Hi,
We've identified the source of the inconsistency and will look into fixing
the *LocationCriterionService* in a future version so that it returns
unique canonical names. We won't be changing the behavior in released
versions (v201406 and v201409) since that would be a behavior change that
could break users.
In the meantime, you can use the CSV file if you want to look up by unique
*canonicalName*. The IDs returned will be valid for use in creating
*Location* criteria, even though the canonical names won't match those
returned by *LocationCriterionService*.
Thanks,
Josh, AdWords API Team
On Monday, July 28, 2014 1:02:01 PM UTC-4, Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team)
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking into this and will post an update as soon as I have more
> information.
>
> Thanks,
> Josh, AdWords API Team
>
> On Monday, July 28, 2014 4:54:31 AM UTC-4, Dzmitry Zahusta wrote:
>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> I'm trying to get location names using the following code:
>>
>> Selector selector = new SelectorBuilder()
>> .fields(
>> "Id",
>> "LocationName",
>> "DisplayType",
>> "CanonicalName",
>> "TargetingStatus")
>> .in("LocationName", locationName)
>>
>> .equals("Locale", "en")
>>
>> .build();
>>
>>
>> // Make the get request.
>> LocationCriterion[] locationCriteria = locationCriterionService.
>> get(selector);
>>
>> And comparing results that I get in "CanonicalName" field - it's
>> absolutely different from that I get using
>> https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/geotargeting
>> page.
>>
>> Factually "CanonicalName" that I got in runtime is equal to locationName
>> while on web page it looks like this (for Paris):
>>
>> *Paris,Ontario,Canada*
>> *Paris,Paris,Ile-de-France,France*
>> *Paris,Arkansas,United States*
>> *Paris,Idaho,United States*
>> *Paris,Illinois,United States*
>> *New Paris,Indiana,United States*
>> *Paris,Kentucky,United States*
>> *Paris,Maine,United States*
>> *South Paris,Maine,United State*
>>
>> And for the runtime request:
>> <rval>
>> <location>
>> <id>1018992</id>
>> <Criterion.Type>Location</Criterion.Type>
>> <locationName>Paris</locationName>
>> <displayType>City</displayType>
>> <targetingStatus>ACTIVE</targetingStatus>
>> .....
>> </location>
>> * <canonicalName>Paris</canonicalName>*
>> <reach>13000</reach>
>> <locale>en</locale>
>> <searchTerm>Paris</searchTerm>
>> </rval>
>>
>> What is wrong with LocationCriterionService? Why it returns incorrect
>> values for *canonicalName?*
>>
>>
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