UrlFetchApp Invalid Argument Error

[Roy]

I'm getting an invalid argument when I try to use UrlFetchApp in the following function:

function checkStock(url, adGroupName) {

  var htmlCode = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url).getContentText();

  var i = 0;

  for (var x in OUT_OF_STOCK_TEXTS) {

    if (htmlCode.indexOf(OUT_OF_STOCK_TEXTS[x]) !== -1) {

      i = i + 1

    }

  }

  if (i !== 0) {

    Logger.log("The " + adGroupName + " isn't in stock yet.");

  }

  return i;

}

It works for most links, but it's getting hung up on one. It has a pipe ("|") in it. Would that cause an error?

Could someone tell me why that is?

[Joyce Lava (AdWords Scripts Team)]

Hello Roy,

Special characters might be causing the issue, that said, could you please try the below script which uses the encodeUri for those failing urls:

function checkStock(url, adGroupName) {
  var res = encodeURI(url);
  var htmlCode = UrlFetchApp.fetch(res, {muteHttpExceptions: true, escaping: false}).getContentText();
  //var htmlCode = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url).getContentText();

  var i = 0;
  for (var x in OUT_OF_STOCK_TEXTS) {
    if (htmlCode.indexOf(OUT_OF_STOCK_TEXTS[x]) !== -1) {
      i = i + 1
    }
  }
  if (i !== 0) {
    Logger.log("The " + adGroupName + " isn't in stock yet.");
  }
  return i;
}

Regards,

Joyce Lava

AdWords Scripts Team

[Roy Harmon]

That worked. Thanks!

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