validate GCLID

[Sandeep Patle]

Hi,

I am working on a application where I need to validate the GCLID before using it.

I found a related post - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/adwords-api/o-zZiL3MNU8

But I can not validate it from report. 

Some time I found wrong GCLID - like 'EA', 'Cj'. As I know length of GCLID is from 25 to 100.

So can we use this as validation?

Thanks,

Sandeep

[Vincent Racaza (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Sandeep,

The Click Performance Report is the only way that you can validate your GCLID. However, it may take up to 3 hrs (based on this guide) for the GCLIDs to be present in the report after the click occurred. If you have "EA" and "Cj" as values of your GCLIDs, then they might be invalid GCLIDs on which AdWords will delete them after few days for accuracy.

Let me know if you have further clarifications.

Thanks,
Vincent

AdWords API Team