Number of ads from Google AdWords API?

2009-11-30 Thread vrgoogler
The more sponsored links page used to display the number of ads for a certain keyword. I was wondering if the Google AdWords API could give me an exact number of ads of a certain keyword or not? Seems like it only returns a horizontal scale with no specific numbers? -- You received this message

AdWords API ApiUsageError.INVALID_DATE_RANGE @ selector.infoSelector

2009-11-30 Thread sm1
Hello support, I am trying to invoke the get in Infoservice with the following SOAP request. ?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8? SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/ envelope/ xmlns:SOAP-ENC=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/;

AdWords API Re: BulkMutateJobService extremely slow

2009-11-30 Thread Peter Niederwieser
Eric, It was a real account, not the sandbox. AdGroupAdService is much faster. Since the bulk service does not currently meet either of our expectations (upload whole campaign in one step, faster upload), we went back to the conventional services. Cheers, Peter On Nov 24, 11:05 pm, AdWords API

AdWords API Re: Error reading reports using PHP APIlity 1.13.1 library

2009-11-30 Thread scrat
Hi, i got the same problems since a few days ago. Unfortunetaly the only solution currently works is to deactivate wsdl caching in settings.ini. But if Caching is off, there will be much more network traffic. So don't know if that's the number 1 solution. Best Regards Andreas -- You

AdWords API EntityNotFound.INVALID_ID

2009-11-30 Thread m.dekun...@onetomarket.nl
I'm having the same sort of problem as here: http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/d9e412d0078265c0/bdaae26caa7b166a?lnk=gstq=EntityNotFound.INVALID_ID#bdaae26caa7b166a We have an MCC account and when I want to delete an Ad Text of another account (which is available

AdWords API Very new to the API and PHP

2009-11-30 Thread Peter Stannett
Hi Everyone Basically I need lots of help. I have downloaded the apility zip and uploaded the contents to my webhost under the public_html folder. The question I have now is..now what? I know what I want to achieve but am very new to this so I would appreciate some guidance. I'm already confused

AdWords API Total Adspend

2009-11-30 Thread phil.balder...@yahoo.com
As far as I can see apart from ReportService, which won't give synchronous results, there's no way of getting realtime Adspend. Does anyone know if this is achievable. The one thing I want from the API is real time spend. Not too much to ask?? -- You received this message because you are

AdWords API v2009 API Is quota charged on SOAP Faults

2009-11-30 Thread fred
Hello, While developing our client for the v2009 API I have been doing some error condition tests. I have noticed that the 'operations' and 'units' headers come back even when requests fail. Some times this looks like its properly calculated. e.g. If the error is in a mutate call which adds

AdWords API Restricting TargettingIdeaService to specific keywords

2009-11-30 Thread tim.pa...@epiphanysolutions.co.uk
Hi, I'm new to the api, and I'm wondering the best ways to implement something. I'm trying to write something that queries specific keywords and returns the traffic data for those keywords. Like if you use the web based keywords tool and select the filter to only show the results for the

AdWords API Search Volume Trends?

2009-11-30 Thread tim.pa...@epiphanysolutions.co.uk
Is it possible to return the search volume trends like you can get in the web based tool that are decimal numbers? I can return the average search volume over 12 months, but not the same numbers that you get when you export the search volume trends from the web tool. -- You received this message

AdWords API error in php sample code ()

2009-11-30 Thread Bertina
hi there is and error in php sample code AuthToken.php. when it try to connect to https://www.google.com/accounts/ClientLogin it returns a certificate error you must change a small part of the AuthToken.php and replcae it with the following code: line 47: curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);

AdWords API Campaign mutate question

2009-11-30 Thread Timothy Merrifield
Hey guys, I'm trying to mutate a campaign object but I'm running into a Read- only error being throw. I found a previous thread that said that you should create a new data transfer object and pass that into the mutate function. Apparently this is because some fields are read-only and passing in a

