Wow, thank you! I guess the way to deal with both problems is I can keep the predicate as is and include the status field in the selector. This way I can conditionally find the Id of either a paused or active campaign, or the first deleted campaign, in that order.
On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 10:31:15 AM UTC-4, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team) wrote: > > Hi, > > The issue here is that you are assuming that campaign names are unique > across all states. However, the uniqueness rules in AdWords recently > changed so that you now can have multiple DELETED campaigns with the same > name, but names must be unique among ACTIVE or PAUSED campaigns. > > Using the case below as an example, here's the sequence of events: > > 1. Attempt to create an ACTIVE campaign with name "Test Campaign Name". > This fails because there is already an ACTIVE campaign with that name. > 2. Query campaigns by name and choose the first ID returned. It just so > happens that this is an ID for a DELETED campaign. > 3. Attempt to set the campaign found in step 2 to ACTIVE. This fails > again because there is a different ACTIVE or PAUSED campaign with that > campaign's name. > > To fix this, you can modify step 2 to include a Predicate on > Status<https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/v201402/CampaignService.Campaign#status> > that > will only pick up ACTIVE or PAUSED campaigns, in which case you will get > back only *one* campaign from your *get* request. > > Keep in mind that this will only handle the case where the campaign that > already exists is in the ACTIVE or PAUSED state. If one or more campaigns > already exist with the same name but they are DELETED then you will no > longer get an error. AdWords now lets you have one or more DELETED > campaigns with the same name, and that same name can also be used on one > (and only one) ACTIVE or PAUSED campaign. > > One final note is that we are aware that the UNEXPECTED_INTERNAL_API_ERROR > is not particularly helpful for the case where you set a DELETED campaign > to ACTIVE or PAUSED and there's a name conflict. We're working on fixing > it to return a more informative exception message and type. > > Thanks, > Josh, AdWords API Team > > On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 5:30:29 PM UTC-4, Namaan wrote: >> >> I tried hard-coding the duplicate campaign id into the campaign object >> for the initial campaign set operation and got the same error. As I don't >> see any one else complaining about downtime, is this more likely on my end? >> >> I was able to get the raw soap xml log posted below. >> >> [Mar 25 2014 17:16:29.000000 - ERROR] POST >> /api/adwords/cm/v201402/CampaignService?access_token=*** HTTP/1.1 >> Host: adwords.google.com >> Connection: Keep-Alive >> User-Agent: PHP-SOAP/5.4.3 >> Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 >> SOAPAction: "" >> Content-Length: 1637 >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV=" >> http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:ns1=" >> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201402"; xmlns:xsi=" >> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";> >> <SOAP-ENV:Header> >> <ns1:RequestHeader> >> <ns1:clientCustomerId>***</ns1:clientCustomerId> >> <ns1:developerToken>***</ns1:developerToken> >> <ns1:userAgent>*** (AwApi-PHP/5.2.1, Common-PHP/5.2.1, >> PHP/5.4.3)</ns1:userAgent> >> </ns1:RequestHeader> >> </SOAP-ENV:Header> >> <SOAP-ENV:Body> >> <ns1:mutate> >> <ns1:operations> >> <ns1:operator>ADD</ns1:operator> >> <ns1:operand> >> <ns1:name>Test Campaign Name</ns1:name> >> <ns1:status>ACTIVE</ns1:status> >> <ns1:budget> >> <ns1:budgetId>236399064</ns1:budgetId> >> </ns1:budget> >> >> <ns1:adServingOptimizationStatus>CONVERSION_OPTIMIZE</ns1:adServingOptimizationStatus> >> <ns1:settings xsi:type="ns1:KeywordMatchSetting"> >> <ns1:optIn>true</ns1:optIn> >> </ns1:settings> >> <ns1:settings xsi:type="ns1:GeoTargetTypeSetting"> >> >> <ns1:positiveGeoTargetType>DONT_CARE</ns1:positiveGeoTargetType> >> >> <ns1:negativeGeoTargetType>DONT_CARE</ns1:negativeGeoTargetType> >> </ns1:settings> >> <ns1:advertisingChannelType>SEARCH</ns1:advertisingChannelType> >> <ns1:networkSetting> >> <ns1:targetGoogleSearch>true</ns1:targetGoogleSearch> >> <ns1:targetSearchNetwork>false</ns1:targetSearchNetwork> >> <ns1:targetContentNetwork>false</ns1:targetContentNetwork> >> </ns1:networkSetting> >> <ns1:biddingStrategyConfiguration> >> <ns1:biddingStrategyType>MANUAL_CPC</ns1:biddingStrategyType> >> </ns1:biddingStrategyConfiguration> >> </ns1:operand> >> </ns1:operations> >> </ns1:mutate> >> </SOAP-ENV:Body> >> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> >> >> HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error >> Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8 >> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:16:27 GMT >> Expires: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:16:27 GMT >> Cache-Control: private, max-age=0 >> X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff >> X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN >> X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block >> Server: GSE >> Transfer-Encoding: chunked >> >> <?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/v201402";> >> <requestId>0004f574dd738ad80ae6c94800004a0e</requestId> >> <serviceName>CampaignService</serviceName> >> <methodName>mutate</methodName> >> <operations>0</operations> >> <responseTime>249</responseTime> >> </ResponseHeader> >> </soap:Header> >> <soap:Body> >> <soap:Fault> >> <faultcode>soap:Server</faultcode> >> <faultstring>[CampaignError.DUPLICATE_CAMPAIGN_NAME @ operations[0]. >> operand.name; trigger:'Test Campaign Name']</faultstring> >> <detail> >> <ApiExceptionFault xmlns=" >> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201402";> >> <message>[CampaignError.DUPLICATE_CAMPAIGN_NAME @ operations[0]. >> operand.name; trigger:'Test Campaign Name']</message> >> >> <ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ApplicationException.Type> >> <errors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; >> xsi:type="CampaignError"> >> <fieldPath>operations[0].operand.name</fieldPath> >> <trigger>Test Campaign Name</trigger> >> >> <errorString>CampaignError.DUPLICATE_CAMPAIGN_NAME</errorString> >> <ApiError.Type>CampaignError</ApiError.Type> >> <reason>DUPLICATE_CAMPAIGN_NAME</reason> >> </errors> >> </ApiExceptionFault> >> </detail> >> </soap:Fault> >> </soap:Body> >> </soap:Envelope> >> >> [Mar 25 2014 17:16:30.000000 - INFO] POST >> /api/adwords/cm/v201402/CampaignService?access_token=*** HTTP/1.1 >> Host: adwords.google.com >> Connection: Keep-Alive >> User-Agent: PHP-SOAP/5.4.3 >> Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 >> SOAPAction: "" >> Content-Length: 814 >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV=" >> http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:ns1=" >> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201402";> >> <SOAP-ENV:Header> >> <ns1:RequestHeader> >> <ns1:clientCustomerId>***</ns1:clientCustomerId> >> <ns1:developerToken>***</ns1:developerToken> >> <ns1:userAgent>*** (AwApi-PHP/5.2.1, Common-PHP/5.2.1, >> PHP/5.4.3)</ns1:userAgent> >> </ns1:RequestHeader> >> </SOAP-ENV:Header> >> <SOAP-ENV:Body> >> <ns1:get> >> <ns1:serviceSelector> >> <ns1:fields>Id</ns1:fields> >> <ns1:fields>Name</ns1:fields> >> <ns1:predicates> >> <ns1:field>Name</ns1:field> >> <ns1:operator>IN</ns1:operator> >> <ns1:values>Test Campaign Name</ns1:values> >> </ns1:predicates> >> </ns1:serviceSelector> >> </ns1:get> >> </SOAP-ENV:Body> >> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> >> >> HTTP/1.1 200 OK >> Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8 >> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:16:27 GMT >> Expires: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:16:27 GMT >> Cache-Control: private, max-age=0 >> X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff >> X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN >> X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block >> Server: GSE >> Transfer-Encoding: chunked >> >> <?