502 bad gateway error when trying to create campaigns with adsets and ads.

[TheFrisb]

I have a Python Django web application, which has an app inside that is used for creating campaigns with adsets and ads using the facebook_business package. The weird thing is that it works fine from localhost, i can create as many adsets as I want. However when trying it live, it sometimes works, but 70% of the time it does not. I receive a 502 error, however i am 100% sure I am doing something wrong. The way i call it is the following. I make an ajax call to a view in analytics/views.py

`def create_campaign(request): if request.method == 'POST': campaign_name = request.POST.get('campaign_name') product_id = request.POST.get('product_id') link_url = 'domain_name...' + Product.objects.get(id=product_id).get_absolute_url() print(link_url) adsets = json.loads(request.POST.get('adsets'))

    campaign = ad_campaigns.create_facebook_campaign(campaign_name=campaign_name)
    campaign_id = campaign['id']
    print(campaign)
    


    for adset in adsets:
        adset_name = adset['adset_name']
        budget = int(adset['adset_budget'])
        min_age = int(adset['adset_minage'])
        max_age = int(adset['adset_maxage'])
        audience_id = adset['adset_audience_id']
        audience_name = adset['adset_audience_name']
        
        if "genders" in adset:
            genders = adset['genders']
        budget = budget * 100
        created_adset = ad_campaigns.create_facebook_adset(campaign_id=campaign_id, name=adset_name, budget=budget, max_age = max_age,
                                                   min_age = min_age, interest_id=audience_id, interest_name=audience_name)
        
        created_adset_id = created_adset['id']
        for ad in adset['ads']:
            ad_image = ''
            ad_video = ''
            ad_thumbnail = ''
            ad_name = ad['ad_name']
            ad_primary = ad['ad_primary_text']
            ad_headline = ad['ad_headline']
            ad_description = ad['ad_description']
            ad_type = ad['ad_type']

            if ad_type == 'photo':
                ad_image = ad['ad_image_path']
                created_ad = ad_campaigns.create_facebook_ad(ad_set_id=created_adset_id, ad_type='image', ad_name=ad_name,ad_primary_text=ad_primary,
                                                             ad_description_text=ad_description, ad_headline_text=ad_headline, ad_image=ad_image, ad_link_url=link_url)
                
            elif ad_type == 'video':
                ad_video = ad['ad_video_path']
                ad_thumbnail = ad['thumbnail_path']
                print(ad_video, ad_thumbnail)
                print('CREEATE AD CALLED')
                created_ad = ad_campaigns.create_facebook_ad(ad_set_id=created_adset_id, ad_type='video', ad_name=ad_name,ad_primary_text=ad_primary,
                                                             ad_description_text=ad_description, ad_headline_text=ad_headline, ad_video = ad_video, ad_thumbnail = ad_thumbnail, ad_link_url=link_url)



    return JsonResponse({ 'campaign_id': campaign_id })
else:
    return redirect('/')`

As you can see this code calls some functions from my facebook_api/ad_campaigns.py The campaigns are created with this

def create_facebook_campaign(campaign_name): access_token = config('CAMPAIGNS_SECRET') ad_account_id = config('MARKETING_AD_ACCOUNT') FacebookAdsApi.init(access_token=access_token) fields = [ ] params = { 'name': campaign_name, 'objective': 'OUTCOME_SALES', 'status': 'PAUSED', 'special_ad_categories': [], } campaign = AdAccount(ad_account_id).create_campaign( fields=fields, params=params, ) return campaign Which returns a campaign object to my view from which i extract the id

This id is used for creating the adset, so that they could be linked to the campaign, like this:

def create_facebook_adset(campaign_id, name, budget, max_age, min_age, interest_id, interest_name, genders=None): access_token = config('CAMPAIGNS_SECRET') ad_account_id = config('MARKETING_AD_ACCOUNT') instagram_account_id = config('INSTAGRAM_ACTOR_ID') pixel_id = config('PIXEL_ID') selected_genders = [] if genders is None: selected_genders = [1, 2] else: selected_genders = genders

FacebookAdsApi.init(access_token=access_token)

if interest_id != 'OPEN_AUDIENCE':
    ad_set = AdAccount(ad_account_id).create_ad_set(
    fields=[],
    params={
        'name': name,
        'optimization_goal': 'OFFSITE_CONVERSIONS',
        'billing_event': 'IMPRESSIONS',
        'promoted_object': {
            'pixel_id': pixel_id,
            'custom_event_type': 'PURCHASE',
        },
        'lifetime_budget': 0,
        'daily_budget': budget,
        'bid_strategy': 'LOWEST_COST_WITHOUT_CAP',
        'campaign_id': campaign_id,
        'targeting': {
            'age_max': max_age,
            'age_min': min_age,
            'genders': selected_genders,
            'geo_locations': {
                'countries': ['MK'],
                'location_types': ['home', 'recent'],
            },
            "flexible_spec": [
                {
                    'interests': [
                        {
                            'id': interest_id,
                            'name': interest_name,
                        },
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        'status': 'PAUSED',
    },
    )
    return ad_set
else:
    ad_set = AdAccount(ad_account_id).create_ad_set(
    fields=[],
    params={
        'name': name,
        'optimization_goal': 'OFFSITE_CONVERSIONS',
        'billing_event': 'IMPRESSIONS',
        'promoted_object': {
            'pixel_id': pixel_id,
            'custom_event_type': 'PURCHASE',
        },
        'lifetime_budget': 0,
        'daily_budget': budget,
        'bid_strategy': 'LOWEST_COST_WITHOUT_CAP',
        'campaign_id': campaign_id,
        'targeting': {
            'age_max': max_age,
            'age_min': min_age,
            'genders': selected_genders,
            'geo_locations': {
                'countries': ['MK'],
                'location_types': ['home', 'recent'],
            },
            "flexible_spec": [],
        },
        'status': 'PAUSED',
    },
    )
    return ad_set

