Hi, are you sure that you are using sandbox environment?
Because in Sandbox Behavior<http://code.google.com/apis/adwords/docs/sandbox.html#behavior>document it writes that returned ideas will be of the form {"sample keyword 0", "sample keyword 1", ...}. Returned attributes will contain random values. On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:33 AM, Robert Paveza <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've been working on some testing with the sandbox API for Adwords. I'd > been getting promising results from TargetingIdeaService (of course, it's > garbage for now, but it seems to work). I based my initial code on a Google > blog entry about using the TargetingIdeaService to get keyword suggestions > based on a seed word or phrase. To test, I used the same seed as the demo > in the blog - "cheap airline tickets" - and plugged this into the Keyword > Tool. This gives me results such as "very cheap airline tickets," "cheap > airline ticket," "super cheap airline tickets," "cheap airline tickets to > hawaii," etc. > > However, my task is to get other results. My colleagues suggested that, > within the Keyword Tool, if I added in "who," "what," "where," "when," > "why," and "how" into the "Include Terms" field, I would get the desired > results. And in fact, I do - "where to find cheap airline tickets," "how to > buy cheap airline tickets," "how to get cheap airline tickets," etc. These > are the desired results. > > Now, I don't expect to get these particular results back when using the > sandbox API. However, I would expect some results. Essentially, what I do > is: > > - Request "cheap airline tickets" as the Keyword > (RelatedToKeywordSearchParameter), matching Broad. > - Language Target is "en" > - Country Target is "US" > > This gives me back 300 results. Then I add in > IdeaTextMatchesSearchParameter as a parameter. I specify: > > - included is a string array of "who" "what" "where" "when" "why" and > "how". I've also put in a single item array "herring" since a bunch of the > sandbox API results say "red herring" or some such > - excluded, I have switched between being null or an empty array, and > also tried garbage "afkjdjfl;kasdjfsa" or something like that. > - priorityAction set to Include. > > Here is my SOAP request: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema";> > <soap:Header> > <RequestHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v201008 > "> > > <authToken xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201008 > "> > (removed)</authToken> > <developerToken xmlns=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201008";> > ENTER_YOUR_DEVELOPER_TOKEN_HERE</developerToken> > <clientEmail xmlns=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201008";> > (removed)</clientEmail> > <userAgent xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201008 > "> > AwApi-DotNet-12.2.0|(removed)</userAgent> > </RequestHeader> > </soap:Header> > <soap:Body> > <get xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v201008";> > <selector> > <searchParameters xsi:type="RelatedToKeywordSearchParameter"> > > <keywords> > <text xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201008 > "> > cheap airline tickets</text> > <matchType xmlns=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201008";> > BROAD</matchType> > </keywords> > </searchParameters> > <searchParameters xsi:type="LanguageTargetSearchParameter"> > <languageTargets> > <languageCode xmlns=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201008";> > en</languageCode> > </languageTargets> > </searchParameters> > <searchParameters xsi:type="CountryTargetSearchParameter"> > <countryTargets> > <countryCode xmlns=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201008";> > US</countryCode> > </countryTargets> > </searchParameters> > <searchParameters xsi:type="IdeaTextMatchesSearchParameter"> > > <included>who</included> > <included>what</included> > <included>where</included> > <included>when</included> > <included>why</included> > <included>how</included> > <priorityAction>INCLUDE</priorityAction> > </searchParameters> > <ideaType>KEYWORD</ideaType> > <requestType>IDEAS</requestType> > <requestedAttributeTypes>KEYWORD</requestedAttributeTypes> > <requestedAttributeTypes> > AVERAGE_TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</requestedAttributeTypes> > <requestedAttributeTypes> > IDEA_TYPE</requestedAttributeTypes> > <requestedAttributeTypes> > COMPETITION</requestedAttributeTypes> > <requestedAttributeTypes> > GLOBAL_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</requestedAttributeTypes> > <requestedAttributeTypes> > KEYWORD_CATEGORY</requestedAttributeTypes> > <requestedAttributeTypes> > TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES</requestedAttributeTypes> > <requestedAttributeTypes> > SEARCH_SHARE</requestedAttributeTypes> > <paging> > <startIndex xmlns=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201008";> > 0</startIndex> > <numberResults xmlns=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201008";> > 50</numberResults> > </paging> > </selector> > </get> > </soap:Body> > </soap:Envelope> > > The response is, as I described, empty. > > <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";> > > <soap:Header> > <ResponseHeader xmlns:ns2=" > https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201008"; > xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v201008";> > <ns2:requestId> > 395cacb6d804c56cda37321f123a541c</ns2:requestId> > <ns2:operations>1</ns2:operations> > <ns2:responseTime>1425</ns2:responseTime> > <ns2:units>1</ns2:units> > </ResponseHeader> > </soap:Header> > <soap:Body> > <getResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v201008"; > xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201008";> > <rval> > <totalNumEntries>0</totalNumEntries> > </rval> > </getResponse> > </soap:Body> > </soap:Envelope> > > > I'd appreciate any insights. 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