AdWords API about adwords google api

2009-11-30 Thread Dharmendra Chaudhary
ello, Why are you setting the namespace to 'https://adwords.google.cn/api/ adwords/v12'? Please use 'adwords.google.com' as the server portion of the URL, not adwords.google.cn. If that doesn't resolve the issue for you, please provide a log of the SOAP request and response (with your token

AdWords API ReportService job runs, but report/record is not available at the url that was returned/empty

2009-11-30 Thread Dharmendra Chaudhary
AdWords API ReportService job runs, but report/record is not available at the url that was returned/empty The only changes I made to the example were ?php require_once('soapclientfactory.php'); # Provide AdWords login information. $email = 'i...@aziatischekunst.com'; $password = 'startthis';

AdWords API Bulgarian region codes

2009-11-30 Thread veseo
Hello, have Bulgarian region codes been added to the Region Codes listings, as in the stats we are getting from Google, we have BG-01 and similar codes? If yes, why aren't they listed in the official Region Codes listings? Given the different codes and the actual cities that the stats come from,

AdWords API Re: use axis2 adb way can not get ImageAd related object

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi, You can see my reply on your original thread: http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/965cc737af1cc0fd/ Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Nov 25, 9:42 pm, Hongyu Li hongyu...@gmail.com wrote: I am use axis2 WSDL2Java adb to generate java code with AdService.

Re: AdWords API use axis2 adb way and can not get ImageAd related object

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi, You can see my reply on your original thread: http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/965cc737af1cc0fd/ Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Nov 25, 9:44 pm, Hongyu Li hongyu...@gmail.com wrote: I am use axis2 WSDL2Java adb to generate java code with AdService.

AdWords API Re: API usage cost for third-parties

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi, The emails returned should all be real, meaning that requests were actually made against them. With the v13 version, emails will be returned based off of the developer token, and a developer token is not limited to the MCC account that owns it. Are there other MCC accounts in your

AdWords API Re: Recent fork of Agua

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi David, The APIlity and Agua projects have been deprecated, as has much of the v13 API that they use. The new AdWords API PHP client library replaces APIlity, although there is no Agua replacement: http://code.google.com/p/google-api-adwords-php/ Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On

AdWords API Re: ADD AdGroupOperation

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi P.W., The order of the parameters to the constructor for the different operations (CampaignOperation, AdGroupOperation, AdGroupAdOperation) are not consistent. This is because these classes are automatically generated from the WSDL files and the order cannot be manipulated for consistency.

AdWords API Re: perl TargetingIdeaService sample

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi Nicolas, Unfortunately there is no Perl example for this service. There is a similar PHP example though that you may find helpful: http://code.google.com/p/google-api-adwords-php/source/browse/trunk/examples/v200909/GetRelatedPlacementsExample.php Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team

AdWords API Re: v200909 error setting Campaign Monthly Budget

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi Pete, I'm glad that you are starting to migrate to the v2009 API. This particular error should have been returned in a more identifiable way, so you can catch and handle it client side. I'll work with the core engineering team to have this fixed. Thanks for bringing this issue to our

AdWords API InfoService getUnitCount returns 0 for November 25 through 28

2009-11-30 Thread j.e.frank
Every day I run a process to get my API usage. This returned 0 for 4 days, from November 25th through November 28th, and with smaller than normal numbers on the 24th and 29th. So far today it seems to be tracking normally again. I have double-checked that all of my processes that actually use

AdWords API Re: limitation on number of location entries

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi Andy, There is a limit of 300 positive geo targets per campaign, which has been in affect since v13: http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/docs/developer/GeoTarget.html. Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Nov 28, 1:44 pm, Andy Doan a...@iconvex.com wrote: Your answer is appreciated!

AdWords API Re: Insert 1500 keywords

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi, We have just released a new feature that replaced check* methods, and a blog post will be out later this week. The validateOnly header can be used to check any request but not commit the changes: http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/headers.html Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API

AdWords API Re: Problem with TargetingIdeaServiceInterface?

