad,
ad_set,
campaign,
opportunities,
privacy_info_center,
topline,
ad_account,
product},
source_id: numeric string,
copied_id: numeric string,
}],
}

Error Codes

Error Code	Description
100	Invalid parameter
190	Invalid OAuth 2.0 Access Token
200	Permissions error

Updating

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.

Deleting

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.