I couldn't agree more! My code breaks daily. Burton
On Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:11:46 PM UTC-4, dkasak wrote: > > I have just read that there are YET MORE changes to a production API: > > http://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/specifying-version-when-requesting.html > > The page: > http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/docs/guides/reporting.html > > ... has been quietly updated with the new namespace requirement in the > report definition, which was MOST CERTAINLY NOT THERE when I copied and > pasted the template into our code. > > Recent last-minute, badly planned and apparently untested hacks to > production APIs have caused many people many issues. The report service not > returning paused ads comes to mind. So why do you keep hacking the ONLY > AVAILABLE version? Can't these changes wait for the next API version? Maybe > you should test your own API before releasing it and removing all other API > versions? What is the point in even having a version number if you keep > hacking how it behaves each day anyway? > > I should note that the last message I posted on this topic triggered a > FLOOD of private emails by other developers saying "we feel your pain, but > are too scared to say so in that tone in the forums". > -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and discussion group: http://adwordsapi.blogspot.com http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to adwords-api@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en
