topic_constant and mobile_app_category_constant invalid output?

[Nikita Samovarov]

Hi all,

When I try to pull data from topic_constant and mobile_app_category_constant I see similar malformed result only with the first element in a returned array.

Resource: topic_constant

Query: SELECT topic_constant.resource_name, topic_constant.id, topic_constant.path, topic_constant.topic_constant_parent FROM topic_constant

First element in response:

{ "topic_constant": { "id": "0", "topic_constant_parent": "topicConstants/-1", "path": [ "" ] } }

Second (and other) elements in response:

{ "topic_constant": { "resource_name": "topicConstants/3", "id": "3", "path": [ "", "Arts & Entertainment" ] } }

Comment: As you can see there is no resource_name in first element, id is zero (why?)

Resource: mobile_app_category_constant

Query: SELECT mobile_app_category_constant.resource_name, mobile_app_category_constant.id, mobile_app_category_constant.name FROM mobile_app_category_constant

First element in response:

{ "mobile_app_category_constant": { "id": 0, "name": "/" } }

Second (and other) elements in response:

{ "mobile_app_category_constant": { "resource_name": "mobileAppCategoryConstants/60000", "id": 60000, "name": "Google Play" } }

Comment: As you can see there is no resource_name in first element, id is zero (why?)

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I am using Python Google Ads library v15.0.0 (Google Ads v10) and executing query via service.search_stream() method.

My assumption that response is malformed is because there is no resource_name

All other resources that I query do not have this behaviour.

Tested on multiple customer accounts.
I see this only with two resources, but it may also exist on others.

Other _constant resources do not have this behaviour.

My question is: Is this a bug or a valid element?

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi Nikita,
 

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