This adset is also returned as it is a parent to the ads i am about to create with the following: ` def create_facebook_ad(ad_set_id, ad_type, ad_name, ad_primary_text, ad_description_text, ad_headline_text,ad_link_url, ad_image=None, ad_video = None, ad_thumbnail=None):

access_token = config('CAMPAIGNS_SECRET')
ad_account_id = config('MARKETING_AD_ACCOUNT')
instagram_account_id = config('INSTAGRAM_ACTOR_ID')
pixel_id = config('PIXEL_ID')
FacebookAdsApi.init(access_token=access_token)



if(ad_type == 'image'):
    print('is_image')
    image = AdImage(parent_id=ad_account_id)
    image[AdImage.Field.filename] = ad_image[1:]
    image.remote_create()

    # Create creative
    link_data = AdCreativeLinkData()
    link_data[AdCreativeLinkData.Field.link] = ad_link_url
    link_data[AdCreativeLinkData.Field.message] = ad_primary_text #Primary text
    link_data[AdCreativeLinkData.Field.description] = ad_description_text #Description
    link_data[AdCreativeLinkData.Field.name] = ad_headline_text #Headline
    link_data[AdCreativeLinkData.Field.caption] = 'our domain name'

    link_data[AdCreativeLinkData.Field.image_hash] = image.get_hash()
    link_data[AdCreativeLinkData.Field.call_to_action] = {
    'type': 'SHOP_NOW',
    'value': {
        'link': ad_link_url
    }
    }
    object_story_spec = AdCreativeObjectStorySpec()
    object_story_spec[AdCreativeObjectStorySpec.Field.page_id] = 'our page id'
    object_story_spec[AdCreativeObjectStorySpec.Field.link_data] = link_data
    object_story_spec[AdCreativeObjectStorySpec.Field.instagram_actor_id] = instagram_account_id

    creative = AdCreative(parent_id=ad_account_id)
    creative[AdCreative.Field.name] = 'My ad'
    creative[AdCreative.Field.object_story_spec] = object_story_spec
    creative.remote_create()
    tracking_specs = [{
        'action.type': ['offsite_conversion'],
        'offsite_pixel': [pixel_id],
    }]
    ad = AdAccount(ad_account_id).create_ad(
        fields=[],
        params={
            'name': ad_name,
            'adset_id': ad_set_id,
            'conversion_domain': 'greengoshop.mk',
            'creative': {'creative_id': creative['id']},
            'instagram_actor_id': instagram_account_id,
            'status': 'PAUSED',
            'pixel_id': pixel_id,
            'page_id': 'our page id',
        },
    )
    return ad


elif(ad_type == 'video'):
    print('is_video')
    video = AdVideo(parent_id=ad_account_id)
    video[AdVideo.Field.filepath] = ad_video[1:]
    video.remote_create()

    thumbnail = AdImage(parent_id=ad_account_id)
    thumbnail[AdImage.Field.filename] = ad_thumbnail[1:]
    created_thumbnail = thumbnail.remote_create()

    video_data = AdCreativeVideoData()
    video_data[AdCreativeVideoData.Field.video_id] = video.get_id()
    video_data[AdCreativeVideoData.Field.image_url] = created_thumbnail["url"]
    video_data[AdCreativeVideoData.Field.message] = ad_primary_text #Primary text
    video_data[AdCreativeVideoData.Field.link_description] = ad_description_text #Description
    video_data[AdCreativeVideoData.Field.title] = ad_headline_text #Headline


    #message,name,caption,description,
    video_data[AdCreativeVideoData.Field.call_to_action] = {
        'type': 'SHOP_NOW',
        'value': {
            'link': ad_link_url
            }
    }



    object_story_spec = AdCreativeObjectStorySpec()
    object_story_spec[AdCreativeObjectStorySpec.Field.page_id] = 'our page id is here'
    object_story_spec[AdCreativeObjectStorySpec.Field.instagram_actor_id] = instagram_account_id
    object_story_spec[AdCreativeObjectStorySpec.Field.video_data] = video_data
    
    creative = AdCreative(parent_id=ad_account_id)
    creative[AdCreative.Field.name] = 'My ad'
    creative[AdCreative.Field.object_story_spec] = object_story_spec
    
    creative.remote_create()
    


    ad = AdAccount(ad_account_id).create_ad(
        fields=[],
        params={
            'name': ad_name,
            'adset_id': ad_set_id, 
            'conversion_domain': 'greengoshop.mk',
            'creative': {'creative_id': creative['id']},
            'instagram_actor_id': instagram_account_id,
            'status': 'PAUSED',
            'pixel_id': pixel_id,
            'page_id': 'our page id'  
        },
    )

` Now weirdly enough, when coding this on localhost, it worked perfectly. However on live it does not. It almost always fails when creating the second adset, it creates it, then it fails. I could really use some guidance as to how should I proceed!