Hi Neil, You can filter for just the active keywords by including a predicate for Status EQUALS ACTIVE.
Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Thursday, April 5, 2012 9:16:15 AM UTC-4, Neil Kirk wrote: > > For example, here is a parameter that I tried to set: > <entries xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:type="BiddableAdGroupCriterion"> > <adGroupId>715289155</adGroupId> > <criterionUse>BIDDABLE</criterionUse> > <criterion xsi:type="Keyword"> > <id>16494201</id> > <type>KEYWORD</type> > <Criterion.Type>Keyword</Criterion.Type> > <text>bulk sms</text> > <matchType>BROAD</matchType> > </criterion> > <AdGroupCriterion.Type>BiddableAdGroupCriterion</AdGroupCriterion.Type> > <stats> > <network>SEARCH</network> > <Stats.Type>Stats</Stats.Type> > </stats> > </entries> > > but it returns an error: > <?xml version="1.0"?> > <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";> > <soap:Header> > <ResponseHeader xmlns=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";> > <requestId>0004bce84aefc2400a3464c700001bbe</requestId> > <serviceName>AdParamService</serviceName> > <methodName>mutate</methodName> > <operations>1</operations> > <responseTime>111</responseTime> > <units>1</units> > </ResponseHeader> > </soap:Header> > <soap:Body> > <soap:Fault> > <faultcode>soap:Server</faultcode> > <faultstring>[AdParamError.INVALID_ADGROUP_CRITERION_SPECIFIED @ > operations[0].operand; trigger:'AdGroupId = 715289155, CriterionId = > 16494201']</faultstring> > <detail> > <ApiExceptionFault xmlns=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201109";> > <message>[AdParamError.INVALID_ADGROUP_CRITERION_SPECIFIED @ > operations[0].operand; trigger:'AdGroupId = 715289155, CriterionId = > 16494201']</message> > > <ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ApplicationException.Type> > <errors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xsi:type="AdParamError"> > <fieldPath>operations[0].operand</fieldPath> > <trigger>AdGroupId = 715289155, CriterionId = > 16494201</trigger> > > <errorString>AdParamError.INVALID_ADGROUP_CRITERION_SPECIFIED</errorString> > <ApiError.Type>AdParamError</ApiError.Type> > <reason>INVALID_ADGROUP_CRITERION_SPECIFIED</reason> > </errors> > </ApiExceptionFault> > </detail> > </soap:Fault> > > this happens to about 50% of my criterion, which is kinda wasteful in > terms of API units. > > Any help would be massively appreciated. > > On Thursday, 5 April 2012 14:09:23 UTC+1, Neil Kirk wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am setting paramaters for my keywords using the Perl API. When I get >> the keywords for a particular ad group, it retrieves all the keywords and >> so it trying to set parameters for a lot of keywords that it doesn't need >> to/is returning a lot of keywords that it doesn't need to. >> >> Is there any way to filter the get so that it returns only keywords that >> are in use? >> > -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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
