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Ad Campaign Copies

Updated: Dec 9, 2025
Create a duplicate ad set 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

Endpoint to read the copies of an Ad Set.

Example

GET /v25.0/{ad-set-id}/copies HTTP/1.1
Host: graph.facebook.com
Try it in Graph API Explorer
If you want to learn how to use the Graph API, read our Using Graph API guide

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}>
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.
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Fields

Reading from this edge will return a JSON formatted result: 
{
"data": [],
"paging": {},
"summary": {}
}
data
A list of AdSet 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

Creating

If you are copying an adset that already finished, the copy will be scheduled to start at the creation's time with the same duration of the original adset.

Asynchronous

This endpoint supports asynchronous batch requests, which enables you to send up to 50 requests in a single HTTP request. If you want to copy large amount of objects, you should use asynchronous batch request. To do so, set deep_copy to true, and you can copy the adset and all of its ads in one sub-request. For example if you have two adsets and each of them has 50 ads, you can copy 2 adsets and all their ads: 
curl -F 'access_token=...'\
-F 'asyncbatch=[{ "method":"POST", "relative_url":"<ad-set-id>/copies","name":"async_copy1", body":"name=copy_adset_1&deep_copy=true" },{ "method":"POST", "relative_url":"<ad-set-id>/copies","name":"async_copy2", body": "name=copy_adset_2&deep_copy=true"}]' \
https://graph.facebook.com/<VERSION>

Targeting DSA Regulated Locations (European Union)

To copy an ad set targeted in the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA) regulated locations, please set the payor/beneficiary information first. Otherwise the copying request may respond with one of the following errors:

Payor missing error
{
  "error": {
    "message": "Invalid parameter",
    "type": "FacebookApiException",
    "code": 100,
    "error_data": "{\"blame_field_specs\":[[\"dsa_payor\"]]}",
    "error_subcode": 3858079,
    "is_transient": false,
    "error_user_title": "No payor provided in DSA regulated region",
    "error_user_msg": "The DSA requires ads to provide payor information in regulated regions. Updating/creating ad needs to provide payor of the ad.",
    "fbtrace_id": "fbtrace_id"
  },
  "__fb_trace_id__": "fbtrace_id",
  "__www_request_id__": "request_id"
}
Beneficiary missing error
{
  "error": {
    "message": "Invalid parameter",
    "type": "FacebookApiException",
    "code": 100,
    "error_data": "{\"blame_field_specs\":[[\"dsa_beneficiary\"]]}",
    "error_subcode": 3858081,
    "is_transient": false,
    "error_user_title": "No payor/beneficiary provided in DSA regulated location",
    "error_user_msg": "The DSA requires ads to provide beneficiary information in regulated regions. Updating/creating ad needs to provide beneficiary of the ad.",
    "fbtrace_id": "fbtrace_id"
  },
  "__fb_trace_id__": "fbtrace_id",
  "__www_request_id__": "request_id"
}

/{ad_set_id}/copies

You can make a POST request to copies edge from the following paths:
When posting to this edge, an AdSet will be created.

Parameters

Parameter Description
campaign_id
numeric string or integer
Single ID of a campaign to make parent of the copy. The copy inherits all campaign settings, such as budget from the parent.Ignore if you want to keep the copy under the original campaign parent.
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
The end time of the set, 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 adset will inherit the end time from the original set
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.
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start_time
datetime
The start time of the set, 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 adset will inherit the start time from the original set
status_option
enum {ACTIVE, PAUSED, INHERITED_FROM_SOURCE}

Default value: PAUSED
ACTIVE: the copied adset will have active status. PAUSED: the copied adset will have paused status. INHERITED_FROM_SOURCE: the copied adset will have the status from the original set.

Return Type

This endpoint supports read-after-write and will read the node represented by copied_adset_id in the return type. 
Struct  {
copied_adset_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
200
Permissions error
190
Invalid OAuth 2.0 Access Token
2695
The ad set creation reached its campaign group(ios14) limit.
2635
You are calling a deprecated version of the Ads API. Please update to the latest version.

Updating

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.

Deleting

You can't perform this operation on this endpoint.
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