Placement targeting a specific page misinterpreted as a site section

[Johnny Brown]

Hi,

When I try to create a placement criterion for this URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2018/01/09/the-great-social-security-benefits-debate-take-it-early-or-wait/, the adwords API returns a `CriterionError.INVALID_FORMAT_FOR_PLACEMENT_URL`. However that URL resolves to a specific page rather than a site section, so I believe the request is being misinterpreted by the server.

[Vincent Racaza (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Johnny,

I can confirm that adding this specific placement URL (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2018/01/09/the-great-social-security-benefits-debate-take-it-early-or-wait/) will generate an error in the AdWords API. However, when I also tried to add this placement URL in the AdWords UI against test account, this also generated a "Placement URLs must be provided in a valid URL format" error. Therefore, this issue is more on the AdWords product level as this placement URL is not acceptable in both AdWords API and UI.

You can refer to this product forum post that talks about this specific error. Additionally, if you have further clarifications on why this placement URL is returning an error, you can post in the AdWords Community Forum for better assistance. 

Thanks,
Vincent

AdWords API Team

[Jonathan Brown]

Thanks Vincent. Sounds like this is an AdWords bug, yes?

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[Jonathan Brown]

Because that is clearly a valid URL which resolves to a single page, not a site section

[Vincent Racaza (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Jonathan,

My apologies as I am unable to comment whether this is indeed a bug as there have been no other issues reported about the URLs of a Placement criterion. I am also unable to suggest a workaround since this is more of an AdWords product specific concern. As suggested, you can post in the AdWords Community Forum for further assistance on this.