Hey AdWords Team, The software I'm working on attempts to test changes to keywords using validateOnly before making the real operation. This way if any of the operations fail with policy violation errors the proper exemption requests can be supplied. I noticed that something strange was happening and it appeared that validateOnly did not have any effect. So I put together a simple example for you guys. The operation attempts to remove one keyword with validate only. Then it attempts a second remove operation without validate only. The first operation actually removes the keyword, whilst the second one fails because the first removed it. Perhaps I am misunderstanding the purpose of validateOnly. I had assumed if it was used any and all operations supplied would only be tested and not executed. I've provided below the soap_xml.log data. If you could let me know if this is an issue on your end that will be resolved or if I need to change what I am doing I would be very grateful.
Thanks, Peter [2012-01-16 11:45:51,862::WARNING::AwApi-Python-15.1.4] StartTime: 2012-01-16 11:45:50 *** Outgoing HTTP headers ********************************************** POST /api/adwords/cm/v201101/AdGroupCriterionService HTTP/1.0 Host:adwords.google.com User-agent:SOAPpy 0.12.0 (pywebsvcs.sf.net),gzip XML-parser: xml.etree.cElementTree v1.0.6 Content-type:text/xml; charset="UTF-8" Content-length:2356 SOAPAction:"mutate" ************************************************************************ *** Outgoing SOAP ****************************************************** <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"; xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"; xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:xsi3="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > <SOAP-ENV:Header xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/ v201101" xmlns:cm="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201101";> <RequestHeader> <cm:developerToken>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</cm:developerToken> <cm:validateOnly>True</cm:validateOnly> <cm:userAgent>AwApi-Python-15.1.4|Test Client</cm:userAgent> <cm:authToken>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</cm:authToken> </RequestHeader> </SOAP-ENV:Header> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <mutate xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201101"; xmlns:cm="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201101";> <operations xsi3:type="cm:AdGroupCriterionOperation"> <cm:operator>ADD</cm:operator> <cm:operand xsi3:type="cm:BiddableAdGroupCriterion"> <cm:adGroupId>2737275975</cm:adGroupId> <cm:criterion xsi3:type="cm:Keyword"> <cm:id>2908392767</cm:id> <cm:text>storing fresh basil food</cm:text> <cm:matchType>BROAD</cm:matchType> </cm:criterion> <cm:userStatus>ACTIVE</cm:userStatus> <cm:bids xsi3:type="cm:ManualCPCAdGroupCriterionBids"> <cm:maxCpc xsi3:type="cm:Bid"> <cm:amount xsi3:type="cm:Money"> <cm:microAmount>0</cm:microAmount> </cm:amount> </cm:maxCpc> </cm:bids> </cm:operand> </operations> <operations xsi3:type="cm:AdGroupCriterionOperation"> <cm:operator>REMOVE</cm:operator> <cm:operand xsi3:type="cm:BiddableAdGroupCriterion"> <cm:adGroupId>2737275975</cm:adGroupId> <cm:criterion xsi3:type="cm:Keyword"> <cm:id>2908392767</cm:id> <cm:text>storing fresh basil</cm:text> <cm:matchType>BROAD</cm:matchType> </cm:criterion> <cm:userStatus>ACTIVE</cm:userStatus> <cm:bids xsi3:type="cm:ManualCPCAdGroupCriterionBids"> <cm:maxCpc xsi3:type="cm:Bid"> <cm:amount xsi3:type="cm:Money"> <cm:microAmount>0</cm:microAmount> </cm:amount> </cm:maxCpc> </cm:bids> </cm:operand> </operations> </mutate> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> ************************************************************************ *** Incoming HTTP headers ********************************************** HTTP/1.? 200 OK Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:46:02 GMT Expires: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:46:02 GMT Cache-Control: private, max-age=0 X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block Server: GSE ************************************************************************ *** Incoming SOAP ****************************************************** <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";> <soap:Header> <ResponseHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/ v201101"> <requestId>0004b69c3716f3580a42534200003e73</requestId> <operations>2</operations> <responseTime>378</responseTime> <units>16</units> </ResponseHeader> </soap:Header> <soap:Body> <mutateResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/ v201101"> <rval> <ListReturnValue.Type>AdGroupCriterionReturnValue</ ListReturnValue.Type> <value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:type="BiddableAdGroupCriterion"> <adGroupId>2737275975</adGroupId> <criterion xsi:type="Keyword"> <id>31158801615</id> <Criterion.Type>Keyword</Criterion.Type> <text>storing fresh basil food</text> <matchType>BROAD</matchType> </criterion> <AdGroupCriterion.Type>BiddableAdGroupCriterion</ AdGroupCriterion.Type> <userStatus>ACTIVE</userStatus> <systemServingStatus>RARELY_SERVED</systemServingStatus> <approvalStatus>PENDING_REVIEW</approvalStatus> <bids xsi:type="ManualCPCAdGroupCriterionBids"> <AdGroupCriterionBids.Type>ManualCPCAdGroupCriterionBids</ AdGroupCriterionBids.Type> <maxCpc> <amount> <ComparableValue.Type>Money</ComparableValue.Type> <microAmount>1000000</microAmount> </amount> </maxCpc> <bidSource>ADGROUP</bidSource> </bids> <firstPageCpc> <amount> <ComparableValue.Type>Money</ComparableValue.Type> <microAmount>450000</microAmount> </amount> </firstPageCpc> <qualityInfo> <qualityScore>4</qualityScore> </qualityInfo> </value> <value xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; xsi:type="BiddableAdGroupCriterion"> <adGroupId>2737275975</adGroupId> <criterion xsi:type="Keyword"> <id>2908392767</id> <Criterion.Type>Keyword</Criterion.Type> <text>storing fresh basil</text> <matchType>BROAD</matchType> </criterion> <AdGroupCriterion.Type>BiddableAdGroupCriterion</ AdGroupCriterion.Type> </value> </rval> </mutateResponse> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope> ************************************************************************ EndTime: 2012-01-16 11:45:51 [2012-01-16 11:49:05,164::WARNING::AwApi-Python-15.1.4] StartTime: 2012-01-16 11:49:04 *** Outgoing HTTP headers ********************************************** POST /api/adwords/cm/v201101/AdGroupCriterionService HTTP/1.0 Host:adwords.google.com User-agent:SOAPpy 0.12.0 (pywebsvcs.sf.net),gzip XML-parser: xml.etree.cElementTree v1.0.6 Content-type:text/xml; charset="UTF-8" Content-length:2295 SOAPAction:"mutate" ************************************************************************ *** Outgoing SOAP ****************************************************** <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"; xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"; xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:xsi3="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; > <SOAP-ENV:Header xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/ v201101" xmlns:cm="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201101";> <RequestHeader> <cm:developerToken>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</cm:developerToken> <cm:userAgent>AwApi-Python-15.1.4|Test Client</cm:userAgent> <cm:authToken>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</cm:authToken> </RequestHeader> </SOAP-ENV:Header> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <mutate xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201101"; xmlns:cm="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201101";> <operations xsi3:type="cm:AdGroupCriterionOperation"> <cm:operator>ADD</cm:operator> <cm:operand xsi3:type="cm:BiddableAdGroupCriterion"> <cm:adGroupId>2737275975</cm:adGroupId> <cm:criterion xsi3:type="cm:Keyword"> <cm:id>2908392767</cm:id> <cm:text>storing fresh basil food</cm:text> <cm:matchType>BROAD</cm:matchType> </cm:criterion> <cm:userStatus>ACTIVE</cm:userStatus> <cm:bids xsi3:type="cm:ManualCPCAdGroupCriterionBids"> <cm:maxCpc xsi3:type="cm:Bid"> <cm:amount xsi3:type="cm:Money"> <cm:microAmount>0</cm:microAmount> </cm:amount> </cm:maxCpc> </cm:bids> </cm:operand> </operations> <operations xsi3:type="cm:AdGroupCriterionOperation"> <cm:operator>REMOVE</cm:operator> <cm:operand xsi3:type="cm:BiddableAdGroupCriterion"> <cm:adGroupId>2737275975</cm:adGroupId> <cm:criterion xsi3:type="cm:Keyword"> <cm:id>2908392767</cm:id> <cm:text>storing fresh basil</cm:text> <cm:matchType>BROAD</cm:matchType> </cm:criterion> <cm:userStatus>ACTIVE</cm:userStatus> <cm:bids xsi3:type="cm:ManualCPCAdGroupCriterionBids"> <cm:maxCpc xsi3:type="cm:Bid"> <cm:amount xsi3:type="cm:Money"> <cm:microAmount>0</cm:microAmount> </cm:amount> </cm:maxCpc> </cm:bids> </cm:operand> </operations> </mutate> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> ************************************************************************ *** Incoming HTTP headers ********************************************** HTTP/1.? 500 Internal Server Error Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:49:16 GMT Expires: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:49:16 GMT Cache-Control: private, max-age=0 X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block Server: GSE ************************************************************************ *** Incoming SOAP ****************************************************** <soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/";> <soap:Header> <ResponseHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/ v201101"> <requestId>0004b69c42a0bb500a42488700006fee</requestId> <operations>1</operations> <responseTime>347</responseTime> <units>1</units> </ResponseHeader> </soap:Header> <soap:Body> <soap:Fault> <faultcode>soap:Server</faultcode> <faultstring>[EntityNotFound.INVALID_ID @ operations[1].operand.criterion.id; trigger:'2908392767']</ faultstring> <detail> <ApiExceptionFault xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/ adwords/cm/v201101"> <message>[EntityNotFound.INVALID_ID @ operations[1].operand.criterion.id; trigger:'2908392767']</message> <ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ ApplicationException.Type> <errors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema- instance" xsi:type="EntityNotFound"> <fieldPath>operations[1].operand.criterion.id</fieldPath> <trigger>2908392767</trigger> <errorString>EntityNotFound.INVALID_ID</errorString> <ApiError.Type>EntityNotFound</ApiError.Type> <reason>INVALID_ID</reason> </errors> </ApiExceptionFault> </detail> </soap:Fault> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope> ************************************************************************ EndTime: 2012-01-16 11:49:05 -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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. 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