Running AddAdGroupBidModifier.java returns Axisfault

[Dev Gupta]

Hello,

I am trying to the run the AddAdGroupBidModifier.java using my test account credentials as below; i have replaced the key credentials with xxxx

api.adwords.email=sxxx...@gmail.com
api.adwords.password=xxxxxxxxxxx
api.adwords.clientCustomerId=5xx-xxx-xx63
# Optional, for cached AuthTokens.
#api.adwords.clientLoginToken=INSERT_AUTH_TOKEN_HERE
api.adwords.userAgent=SXXXXXXX
api.adwords.developerToken=Hxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxw
api.adwords.isPartialFailure=false
api.adwords.returnMoneyInMicros=true
api.adwords.clientId=447989528545.apps.googleusercontent.com
api.adwords.clientSecret=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
api.adwords.refreshToken=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The code i am running is

public class AddAdGroupBidModifier {

  private static final double BID_MODIFIER = 2.5;

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    // Generate a refreshable OAuth2 credential similar to a ClientLogin token
    // and can be used in place of a service account.
    Credential oAuth2Credential = new OfflineCredentials.Builder()
        .forApi(Api.ADWORDS)
        .fromFile("C:\\Users\\devrajg\\workspace\\MovieDB\\web\\properties\\ads.properties")
        .build()
        .generateCredential();

    // Construct an AdWordsSession.
    AdWordsSession session = new AdWordsSession.Builder()
        .fromFile("C:\\Users\\devrajg\\workspace\\MovieDB\\web\\properties\\ads.properties")
        .withOAuth2Credential(oAuth2Credential)
        .build();

    //Long adGroupId = Long.valueOf("INSERT_ADGROUP_ID_HERE");
    Long adGroupId = 17176964687L;

    AdWordsServices adWordsServices = new AdWordsServices();

    runExample(adWordsServices, session, adGroupId);
  }


This did run once and i was able to modify the Bid for a AdGroup successfully (as seen by the print in code).

But when trying to run again i keep getting the below error; stack pasted

log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (org.apache.commons.configuration.PropertiesConfiguration).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
log4j:WARN See http://logging.apache.org/log4j/1.2/faq.html#noconfig for more info.
Exception in thread "main" AxisFault
 faultCode: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server
 faultSubcode:
 faultString: [CriterionError.BID_MODIFIER_ALREADY_EXISTS @ operations[0].operand.criterion; trigger:'AdGroupId AdGroupId: 17176964687, CriterionId CriterionId{id=30001}']
 faultActor:
 faultNode:
 faultDetail:
    {https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201409}ApiExceptionFault:<message>[CriterionError.BID_MODIFIER_ALREADY_EXISTS @ operations[0].operand.criterion; trigger:'AdGroupId AdGroupId: 17176964687, CriterionId CriterionId{id=30001}']</message><ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ApplicationException.Type><errors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="CriterionError"><fieldPath>operations[0].operand.criterion</fieldPath><trigger>AdGroupId AdGroupId: 17176964687, CriterionId CriterionId{id=30001}</trigger><errorString>CriterionError.BID_MODIFIER_ALREADY_EXISTS</errorString><ApiError.Type>CriterionError</ApiError.Type><reason>BID_MODIFIER_ALREADY_EXISTS</reason></errors>

[CriterionError.BID_MODIFIER_ALREADY_EXISTS @ operations[0].operand.criterion; trigger:'AdGroupId AdGroupId: 17176964687, CriterionId CriterionId{id=30001}']
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BeanDeserializer.<init>(BeanDeserializer.java:104)
    at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BeanDeserializer.<init>(BeanDeserializer.java:90)
    at com.google.api.ads.adwords.axis.v201409.cm.ApiException.getDeserializer(ApiException.java:143)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BaseDeserializerFactory.getSpecialized(BaseDeserializerFactory.java:154)
    at org.apache.axis.encoding.ser.BaseDeserializerFactory.getDeserializerAs(BaseDeserializerFactory.java:84)
    at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.getDeserializer(DeserializationContext.java:464)
    at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.getDeserializerForType(DeserializationContext.java:547)
    at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultDetailsBuilder.onStartChild(SOAPFaultDetailsBuilder.java:157)
    at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.startElement(DeserializationContext.java:1035)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.startElement(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.scanStartElement(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl$FragmentContentDriver.next(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.AbstractSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser.parse(Unknown Source)
    at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl.parse(Unknown Source)
    at org.apache.axis.encoding.DeserializationContext.parse(DeserializationContext.java:227)
    at org.apache.axis.SOAPPart.getAsSOAPEnvelope(SOAPPart.java:696)
    at org.apache.axis.Message.getSOAPEnvelope(Message.java:435)
    at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.readFromSocket(HTTPSender.java:796)
    at org.apache.axis.transport.http.HTTPSender.invoke(HTTPSender.java:144)
    at org.apache.axis.strategies.InvocationStrategy.visit(InvocationStrategy.java:32)
    at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.doVisiting(SimpleChain.java:118)
    at org.apache.axis.SimpleChain.invoke(SimpleChain.java:83)
    at org.apache.axis.client.AxisClient.invoke(AxisClient.java:165)
    at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invokeEngine(Call.java:2784)
    at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2767)
    at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2443)
    at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:2366)
    at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1812)
    at com.google.api.ads.adwords.axis.v201409.cm.AdGroupBidModifierServiceSoapBindingStub.mutate(AdGroupBidModifierServiceSoapBindingStub.java:739)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)

Can some one please have a look at this?

Thanks,
-Devraj

[Josh Radcliff (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Devraj,

The key here is to look at the error message:

CriterionError.BID_MODIFIER_ALREADY_EXISTS

That error means that you are trying to ADD a bid modifier that already exists for the ad group. As mentioned in the AddAdGroupBidModifier.java example:

    // Use 'ADD' to add a new modifier and 'SET' to update an existing one. A

    // modifier can be removed with the 'REMOVE' operator.

    operation.setOperator(Operator.ADD);

If you change the line above to use the SET operator when updating an existing bid modifier, the example should run successfully.

Thanks,

Josh, AdWords API Team

[Dev Gupta]

Thanks Josh; you are right. This was fixed with SET.

Thanks for your prompt reply.

-Devraj