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi SEMDEV, Looking at your code it doesn't appear you are using the client library to generate your service. Please see the GetRelatedKeywords.java example for more information on how to use the client library:

Re: Number of ads from Google AdWords API?

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi, The TargetingIdeaService can return the competition scale for the returned keywords, but it is not possible to determine the exact number of ads that target that keyword: http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/reference/TargetingIdeaService.AttributeType.html#COMPETITION Best, -

AdWords API Re: ApiUsageError.INVALID_DATE_RANGE @ selector.infoSelector

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi S*, The error is due to an incorrect namespace on the dateRange element. This element must be in the /info/ namespace, although the child min and max elements must be in the /cm/ namespace. get xmlns=https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/info/v200909; selector xsi:type=InfoSelector

AdWords API Removing additional keywords to consider from TargetingIdeaSelector results

2009-11-30 Thread Tony
How can I remove the additional keywords to consider from the results returned by the TargetingIdeaSelector API in v2009? For instance, if I query life insurance the results returned include keywords like home insurance and business insurance which don't have anything to do with life insurance.

AdWords API Insert Keywords = UNEXPECTED INTERNAL API ERROR

2009-11-30 Thread MaxT
Hi, I'm inserting batches of multiple keywords trough the AdGroupCriterion Service. Unfortunately the system is returning more and more UNEXPECTED INTERNAL API ERROR's I tried to add about 4 keywords, and 70% of this operations returned this error.. I read a lot about this error, and if i'm

AdWords API Re: Retrieving Stats

2009-11-30 Thread phpoo
thanks Eric, I still have many questions, and you intend to use quite yet. thanks On 30 nov, 12:41, AdWords API Advisor adwordsapiadvi...@google.com wrote: Hi P.W., The format for v2009 should be MMdd.  For example:   ('20091130','20091215') Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team

AdWords API Re: EntityNotFound.INVALID_ID

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi, Do you have the SOAP XML request and response from this request? Perhaps the id's aren't being passed correctly. Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Nov 26, 7:47 am, m.dekun...@onetomarket.nl extramcc +...@onetomarket.com wrote: I'm having the same sort of problem as

AdWords API Re: Very new to the API and PHP

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi Peter, If you are new to the API I wouldn't recommend you use the APIlity library. It has been deprecated, as has most of the v13 API it runs against. It has been replaced by the AdWords API PHP client library: http://code.google.com/p/google-api-adwords-php/ Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords

AdWords API Re: Total Adspend

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi, There is currently no way to get the spend for an entire account. However, it is possible to get the spend for a Campaign over a given date range. If you include a StatsSelector object in a CampaignService.get() call the returned Stats object will contain the cost (aka spend) for that

AdWords API Re: v2009 API Is quota charged on SOAP Faults

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi Fred, Do you have the SOAP XML request and response that shows this behavior? The request ID would also suffice. Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Nov 27, 12:45 am, fred dec...@decideinteractive.com wrote: Hello, While developing our client for the v2009 API I have been doing some

AdWords API Re: Restricting TargettingIdeaService to specific keywords

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi Tim, There is no way to restrict the results to only the seed keywords. Your best option is to set the paging to return a limited number of results. Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Nov 27, 5:38 am, tim.pa...@epiphanysolutions.co.uk tim.pa...@epiphanysolutions.co.uk wrote: Hi, I'm

AdWords API Re: Search Volume Trends?

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi Tim, The search trends information can be obtained from the TargetingIdeaService using the Attribute TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES: http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/reference/TargetingIdeaService.AttributeType.html#TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team

AdWords API Still over keyword quota, campaigns deleted

2009-11-30 Thread Travis B
Hi, I got the following message while attempting to post: aw_api.Errors.RequestError: Code 17: The campaigns for this customer already have the maximum number of active keywords permitted, so this campaign may not be activated. I then deleted all of the campaigns in the account, however I am

AdWords API Re: error in php sample code ()

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. This problem was already resolved in the AdWords API PHP client library: http://code.google.com/p/google-api-adwords-php/source/browse/trunk/src/Google/Api/Ads/Common/Util/AuthToken.php Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Nov 27, 1:25 

