Postal Codes with TargetingIdeaService

[Andrew Jaswa]

Hello!

We are using the TargetingIdeaService get request with LocationSearchParameter with a postal code criterion ID. We are sure this was working a couple of months ago, however recently we've been getting an INVALID_SEARCH_PARAMETERS error.

I found this post from 2016 describing the same issue:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/adwords-api/INVALID_SEARCH_PARAMETERS%7Csort:date/adwords-api/WpYp6xnHAk8/e-Pya46ODQAJ

The official response was that TargetingIdeaService does not support postal codes. Is that the case? Did this ever work? 

Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

[Vincent Racaza (AdWords API Team)]

HI Andrew,

I can confirm that the answer by my colleague in the forum post that you linked is still valid even until now. An INVALID_SEARCH_PARAMETERS error will be generated when you try to pass a Postal Code criterion ID as the LocationSearchParameter of your TargetingIdeaService. You can follow our blog to receive any future updates like new releases. 

Thanks,

Vincent

AdWords API Team