FeedItemTargetService (v201806) - strange behaviour

[Adam Orczyk]

Hi,

We found two strange behaviours in FeedItemTargetService.

1. Select fields ex.: "Status","Id","CriteriaType"

Request:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><soapenv:Header><ns1:RequestHeader soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0" xmlns:ns1="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201806"><ns1:clientCustomerId soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0">7631750729</ns1:clientCustomerId><ns1:userAgent soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0">Hurra Communications</ns1:userAgent><ns1:partialFailure soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0"/></ns1:RequestHeader></soapenv:Header><soapenv:Body><get xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201806"><selector><fields>Status</fields><fields>Id</fields><fields>CriteriaType</fields><predicates><field>FeedId</field><operator>IN</operator><values>45551970</values></predicates><predicates><field>FeedItemId</field><operator>IN</operator><values>25939292902</values></predicates></selector></get></soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>

Response:

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Header><ResponseHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201806"><requestId>000570b8f91c3cc10a37854760082eba</requestId><serviceName>FeedItemTargetService</serviceName><methodName>get</methodName><operations>1</operations><responseTime>254</responseTime></ResponseHeader></soap:Header><soap:Body><getResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201806"><rval><totalNumEntries>10</totalNumEntries><Page.Type>FeedItemTargetPage</Page.Type></rval></getResponse></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

Selecting only "Status" and "Id" works fine.

2. Use "IN" operator ex.:

operator => "IN",

field => "CriteriaType",

values => ['AD_SCHEDULE']

Request:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><soapenv:Header><ns1:RequestHeader soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0" xmlns:ns1="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201806"><ns1:clientCustomerId soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0">7631750729</ns1:clientCustomerId><ns1:userAgent soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0">Hurra Communications</ns1:userAgent><ns1:partialFailure soapenv:actor="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next" soapenv:mustUnderstand="0"/></ns1:RequestHeader></soapenv:Header><soapenv:Body><get xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201806"><selector><fields>Status</fields><fields>Id</fields><predicates><field>FeedId</field><operator>IN</operator><values>45551970</values></predicates><predicates><field>FeedItemId</field><operator>IN</operator><values>25939292902</values></predicates><predicates><field>CriteriaType</field><operator>IN</operator><values>AD_SCHEDULE</values></predicates></selector></get></soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>

Response:

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soap:Header><ResponseHeader xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201806"><requestId>000570b9063f5db00a374846270138c2</requestId><serviceName>FeedItemTargetService</serviceName><methodName>get</methodName><operations>1</operations><responseTime>260</responseTime></ResponseHeader></soap:Header><soap:Body><getResponse xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201806"><rval><totalNumEntries>0</totalNumEntries><Page.Type>FeedItemTargetPage</Page.Type></rval></getResponse></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>

When you use operator "NOT_IN" instead, you get proper response contains 'AD_SCHEDULE' objects only.

Regards,

Adam

[Adam Orczyk]

In given Feed Item there are 10 Feed Item Targets, in each request we would like to get all of them.

[Bharani Cherukuri (AdWords API Team)]

Hello Adam, 

I was able to replicate the issue. I have shared this information with the team. I will keep you posted as soon as I have an update. As a workaround, you will be able to filter based on the TargetType as Criterion which will return all the Criteria and then look up for the Ad schedule criteria.

  

Thanks,

Bharani, AdWords API Team