Marshaling FinalUrls field in BiddableAdGroupCriterion object after upgrading an account

[Vadim Dribinsky]

I'm trying to update Keyword bids and after migration of the account to use FinalURL instead of Destination URL, I'm unable to get the API to work.

I keep getting this Fault:

Unmarshalling Error: cvc-complex-type.2.3: Element 'ns0:finalUrls' cannot have character [children], because the type's content type is element-only.

I tried sending the same data for FinalUrls as I did for Destination Url, I tried sending a single-value array, The error is always the same.

[Vadim Dribinsky]

Here's an example of the  value I'm sending for FinalUrls:

'http://www.auto-price-finder.com/welcome?id={ifnotmobile:186523874426}{ifmobile:186523874447}&creativeid={creative}&admake=Chrysler&gma={matchtype}&gdev={device}&gn={network}&gp={adposition}&year=2014'

[Umesh Dengale]

Hello,

You could use the finalUrl property for upgrade URL. Please check out upgrade_ad_url python example code and UpgradedURL guide for more information.

Thanks,

Umesh, AdWords API Team.

[Vadim Dribinsky]

So, basically it looks like I should take the custom parameters out of the FinalUrl and use the combination of trackingUrlTemplate and urlCustomParameters?

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[Umesh Dengale]

Hello,

Yes, you are correct. You could use the trackingUrlTemplate and urlCustomParameters. Please check out Migrate to Upgraded URLs section (criteria) of the upgraded URL guide.