How to create Google AdSense "Ads.txt" file using Netlify build command

If you want to add Google AdSense to your site, and you're using Netlify, like me, you encounter a problem with the "Ads.txt" file, maybe you don't want to make this file public, or probably you don't want to add this to a repository (is this my case).

In this opportunity I tell you a "hack" to add dynamic but, simple files using Netlify and the command line.

First you need to go to your site settings -> build & deploy then scroll down to the Build settings

Now in the Build command you can add files and content to this file

yarn build && touch ./public/Ads.txt && echo "google.com, pub-7660824024567312, DIRECT, f08c47fec0942fa0" >> ./public/Ads.txt

What happening here ?

Well I'm using the command line to create the file Ads.txt with the touch command, then using the echo command I put the content inside the double quotes on the file using the >> operator.

In fact, this is no a great way to do this, but working when you don't want to add some simple files on a build.