CustomParameter questions

[mm]

Hey Guys -

I was updating customParameters on a Keyword and inadvertently misspelled one. I tried to correct it, changing the spelling from "promocode" to "promoCode":

  <mutate xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201502">

   <operations>

    <operator>SET</operator>

    <operand xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201502" xsi:type="ns2:BiddableAdGroupCriterion">

     <adGroupId>21999324732</adGroupId>

     <criterion>

      <id>138950229372</id>

     </criterion>

     <destinationUrl/>

     <finalUrls>

      <urls>http://www.myhotel.com/nyc/testA?kwid={_kwid}</urls>

     </finalUrls>

     <finalMobileUrls>

      <urls>http://m.myhotel.com/nyc/testB?kwid={_kwid}&amp;promo={_promoCode}</urls>

     </finalMobileUrls>

     <trackingUrlTemplate>http://tracking.deepsearch.adlucent.com/adlucent/Redirector?kwid={_kwid}&amp;adid={creative}&amp;device={device}&amp;retailer=delventosdoodles&amp;url={lpurl}</trackingUrlTemplate>

     <urlCustomParameters>

      <parameters>

       <key>kwid</key>

       <value>feb8e13727a8408486739991f33bdee0</value>

      </parameters>

      <parameters>

       <key>promoCode</key>

       <value>nyc55893</value>

      </parameters>

      <parameters>

       <key>season</key>

       <value>Fall_getaway</value>

      </parameters>

      <parameters>

       <key>promocode</key>

       <isRemove>true</isRemove>

      </parameters>

     </urlCustomParameters>

    </operand>

   </operations>

  </mutate>

And received:

                <partialFailureErrors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="DistinctError">

                    <fieldPath>operations[0].operand.urlCustomParameters.parameters[3].key</fieldPath>

                    <trigger>promocode</trigger>

                    <errorString>DistinctError.DUPLICATE_ELEMENT</errorString>

                    <ApiError.Type>DistinctError</ApiError.Type>

                    <reason>DUPLICATE_ELEMENT</reason>

          </partialFailureErrors>

 

Is this a bug, or are customParameters really case insensitive?

Thanks -

mm

[Anthony Madrigal]

Hey,

According to your error message, you have a DUPLICATE_ELEMENT. In this case, the parameter keys are not case sensitive so that is why it is reading a duplicate for promocode and promoCode. You could remove the parameters for promocode and insert a <doReplace>true</doReplace> inside of your urlCustomParameters tag instead. This will replace all existing parameters with the parameters in your request.

Take care,

Anthony, AdWords API Team

[Hunter McMillen]

> In this case, the parameter keys are not case sensitive so that is why it is reading a duplicate for promocode and promoCode.

Can you be more specific about which case you mean? Are there other cases where the customParameter keys are treated case sensitively?

[mm]

Hey Hunter -

I was thinking of them like url parameters and just didn't expect them to be case-insensitive (wasn't treating them that way). I'll update my logic to accommodate. I also didn't quite grok the use of doReplace - that looks like it will simplify my code nicely.

Thanks!

mm