AdWords API Re: Campaign mutate question

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi Tim, When creating the new DTO you only need to set the required fields and the fields you want to change. Any fields not included in the request (set as null) will be left unchanged. For example, to pause an ad you only need the following operation: v20:operations

Re: AdWords API ReportService job runs, but report/record is not available at the url that was returned/empty

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi, Reports will not actually be generated in the sandbox environment, and a dummy XML file will be returned. Run the code against the production environment to get actual results. Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Nov 28, 6:58 pm, Dharmendra Chaudhary dharmendra@gmail.com wrote:

AdWords API Re: InfoService getUnitCount returns 0 for November 25 through 28

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi, Thank you for bringing this to our attention. The core engineering team is looking into the issue. Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Nov 30, 11:16 am, j.e.frank j.e.fr...@gmail.com wrote: Every day I run a process to get my API usage.  This returned 0 for 4 days, from November

AdWords API Re: Removing additional keywords to consider from TargetingIdeaSelector results

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi Tony, The solution is to use the NgramGroupsSearchParameter. More information is available here: http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/dd91fb012cd2f26d http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api/browse_thread/thread/b1d3189f4483c78d

AdWords API Re: Insert Keywords = UNEXPECTED INTERNAL API ERROR

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi, Thanks for bringing this to our attention and providing detailed technical information. The core engineering team is aware of the issue and working on a fix. If you see this behavior on any other services please let us know. Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Nov 30, 12:40 pm, MaxT

AdWords API Re: Problem with TargetingIdeaServiceInterface?

2009-11-30 Thread SEM
Hi Eric: I switched to instantiating the user using the client library code at... AdWordsServiceLogger.log(); AdWordsUser user = new AdWordsUser(EMAIL, PASSWORD, xxx, xxx, xxx); TargetingIdeaServiceInterface targetingIdeaService =

AdWords API Re: InfoService getUnitCount returns 0 for November 25 through 28

2009-11-30 Thread j.e.frank
Thanks. Let me know if you need any additional info, such as the developer token and login that I am using. On Nov 30, 2:51 pm, AdWords API Advisor adwordsapiadvi...@google.com wrote: Hi, Thank you for bringing this to our attention.  The core engineering team is looking into the issue.

AdWords API Re: Still over keyword quota, campaigns deleted

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi Travis, Because a campaign and ad group can never be completely deleted (it is just marked with a status of deleted) I believe you do need to remove the actual keywords from the ad groups to be back under the limit. You may also want to also ask your question to the general AdWords forum:

AdWords API Re: Problem with TargetingIdeaServiceInterface?

2009-11-30 Thread AdWords API Advisor
Hi SEMDEV, I'm glad to hear this is working now, and thanks for the feedback about the client library. As for the TargetingIdeaService, there are two types of objects that are easy to confuse: SearchParameters and AttributeTypes. SearchParamters are used to constrain or filter the results that

AdWords API Re: Problem with TargetingIdeaServiceInterface?

2009-11-30 Thread SEM
Hi Eric: Thanks ... explicitly specifying additional attribute types worked! On a related note, I have a few questions re: throttling / bandwidth restrictions... a] What is the max number of keywords I can submit in a single request to get keyword variations? b] Suppose I submit a set of

AdWords API Re: v2009 API Is quota charged on SOAP Faults

2009-11-30 Thread fred
I assume you want the SOAP from the delete call which had the dodgy operations header. Unfortunately I did not save the XML last week, but was getting that behaviour consistently on Friday (Thursday evening in the US) This week I am unable to reproduce this issue. When deleting keywords with an

AdWords API Re: PHP Client Library for v2009, EntityNotFound.INVALID_ID @ selector ERROR

2009-11-30 Thread fred
Hi, Very useful thread, thanks for that. Just want to confirm I understand this correctly. Does this mean that you can only call InfoService::get if the username you use for authorisation is the same user who owns the developerToken? Are there any other situations in v2009 where the username and