Placeholder Feed Item attributeValues Price extension currency codes

[Tiana S.]

Hi guys!

Just wondering how you can derive the currency code for Price extensions from the attributeValues in the Placeholder feed item report: https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/reports/placeholder-feed-item-report#attributevalues

I found the Feed placeholders for the Price extension here: https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/placeholders#price
There it states e.g. ID 102 is of type "Price" with a currency ("e.g,. 30 USD"). Checking the output however, it has ID 7 and looks as follows:

'7': {
   currency_code_: [ 85, 83, 68 ],
   amount_micros_: 60000000,
   optional_0_: 3,
   isMutable: true,
   cachedSize: -1
}

As you can see the currency code property contains an Array with numeric values instead of a currency code such as USD.

I tried finding valid values for the returned values (e.g. 85), but I can't seem to find something to map it to.

Is this return value by design? And if so, how can I find the correct currency code for the values returned?

Thanks,

Tiana

[Sreelakshmi Sasidharan (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Tiana, 

Thanks for pointing this out. The Placeholder Feed Item report seems to be returning currency code as ASCII equivalent of the actual currency code listed here. E.g., "USA" would be "[85,83,68]" in the report. You could either have a logic in your application to convert the ASCII equivalent to the currency codes or use the FeedItemService.get() to get the attribute values corresponding to the FeedItem. In the meantime, I will check with the team to see if the reports can be updated to return the currency codes. 

Thanks,
Sreelakshmi, AdWords API Team

[Tiana S.]

Hi Sreelakshmi,

Ah I see, thank you! Would indeed be great if they can update it to the actual currency codes instead of the ASCII variant. :)

[Sreelakshmi Sasidharan (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Tiana, 

I have already informed the team about this. Please follow our blog for any updates about the future releases.