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/v201402";> >> <requestId>0004f574dd78a7700ae68101000029bc</requestId> >> <serviceName>CampaignService</serviceName> >> <methodName>get</methodName> >> <operations>0</operations> >> <responseTime>241</responseTime> >> </ResponseHeader> >> </soap:Header> >> <soap:Body> >> <getResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201402 >> "> >> <rval> >> <totalNumEntries>9</totalNumEntries> >> <Page.Type>CampaignPage</Page.Type> >> <entries> >> <id>162859344</id> >> <name>Test Campaign Name</name> >> </entries> >> <entries> >> <id>162859824</id> >> <name>Test Campaign Name</name> >> </entries> >> <entries> >> <id>162861144</id> >> <name>Test Campaign Name</name> >> </entries> >> <entries> >> <id>162861384</id> >> <name>Test Campaign Name</name> >> </entries> >> <entries> >> <id>162861504</id> >> <name>Test Campaign Name</name> >> </entries> >> <entries> >> <id>162960744</id> >> <name>Test Campaign Name</name> >> </entries> >> <entries> >> <id>162976344</id> >> <name>Test Campaign Name</name> >> </entries> >> <entries> >> <id>162976584</id> >> <name>Test Campaign Name</name> >> </entries> >> <entries> >> <id>162976704</id> >> <name>Test Campaign Name</name> >> </entries> >> </rval> >> </getResponse> >> </soap:Body> >> </soap:Envelope> >> >> [Mar 25 2014 17:16:30.000000 - ERROR] POST >> /api/adwords/cm/v201402/CampaignService?access_token=*** HTTP/1.1 >> Host: adwords.google.com >> Connection: Keep-Alive >> User-Agent: PHP-SOAP/5.4.3 >> Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 >> SOAPAction: "" >> Content-Length: 1663 >> >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> >> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV=" >> http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:ns1=" >> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201402"; xmlns:xsi=" >> http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";> >> <SOAP-ENV:Header> >> <ns1:RequestHeader> >> <ns1:clientCustomerId>***</ns1:clientCustomerId> >> <ns1:developerToken>***</ns1:developerToken> >> <ns1:userAgent>*** (AwApi-PHP/5.2.1, Common-PHP/5.2.1, >> PHP/5.4.3)</ns1:userAgent> >> </ns1:RequestHeader> >> </SOAP-ENV:Header> >> <SOAP-ENV:Body> >> <ns1:mutate> >> <ns1:operations> >> <ns1:operator>SET</ns1:operator> >> <ns1:operand> >> <ns1:id>162859344</ns1:id> >> <ns1:name>Test Campaign Name</ns1:name> >> <ns1:status>ACTIVE</ns1:status> >> <ns1:budget> >> <ns1:budgetId>236399064</ns1:budgetId> >> </ns1:budget> >> >> <ns1:adServingOptimizationStatus>CONVERSION_OPTIMIZE</ns1:adServingOptimizationStatus> >> <ns1:settings xsi:type="ns1:KeywordMatchSetting"> >> <ns1:optIn>true</ns1:optIn> >> </ns1:settings> >> <ns1:settings xsi:type="ns1:GeoTargetTypeSetting"> >> >> <ns1:positiveGeoTargetType>DONT_CARE</ns1:positiveGeoTargetType> >> >> <ns1:negativeGeoTargetType>DONT_CARE</ns1:negativeGeoTargetType> >> </ns1:settings> >> <ns1:advertisingChannelType>SEARCH</ns1:advertisingChannelType> >> <ns1:networkSetting> >> <ns1:targetGoogleSearch>true</ns1:targetGoogleSearch> >> <ns1:targetSearchNetwork>false</ns1:targetSearchNetwork> >> <ns1:targetContentNetwork>false</ns1:targetContentNetwork> >> </ns1:networkSetting> >> <ns1:biddingStrategyConfiguration> >> <ns1:biddingStrategyType>MANUAL_CPC</ns1:biddingStrategyType> >> </ns1:biddingStrategyConfiguration> >> </ns1:operand> >> </ns1:operations> >> </ns1:mutate> >> </SOAP-ENV:Body> >> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> >> >> HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error >> Content-Type: text/xml; charset=UTF-8 >> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:16:28 GMT >> Expires: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:16:28 GMT >> Cache-Control: private, max-age=0 >> X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff >> X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN >> X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block >> Server: GSE >> Transfer-Encoding: chunked >> >> <?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/v201402";> >> <requestId>0004f574dd7e60480ae681c500004350</requestId> >> <serviceName>CampaignService</serviceName> >> <methodName>mutate</methodName> >> <operations>0</operations> >> <responseTime>242</responseTime> >> </ResponseHeader> >> </soap:Header> >> <soap:Body> >> <soap:Fault> >> <faultcode>soap:Server</faultcode> >> <faultstring>[InternalApiError.UNEXPECTED_INTERNAL_API_ERROR @ >> com.google.ads.api.services.common.error.InternalApiError.<init>(InternalApiErro]</faultstring> >> <detail> >> <ApiExceptionFault xmlns=" >> https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201402";> >> <message>[InternalApiError.UNEXPECTED_INTERNAL_API_ERROR @ >> com.google.ads.api.services.common.error.InternalApiError.<init>(InternalApiErro]</message> >> >> <ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ApplicationException.Type> >> <errors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"; 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