Hi Jeff, Thanks for all of your help and advice!
I'll look to implement the changes soon, and inform you of the results! Thanks again, Gordon. On Feb 26, 4:22 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> wrote: > Hello Gordon, > > Yes, I'd recommend either dropping the blank arrays or making sure > that you list the blank targeting elements in the array in the same > order in which they're defined in the WSDL (a snippet of which was > posted up-thread). > > Cheers, > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > On Feb 26, 4:42 am, Gordon <gordonpeterbr...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Jeff > > > I have been looking into my code this morning, and I have a copy of an > > array with a countryTarget set, and an array with a proximityTarget > > set. > > > For each level of targeting - if it is used then a value is passed in, > > eg: in the campaigns that we build not using a proximityTarget we > > would only set a countryTarget but we would also set a blank array for > > each other level of targeting. This is what we would pass in to > > addCampaign() when only country targeting is required: > > > Array > > ( > > [countryTargets] => Array > > ( > > [countries] => Array > > ( > > [0] => GB > > ) > > > [excludedCountries] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > ) > > > [regionTargets] => Array > > ( > > [regions] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > [excludedRegions] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > ) > > > [metroTargets] => Array > > ( > > [metros] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > [excludedMetros] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > ) > > > [cityTargets] => Array > > ( > > [cities] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > [excludedCities] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > ) > > > [proximityTargets] => Array > > ( > > [circles] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > ) > > > ) > > > For a campaign that requires only a proximityTarget, we would pass: > > > Array > > ( > > [countryTargets] => Array > > ( > > [countries] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > [excludedCountries] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > ) > > > [regionTargets] => Array > > ( > > [regions] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > [excludedRegions] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > ) > > > [metroTargets] => Array > > ( > > [metros] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > [excludedMetros] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > ) > > > [cityTargets] => Array > > ( > > [cities] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > [excludedCities] => Array > > ( > > ) > > > ) > > > [proximityTargets] => Array > > ( > > [circles] => Array > > ( > > [0] => Array > > ( > > [latitudeMicroDegrees] => 53742000 > > [longitudeMicroDegrees] => -365000 > > [radiusMeters] => 30000 > > ) > > > ) > > > ) > > > ) > > > I think what you're suggesting is to drop each of the blank arrays if > > nothing is to be passed into them? > > > Thanks Jeff, > > > Gordon. > > > On Feb 25, 8:24 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > > wrote: > > > > Hello Gordon, > > > > I was interested in seeing your PHP code related to geotargets. I > > > guess APIlity just takes in all the potential properties for a > > > campaign in as parameters to the corresponding API's method call, so > > > I'd be interested in seeing what you're passing in to addCampaign(). > > > Specifically, whether you're setting anything for the countryTargets, > > > regionTargets, etc. options, or leaving them out entirely. > > > > There's nothing I know of that has changed on the SOAP server end of > > > things in the past couple of days. > > > > Cheers, > > > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > > > On Feb 25, 7:40 am, Gordon <gordonpeterbr...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi Jeff, > > > > > Thanks again for your helpful comments. > > > > > I tried to recreate the error I was having before applying the fix > > > > that you have suggested, however - I have been unsuccessful in doing > > > > so. > > > > > I have rebuilt the account used in the requestedId values specified > > > > above three times now - each with a geo-targeted campaign going live > > > > successfully. > > > > > I have not made any code adjustments, as I wanted to create the error, > > > > apply the fix and then check that the error did not recur. > > > > > Owed to the fact that this seems to be working now, I am a little > > > > reluctant to make any code changes. Are you aware of any fixes that > > > > may have been applied since our discussion? > > > > > The client library I am currently using is APIlity 1.13.1. > > > > > When you ask "...and what the code relating to geotargeting looks > > > > like?" - Do you mean what my code looks like when generating the > > > > Geotargets information, or what the code in APIlity looks like when > > > > generating the Geotargets information? > > > > > Thanks Jeff - Your help is appreciated. > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Gordon. > > > > > On Feb 24, 6:06 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hello Gordon, > > > > > > Thanks, I was able to look up your requests and the associated > > > > > exception that prevents them from completing. > > > > > > From what I can see and having run some requests of my own, the > > > > > internal error is being thrown because your <geoTargeting> element in > > > > > the SOAP request looks like: > > > > > > <geoTargeting> > > > > > <countryTargets/> > > > > > <regionTargets/> > > > > > <metroTargets/> > > > > > <cityTargets/> > > > > > <proximityTargets> > > > > > <circles> > > > > > <latitudeMicroDegrees>51602000</latitudeMicroDegrees> > > > > > <longitudeMicroDegrees>226000</longitudeMicroDegrees> > > > > > <radiusMeters>45000</radiusMeters> > > > > > </circles> > > > > > </proximityTargets> > > > > > </geoTargeting> > > > > > > <geoTargeting> is defined in the WSDL as a <sequence>: > > > > > > <sequence> > > > > > <element name="cityTargets" minOccurs="0" type="impl:CityTargets"/ > > > > > > <element name="countryTargets" minOccurs="0" > > > > > type="impl:CountryTargets"/> > > > > > <element name="metroTargets" minOccurs="0" > > > > > type="impl:MetroTargets"/> > > > > > <element name="proximityTargets" minOccurs="0" > > > > > type="impl:ProximityTargets"/> > > > > > <element name="regionTargets" minOccurs="0" > > > > > type="impl:RegionTargets"/> > > > > > <element name="targetAll" type="xsd:boolean"/> > > > > > </sequence> > > > > > > Our SOAP servers are apparently strict about the order in which the > > > > > elements in this sequence can appear (which is technically the right > > > > > thing to do, but I don't think we're as strict elsewhere). So in any > > > > > case, your request XML should either include the elements in the order > > > > > in which they're defined in the sequence, or leave out the elements > > > > > that are empty anyway. You probably don't have control over the > > > > > ordering (I'm assuming you're using a client library that generates > > > > > the XML), but perhaps you're explicitly setting the countryTargets, > > > > > etc. elements to an empty value? Could you let us know which client > > > > > library you're using and what the code relating to geotargeting looks > > > > > like? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > > > > > On Feb 24, 12:34 pm, Gordon <gordonpeterbr...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Jeff, > > > > > > > Sure - no problem. > > > > > > > I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to post them on here or not. > > > > > > > The requestId values are as follows: > > > > > > > * 93c11dc54a331bc14fd6464e928f2b5e > > > > > > * 99bcc43e2039a84668fb5a543e0a5abb > > > > > > * 8e334d88ce08a62e38ea0ca8daf68168 > > > > > > * 026c3efd77bf1696e0803e65bf24aa24 > > > > > > > Many Thanks, > > > > > > > Gordon. > > > > > > > On Feb 24, 4:45 pm, AdWords API Advisor > > > > > > <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello Gordon, > > > > > > > > Could you please post the requestIds here? Mail to the address I > > > > > > > post > > > > > > > under isn't a good way to reach me, and requestIds are not > > > > > > > sensitive > > > > > > > information. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > -Jeff Posnick, AdWords API Team > > > > > > > > On Feb 24, 7:30 am, Gordon <gordonpeterbr...@googlemail.com> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Jeff, > > > > > > > > > Thanks again for the reply. > > > > > > > > > I have emailed some details to your e-mail address, including > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > requestId values of four failed API transactions. > > > > > > > > > Your help is appreciated. > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > Gordon. > > ... > > read more » --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. 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