EntityNotFound.INVALID_ID when trying to remove Keyword.

[Rene Vallecillo]

I'm having this issue with removing keywords. It would be awesome if you could help me figure it out

I'm able to retrieve the the Keyword Criteria(Sample):

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<getResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809">

   <rval>

       <totalNumEntries>10</totalNumEntries>

       <Page.Type>AdGroupCriterionPage</Page.Type>

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

           <adGroupId>99941830527</adGroupId>

           <criterionUse>BIDDABLE</criterionUse>

           <criterion xsi:type="Keyword">

               <id>877376356747</id>

               <type>KEYWORD</type>

               <Criterion.Type>Keyword</Criterion.Type>

               <text>agent job 80f9fd28</text>

               <matchType>BROAD</matchType>

           </criterion>

           <AdGroupCriterion.Type>BiddableAdGroupCriterion</AdGroupCriterion.Type>

       </entries>

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

           <adGroupId>99941830527</adGroupId>

           <criterionUse>BIDDABLE</criterionUse>

           <criterion xsi:type="Keyword">

               <id>878118005986</id>

               <type>KEYWORD</type>

               <Criterion.Type>Keyword</Criterion.Type>

               <text>agent job 504b6147</text>

               <matchType>BROAD</matchType>

           </criterion>

           <AdGroupCriterion.Type>BiddableAdGroupCriterion</AdGroupCriterion.Type>

       </entries>

    </rval>

</getResponse>

Then I try to remove a Keyword:

<s11:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:s11="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
    <s11:Header>
        <ns1:RequestHeader xmlns:ns1="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809">
            <ns1:clientCustomerId>Some customer ID</ns1:clientCustomerId>
            <ns1:developerToken>some token</ns1:developerToken>
            <ns1:userAgent></ns1:userAgent>
            <ns1:validateOnly></ns1:validateOnly>
            <ns1:partialFailure></ns1:partialFailure>
        </ns1:RequestHeader>
    </s11:Header>
    <s11:Body>
        <ns1:mutate xmlns:ns1="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809">
            <ns1:operations>
                <ns1:operator>REMOVE</ns1:operator>
                <ns1:operand xsi:type="ns1:AdGroupCriterion">
                    <ns1:adGroupId>95704811493</ns1:adGroupId>
                    <ns1:criterion xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809" xsi:type="ns2:Keyword">
                        <ns2:id>1070851611272</ns2:id>
                    </ns1:criterion>
                </ns1:operand>
            </ns1:operations>
        </ns1:mutate>
    </s11:Body>
</s11:Envelope>

But I keep getting:

<soap:Fault><faultcode>soap:Client</faultcode><faultstring>[EntityNotFound.INVALID_ID @ operations[0].operand.criterion.id; trigger:'CriterionId{id=1070851611272}']</faultstring><detail><ApiExceptionFault xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809"><message>[EntityNotFound.INVALID_ID @ operations[0].operand.criterion.id; trigger:'CriterionId{id=1070851611272}']</message><ApplicationException.Type>ApiException</ApplicationException.Type><errors xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="EntityNotFound"><fieldPath>operations[0].operand.criterion.id</fieldPath><fieldPathElements><field>operations</field><index>0</index></fieldPathElements><fieldPathElements><field>operand</field></fieldPathElements><fieldPathElements><field>criterion</field></fieldPathElements><fieldPathElements><field>id</field></fieldPathElements><trigger>CriterionId{id=1070851611272}</trigger><errorString>EntityNotFound.INVALID_ID</errorString><ApiError.Type>EntityNotFound</ApiError.Type><reason>INVALID_ID</reason></errors></ApiExceptionFault></detail></soap:Fault>

This is in a Dev account just in case it makes any difference.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Rene,

I wasn't able to find a keyword with the ID 1070851611272 in your ad group 95704811493. Your SOAP request body should look like this:

 <soapenv:Body>
        <mutate xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201809">
            <operations>
                <operator>REMOVE</operator>
                <operand>
                    <adGroupId>95704811493</adGroupId>
                    <criterion>
                        <id>1070851611272</id>
                    </criterion>
                </operand>
            </operations>
        </mutate>
    </soapenv:Body>

Regards,
Anthony
Google Ads API Team

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