If you want to determine whether you can set a content bid in a given group:
Just set a content bid for that group, and include SOAP header "validateOnly" to "true" on the call. If the call got no errors, the group may get new content bids. If the call did get errors, it is not possible to set a content bid. Note: Due to validateOnly the current bid should not change. However, I did not check whether it works as advertized. On Monday, March 3, 2014 11:51:15 PM UTC+1, mm wrote: > > Thanks Anash - > I'm afraid I don't understand how I can properly determine in my code when > I can set a content bid for an ad group. Given that the deadline is today > for that change to take effect, you guys must have expected us to > accommodate this restriction somehow. Is there another way for me to > determine when it is acceptable to set the content bid for an adgroup? > > Thanks - > mm > > On Monday, March 3, 2014 4:44:12 PM UTC-6, Anash P. Oommen (AdWords API > Team) wrote: >> >> Hi Margaret, >> >> Campaign type is not exposed in AdWords API yet, that's why you are >> unable to distinguish these two campaign types. You need to wait for this >> feature to be available in the next AdWords API version. >> >> Cheers, >> Anash P. Oommen, >> AdWords API Advisor. >> >> On Friday, February 28, 2014 5:37:31 PM UTC-5, mm wrote: >>> >>> Hey Guys - >>> I was making revisions to our code to accommodate the new rules for >>> setting content bids for adgroups. However, when testing this I ran into a >>> dilemma. I wanted to test a case where it was valid to set the content bid, >>> so I went into my test account and created a campaign with "Search Network >>> with Display Select". I then tried to create an adgroup within that >>> campaign, giving it a content bid, and got >>> BiddingErrors.CANNOT_SET_CONTENT_BID_IN_SEARCH_PLUS_CAMPAIGNS. I then found >>> an old campaign with "Search & Display Networks - Standard" and was able to >>> create the adgroups in it. The problem is that I can't see any way to >>> differentiate between these 2 variants of a "Search & Display" campaign as >>> the networkTargeting for both are the same. So what is the intended way >>> to determine that it is valid to set the content bid for an adgroup? FWIW, >>> I am using the java client... >>> >>> Thanks a bunch! >>> Margaret >>> >> -- -- =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Also find us on our blog and Google+: https://googleadsdeveloper.blogspot.com/ https://plus.google.com/+GoogleAdsDevelopers/posts =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AdWords API Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to adwords-api+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
