---
title: "Change the daily ad budget (business-level; increases are spend-gated)"
method: PATCH
path: "/ads/{id}/budget"
tags: ["Ads"]
---

# Change the daily ad budget (business-level; increases are spend-gated)

`PATCH /ads/{id}/budget`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.madethis.com/v1`
- URL: `https://api.madethis.com/v1/ads/{id}/budget`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `dailyBudgetCents` integer, required
  - `expectedCurrentDailyBudgetCents` integer, required

## Response `200`

Success envelope.

- object
  - `data` object, required
    - `campaignId` string, required
    - `scope` 'business_daily_budget', required
    - `changed` boolean, required
    - `direction` 'increase' | 'decrease' | 'unchanged', required
    - `dailyBudgetCents` integer, required
    - `metaDailyBudgetCents` integer, required
    - `weeklyCapCents` integer, required
    - `metaBudgetSyncStatus` string, required
  - `hint` string: One-sentence orientation for agents.
  - `next_action` string: The literal next call an agent would chain.

## Other responses

- `202`: Parked by the business's spend policy (kind: ad_budget_change). NOTHING has been spent, published or sent. Confirm with POST /v1/confirmations/{id}/confirm — or reject it — before the expiry; the original call is replayed exactly once.
- `default`: Error envelope — machine-readable `code` plus a docs link.

---

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