Hi Eric, It's exciting to know that gzip HTTP feature will be available in the near future! I'm looking forward to it.
About Python lib, I didn't realize that I can submit feature request myself. It's good to know and I will. Thank you for opening a request for "returning valid category ids from sandbox". I fully understand that it's not high priority. It would be nice to have this feature since it makes behavior of sandbox more consistent with production environment, but the absence of it also won't be an action blocker. There're still something around. 1. Besides invalid character restrictions, does the keyword has other restrctions, such as length limit? 2. With all due respect, I doubt that this behavior(fail the entire call instead of returning N/A or NULL values) of estimateKeywordList() in TrafficEstimatorService is consistent with the rest of Adwords API. I did some test in sandbox, sending mal-formatted keywords to both TrafficEstimatorService and TargetingIdeaService (requestType=STATS). TrafficEstimatorService throws an exception, while TargetingIdeaService still returns results. IMHO, this is a major difference between v13 and v200909, and definitely a great improvement. Aside from the fact that such pattern suits web service environment well, actually it benefits both parties. Users will get most of what they want in one shot, while Google's able to charge customer without occupying too much resources (because the user is destined to send the failed call again). I'm not sure if in the future TrafficEstimatorService will have a new version or not. If yes, I do wish it could follow the idea and behavior of TargetingIdeaService now. On Jul 30, 11:18 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com> wrote: > 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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