I'm making lookalike custom audiences via the Facebook API but I keep getting this error message when I try to make a second audience from the same seed:
"(#2654) Can't create a duplicate lookalike: You've already created a Lookalike Audience with the same source, country and size. Please try using a different source or different specifications."
In this case, the country and seed are the same but the ratio is different for the two audiences. When I create lookalikes to the exact same specification through adsmanager in the browser, they are created successfully.
Here are examples of the payloads I sent:
//Audience successfully created
{
name: "LLA0%-FB | Engaged | 30 (2020-09-23) (US)",
subtype: "LOOKALIKE",
origin_audience_id: "123456789",
lookalike_spec: {
type: "reach",
ratio: 0.05,
allow_international_seeds: "on",
location_spec: {
geo_locations: { countries: ["US"] },
},
},
}
//Error
{
name: "LLA20%-FB | Engaged | 30 (2020-09-23) (US)",
subtype: "LOOKALIKE",
origin_audience_id: "123456789",
lookalike_spec: {
type: "reach",
ratio: 0.2,
allow_international_seeds: "on",
location_spec: {
geo_locations: { countries: ["US"] },
},
},
};
The problem with your api requests is you are specifying both type and ratio in api requests . So the ratio value is ignored by the facebook requests . https://developers.facebook.com/docs/marketing-api/audiences/guides/lookalike-audiences/#lookalike-audiences See type use either type or ratio. You should use ratio like this
{
name: "LLA0%-FB | Engaged | 30 (2020-09-23) (US)",
subtype: "LOOKALIKE",
origin_audience_id: "123456789",
lookalike_spec: {
type: "reach",
ratio: 0.05,
allow_international_seeds: "on",
location_spec: {
geo_locations: { countries: ["US"] },
},
},
}