Reason for MutateMembersError.INVALID_USER_LIST_TYPE

[Priyanka Mazagaonkar]

What could be the potential reasons for getting the error: MutateMembersError.INVALID_USER_LIST_TYPE? I was able to find the mention of this error code in the documentation but could not find details about it.  

Thanks in advance, 

Priyanka.  

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hi Priyanka, 

The error is seen when you're updating the members for the user list type that is not supported through the API. Please share the API SOAP request and response logs to troubleshoot this further. You can reply back via Reply privately to author option.

Regards,

Bharani, Google Ads API Team

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[Priyanka Mazagaonkar]

Thank you so much for your quick response Bharani. Could uploading non-Gmail based emails in the user list result in this error? 

[googleadsapi...@google.com]

Hello Priyanka, 

The error is specific to the the user list type that you are uploading to does not have listType or the listType is invalid. 

Thanks,

Bharani, Google Ads API Team

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[Priyanka Mazagaonkar]

Thanks Bharani. We figured out that we were accidentally fetching a list of type SimilarUserList (instead of CrmBasedUserList) for adding users, because the list API equals operator is fuzzy as opposed to being an exact match. 

We are now in the process of fixing our integration such that we also filter on list type when we fetch a list for adding users. However, we came across some questions while doing so - we found that the list of type SimilarUserList was seemingly automatically created by Google. We had created a list with the name "MG_CUST" of type CrmBasedUserList and subsequently we found an additional list with the name "Similar to MG_CUST" of type SimilarUserList. We would hence like to know the following:

1. Can a CrmBasedUserList be renamed? In my example above, can "MG_CUST" be renamed to, say, "ABC"? If yes, will the auto-created SimilarUserList also be automatically renamed by Google? In the example above, will the SimilarUserList automatically be renamed to "Similar to ABC"?

2. Can a SimilarUserList be created via the API? If not, how can I get Google to create a SimilarUserList that corresponds to my CrmBasedUserList? This is needed so that we can test our integration code fix. 

Thanks in advance!

Priyanka. 

[Priyanka Mazagaonkar]

Posted question #2 below separately as it is different from the original post: https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/adwords-api/phRur2oesfY