Thanks for the reply Eric - really appreciate your help.
Last question on this-: Do you guys publish a roadmap for the API that
I could get visibility of ?
Something that contains your plans for new functionality, along with
go live dates ?
On Aug 9, 3:05 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>
wrote:
> Hi Bobby,
>
> The AdWords API is the only API available, so there is nothing else to
> compare it with in regards to speed. You can try using the
> AdGroupCriterionService instead of the BulkMutateJobService, but I
> don't know if you'll see a dramatic speed difference.
>
> Best,
> - Eric
>
> On Aug 9, 6:21 am, bobby <noriordan+apit...@cartrawler.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Thanks Eric, yes I understand that - but what I was really asking was
> > "what is the fastest
> > way to upload 300,000 keywords?".
>
> > In other words - is the ADWORDS API the fastest way to do it, or is
> > there some other form
> > of transfer that I can use?
>
> > Currently 300,000 keywords is taking me nearly 12 hours to upload -
> > which is not an acceptable
> > performance level for my customer.
>
> > Our business want to operate in a much more dynamic way with ADWORDS,
> > and we were hoping the API
> > would be a way to accomplish that, but so far it's looking like -
> > while the flexibility and
> > the potential to automate is there - that we are prevented from
> > scaling up due to the performance.
>
> > Any pointers you can provide would be like water to a dry duck at this
> > stage.
>
> > Thanks,
> > Bobby
>
> > On Aug 6, 10:12 pm, AdWords API Advisor <adwordsapiadvi...@google.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > Hi Bobby,
>
> > > The BulkMutateJobService does not offer any speed benefits over the
> > > regular synchronous services. There is the possibility of concurrent
> > > processing of operations, but in general you shouldn't assume that
> > > operations will process any faster using the BMJS. The BMJS is
> > > designed for uploading large numbers of entities, such as keywords and
> > > ads, but it should not be used for time-sensitive changes.
>
> > > Best,
> > > - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team
>
> > > On Aug 5, 8:43 am, bobby healy <robertjohnpatrickhe...@googlemail.com>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > OK, I've searched everywhere and there doesn't seem to be a single,
> > > > definitive answer to this question-:
>
> > > > "How do I bulk upload about 300,000 keywords as quickly as possible ?"
>
> > > > Currently this takes me about 24 hours using the following code. Is
> > > > there any faster way to do this ?
>
> > > > AdGroupAd textAdGroupAd = new AdGroupAd();
>
> > > > textAdGroupAd.setAdGroupId(g.getAdGroupID());
> > > > textAdGroupAd.setAd(textAd);
> > > > AdGroupAdOperation textAdGroupAdOperation = new
> > > > AdGroupAdOperation();
> > > > textAdGroupAdOperation.setOperand(textAdGroupAd);
> > > > textAdGroupAdOperation.setOperator(Operator.ADD);
> > > > ... add some exemptions....
> > > > l.adGroupAdOperations.add(textAdGroupAdOperation);
> > > > BulkMutateJobServiceInterface bulkMutateJobService =
> > > > user.getService(
>
> > > > AdWordsService.V201003.BULK_MUTATE_JOB_SERVICE);
> > > > // Set scope of jobs.
> > > > EntityId scopingEntityId = new
> > > > EntityId(EntityIdType.CAMPAIGN_ID, c.getCampaignID());
> > > > long jobId = createAndBeginJob(bulkMutateJobService,
> > > > scopingEntityId, e.getValue().adGroupAdOperations.toArray(new
> > > > AdGroupAdOperation[0]));
> > > > OperationResult[] operationResults =
> > > > retrieveResultsFromJob(bulkMutateJobService, jobId, null);
>
> > > > private static OperationResult[] retrieveResultsFromJob(
> > > > BulkMutateJobServiceInterface bulkMutateJobService, long
> > > > jobId, ProgressDialog p)
> > > > throws InterruptedException, IOException {
> > > > List<OperationResult[]> operationResultsByPart = new
> > > > ArrayList<OperationResult[]>();
> > > > BulkMutateJob job = null;
>
> > > > // Create selector.
> > > > BulkMutateJobSelector selector = new BulkMutateJobSelector();
> > > > selector.setJobIds(new long[]{jobId});
>
> > > > // Loop while waiting for the job to complete.
> > > > int percent = 1;
> > > > do {
> > > > BulkMutateJob[] jobs = bulkMutateJobService.get(selector);
> > > > job = jobs[0];
>
> > > > System.out.println("Bulk mutate job with id \"" +
> > > > job.getId() + "\" has status \"" + job.getStatus() + "\".");
>
> > > > if (job.getStatus().equals(BasicJobStatus.PENDING) ||
> > > > job.getStatus().equals(BasicJobStatus.PROCESSING)) {
> > > > if (p != null)
> > > > p.setProgress(percent++);
> > > > Thread.sleep(10000);
> > > > }
> > > > } while (job.getStatus().equals(BasicJobStatus.PENDING) ||
> > > > job.getStatus().equals(BasicJobStatus.PROCESSING));
>
> > > > ************* the above WHILE loop is where it spends all it's time -
> > > > PROCESSING for hours...****************
>
> > > > if (job.getStatus() == BasicJobStatus.FAILED) {
> > > > throw new ApiException("Job failed.", null, null);
> > > > }
>
> > > > for (int i = 0; i < job.getNumRequestParts(); i++) {
> > > > // Set selector to retrieve results for part.
> > > > selector.setResultPartIndex(i);
> > > > BulkMutateJob jobWithResult =
> > > > bulkMutateJobService.get(selector)[0];
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