Default value for JSON list fields

[Danilo B.]

Since API v201509, several fields containing multiple URLs are sent as JSON lists instead of semicolon delimited strings. Here's the excerpt from the docs:

If the docs specify the type as "List" and the comment mentions that it's in JSON format, I would assume that the absence of any app final URLs would result in the value "[]". But instead, the value " --" is returned in the CSV reports (fetched via the API).

Could this be changed to a more useful default, like an empty JSON list (or at least an empty string)? The current default is a bit awkward because it cannot just be passed through a JSON parser, instead there needs to be additional logic that determines whether this is JSON or not.

Best,

Danilo

[Umesh Dengale]

Hello,

I have communicated above mentioned issue as a feature request to the engineering team. This may or may not get approved. Please check out our blog for the updates or announcements.

Thanks,

Umesh, AdWords API Team.