Hi, To address your questions:
1) I believe they are trying to launch that feature within the next couple of weeks, but I can't say for certain. 2) I can put in a request for this feature, but I don't think it is very high priority. 3) You can file Python client library feature requests here: http://code.google.com/p/google-api-adwords-python-lib/issues/list 4) This behavior is consistent with the rest of the AdWords API and not likely to change. Best, - Eric On Jul 29, 11:50 pm, xero <zcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Eric, > Thanks for helping out! > > I've a few further ones: > > 1. It's a pity that TargetingIdeaService can't return >800 entries for > keywords only. But it's definitely great news that gzipped HTTP > transport support is under way. When will it be ready? Is there any > timetable for that? > > 2. Is it possible for DEV team to add support for returning valid > category ids? > It doesn't need to be "real" by all means, but some "dummy" random > number falling into the range of valid/possible keyword category ids. > In this way, users can still see some "dummy" results of keyword > category names from the sandbox data. Basically it's generating a > random number in one range instead of another. > > 3. It would be useful to add keyword category utility functions just > like what GetCategories() did for placement categories. And It's nice > to know keyword supports multiple categories. > > 4. Thanks for clarifying on keyword format. Besides invalid > characters, are there any other restrictions, e.g, keyword lengths? > Actually I'm thinking that returning all-0s or N/A results for those > keywords may be a better way for Adwords API implementation. It's > customer's fault to submit malformed keywords, and the customer can > prevent or remedy such mistake in many ways. Google doesn't need to be > responsible for that. Throwing an exception/failing the entire call is > too "heavy". > > On Jul 29, 5:45 am, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > To address your questions: > > > 1) Yes, TargetingIdeaService.get() has an upper limit of 800 entries. > > We'll work to make this more clear in the documentation. > > > 2) Unfortunately not. > > > 3) I believe only the following attributes can be requested: > > AD_SHARE, EXTRACTED_FROM_WEBPAGE, IDEA_TYPE, KEYWORD, SEARCH_SHARE. > > > 4) The URL is used to generate keyword ideas, the same as the get() > > method. > > > 5) The current Python client library doesn't support gzipped HTTP > > transport, but this feature is in the works already. > > > 6) The sandbox will always return dummy data, including the category > > ids. > > > 7) This method returns the available placement categories, now called > > Verticals in the API. There are not compatible with the keyword > > categories. > > > 8) Yes, keywords can have multiple categories. > > > 9) Information about invalid characters in keywords is available > > here:http://adwords.google.com/support/aw/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=53539 > > > Best, > > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team > > > On Jul 27, 11:32 am, xero <zcl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm currently using Adwords API python lib. The following are > > > problems encountered in development. Can anyone help? > > > > Q1. For getting ideas using "get": > > > Is it true that "totalNumEntries" returned is always <=800? It's not > > > clearly stated in API docs, but mentioned several times in other > > > articles on Internet. > > > > Q2. If the answer to Q1 is yes, is there any way to retrieve >800 > > > keyword ideas by using a list of keywords only(without providing URL)? > > > > Q3. For getting ideas using "getBulkKeywordIdeas": > > > In API docs, it says "A limited, fixed set of attributes will be > > > returned." What are those "limited, fixed set of attributes" exactly? > > > > Q4. How is the result of "getBulkKeywordIdeas" related to input URL? > > > If I use this URL to call "get" to retrieve keyword ideas, are the > > > results the same (at least for those 800 results)? > > > > Q5. Is it possible to retrieve gzipped results of Targeting Idea > > > Service and Traffic Estimate Service? Does Adwords python lib support > > > gzipping/un-gzipping the requests & the responses? > > > > Q6. I did some tests for keyword categories in sandbox, and found out > > > that none of the keyword category id returned from sandbox is in > > > category id range described > > > here:http://code.google.com/intl/en/apis/adwords/v2009/docs/codelists/keyw.... > > > Is it intentional behavior? Where can I get accurate category > > > description for a category id? > > > > Q7. There's a function GetCategories() in Adwords python lib. What's > > > this category list used for? Is it related to keyword category id > > > returned by targeting idea service? > > > > Q8. Does a keyword idea support multiple keyword categories? > > > In API docs, it says "KEYWORD_CATEGORY represents a category id for > > > a category within the category hierarchy for keyword ideas. Resulting > > > attribute is IntegerSetAttribute." > > > It seems keyword category is only an integer, but it uses integer > > > set as return type. > > > > Q9. What's google's keyword format ('invalid character' problem)? > > > In one of my tests, when calling estimateKeywordList in traffic > > > estimator service, it returns: > > > "aw_api.Errors.RequestError: Code 14: This keyword text is not valid." > > > I've found out *?() can't occur in keyword text. Otherwise the web > > > service call will fail. > > > Why raising an exception instead of returning some specific values > > > for those malformed keywords, such as all-zeros or N/A flag, is beyond > > > me. It's not appealing that a list of keywords including only one > > > invalid keyword text will fail the entire call. > > > Web service calls are much more expensive than local calls. TCP > > > connection setup/teardown has overheads. Transferring list of keywords > > > takes time. Although ideally, we can fish out the malformed keyword by > > > calling web service for each keyword, such behavior will have much > > > more burden & overhead on both client and server sides. Personally I > > > don't think it's a good idea. > > > So what I'm doing now is to validate keyword format locally, with > > > the rules I learned from the tests. But it's far from the best way. 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