Google ads will remove the special characters like - or " in keywords

[Rock Qi]

Hi,

During the process of migrating adwords to ads, I found keywords with special characters, such as built-in, 30"" cooktop, the special characters in keywords will be removed when ads API return. (built-in -> built in, 30"" cooktop -> 30 cooktop)

But adwords will not.

My question is, how to preserve these special characters so that the input and output keywords are consistent?

https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/keyword-planning/generate-historical-metrics?hl=en

val operations = keywords.map(w => {
val keyword1 = KeywordPlanAdGroupKeyword.newBuilder
.setKeywordPlanAdGroup(planAdGroupResource)
.setCpcBidMicros(2000000L)
.setMatchType(KeywordMatchType.BROAD)
.setText(w)
.build
KeywordPlanAdGroupKeywordOperation.newBuilder.setCreate(keyword1).build
}).toList

Br,

Rock

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Rock, 

Thank you for raising this concern to Google Ads API team.

With regard to your concern, "how to preserve these special characters so that the input and output keywords are consistent", I would suggest implementing scaping of special characters which is the backslash (/). With this, you will see that input and output of the keywords are consistent.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Regards,

Carmela Google Ads API Team

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[Rock Qi]

Hi,

Could you share me sample code for keywords containing - or "?(build-in, 2-in-1 etc.)

For example,

The keywords are built-in oven  and 30"" cooktop, which will be set on KeywordPlanAdGroupKeyword.setText()

But the ads API will return like "built in oven" and "30 cooktop".  - and " are removed.

I tried / and \, looks like the result is the same as before.

I can paste more code if needed, Thanks!

Br,

Rock

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Rock,

Thank you for raising this concern to Google Ads API team.

Can I ask what client library you are using? In order for us to route you to the client library author because they are more equipped to provide sample codes for you. 

[Rock Qi]

Hi,

Client library is Java.

Maven: com.google.api-ads:google-ads:17.0.1

-Rock

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Rock,

Thank your response.

I see that the client library you are using is Java. With this, please directly reach out to the client library owner by filing the issue in the Issue Tab on github to know how to use escape characters in Java so that the (-) and ("") will reflect on the UI.

Let us know if you have any questions.

[Rock Qi]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I have opened a question on github.

If you don't mind, i'd like to post another question here.

Sometimes when setting 2 forward/reverse keywords to one keywordplan, only the first keyword is returned. Sometimes both will return. E.g:

Did I do something wrong?

How to make sure that all keywords can be returned from ads api? Thanks.

Br,

Rock

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[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Rock,

Thank you for raising your additional concern. Allow me to provide support to it.

So that I can investigate the issue, could you provide the complete request and response logs with request ID and request header generated on your end for the 2 scenarios?

You can provide it via Reply privately to author option. If this option is not available, then send it instead on this email address googleadsa...@google.com.

Regards,

Ernie John Google Ads API Team

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