Alright, that sounds like a good approach. That does raise one question for me though - If a deleted budget already exists with the same name as one you are trying to create, will that raise a "DUPLICATE_NAME" error?
On Thursday, October 25, 2012 6:00:23 AM UTC-4, Takeshi Hagikura wrote: > > Hi Alex, > > Right. Budget don't have a deleted status in the same way a campaign does. > Once a budget gets deleted, it never can get back to ACTIVE. > > I suggest generate a new budget any time as you do. > > Best, > - Takeshi, AdWords API Team > > > 2012年10月23日火曜日 7時32分24秒 UTC+9 Alex Jones: >> >> A follow up - it seems to never delete, or at least not fast enough to be >> a safe assumption >> >> On Monday, October 22, 2012 4:45:41 PM UTC-4, Alex Jones wrote: >>> >>> When creating a new campaign, our software currently checks to see if >>> that campaign exists in the deleted state, and if it does - it modifies it >>> and sets the status to active again, rather than creating a brand new >>> campaign. Budgets don't have a deleted status in the same way a campaign >>> does, nor can you set the status via the API. I wanted to know if it was a >>> "safe" assumption that a budget is gone the moment that the REMOVE >>> operation completes. >>> My current approach was to just generate a new budget any time the code >>> to create a new campaign is reached. >>> >> -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/adwords-api?hl=en
