The code samples below provide examples of common error handling functions using the AdWords API. Client Library.
Handle partial failures
#!/usr/bin/env python
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"""This example demonstrates how to handle partial failures.
To get ad groups, run get_ad_groups.py.
The LoadFromStorage method is pulling credentials and properties from a
"googleads.yaml" file. By default, it looks for this file in your home
directory. For more information, see the "Caching authentication information"
section of our README.
"""
from googleads import adwords
AD_GROUP_ID = 'INSERT_AD_GROUP_ID_HERE'
def main(client, ad_group_id):
# Enable partial failure.
client.partial_failure = True
# Initialize appropriate service.
ad_group_criterion_service = client.GetService(
'AdGroupCriterionService', version='v201802')
# Construct keyword ad group criteria objects.
keywords = [
{
'xsi_type': 'BiddableAdGroupCriterion',
'adGroupId': ad_group_id,
'criterion': {
'xsi_type': 'Keyword',
'matchType': 'BROAD',
'text': 'mars cruise'
}
},
{
'xsi_type': 'BiddableAdGroupCriterion',
'adGroupId': ad_group_id,
'criterion': {
'xsi_type': 'Keyword',
'matchType': 'BROAD',
'text': r'inv\@lid cruise'
}
},
{
'xsi_type': 'BiddableAdGroupCriterion',
'adGroupId': ad_group_id,
'criterion': {
'xsi_type': 'Keyword',
'matchType': 'BROAD',
'text': 'venus cruise'
}
},
{
'xsi_type': 'BiddableAdGroupCriterion',
'adGroupId': ad_group_id,
'criterion': {
'xsi_type': 'Keyword',
'matchType': 'BROAD',
'text': r'b\(a\)d keyword cruise'
}
}
]
# Construct operations and add ad group criteria.
operations = []
for keyword in keywords:
operations.append(
{
'operator': 'ADD',
'operand': keyword
})
result = ad_group_criterion_service.mutate(operations)
# Display results.
for criterion in result['value']:
if criterion['AdGroupCriterion.Type'] == 'BiddableAdGroupCriterion':
print ('Added keyword ad group criterion with ad group id "%s", '
'criterion id "%s", text "%s", and match type "%s" was '
'added.'
% (criterion['adGroupId'], criterion['criterion']['id'],
criterion['criterion']['text'],
criterion['criterion']['matchType']))
for error in result['partialFailureErrors']:
field_path_elements = error['fieldPathElements']
first_field_path_element = None
if field_path_elements:
first_field_path_element = field_path_elements[0]
if (first_field_path_element and
first_field_path_element['field'] == 'operations' and
'index' in first_field_path_element):
operation_index = first_field_path_element['index']
adgroup_criterion = operations[operation_index]['operand']
print('Ad group criterion with ad group ID %s and keyword "%s" triggered '
'a failure for the following reason: %s.'
% (adgroup_criterion['adGroupId'],
adgroup_criterion['criterion']['text'],
error['errorString']))
else:
print ('A failure has occurred for the following reasons: %s\n'
% error['errorString'])
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Initialize client object.
adwords_client = adwords.AdWordsClient.LoadFromStorage()
main(adwords_client, AD_GROUP_ID)
Handle policy violation errors
#!/usr/bin/env python
#
# Copyright 2016 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
"""This example demonstrates how to handle policy violation errors.
To get ad groups, run get_ad_groups.py.
The LoadFromStorage method is pulling credentials and properties from a
"googleads.yaml" file. By default, it looks for this file in your home
directory. For more information, see the "Caching authentication information"
section of our README.
"""
from googleads import adwords
from googleads import errors
AD_GROUP_ID = 'INSERT_AD_GROUP_ID_HERE'
def main(client, ad_group_id):
ad_group_ad_service = client.GetService('AdGroupAdService', 'v201802')
# Create expanded text ad that violates an exemptable policy.
exemptable_expanded_text_ad_operation = {
'operator': 'ADD',
'operand': {
'adGroupId': ad_group_id,
'ad': {
# The 'xsi_type' field allows you to specify the xsi:type of the
# object being created. It's only necessary when you must provide
# an explicit type that the client library can't infer.
'xsi_type': 'ExpandedTextAd',
'headlinePart1': 'Mars Cruise!!!',
'headlinePart2': 'Best space cruise line.',
'description': 'Visit the Red Planet in style.',
'finalUrls': ['http://www.example.com']
}
}
}
# Create text ad that violates a non-exemptable policy.
non_exemptable_expanded_text_ad_operation = {
'operator': 'ADD',
'operand': {
'adGroupId': ad_group_id,
'ad': {
# The 'xsi_type' field allows you to specify the xsi:type of the
# object being created. It's only necessary when you must provide
# an explicit type that the client library can't infer.
'xsi_type': 'ExpandedTextAd',
'headlinePart1': 'Mars Cruise with too long of a headline.',
'headlinePart2': 'Best space cruise line.',
'description': 'Visit the Red Planet in style.',
'finalUrls': ['http://www.example.com']
}
}
}
operations = [exemptable_expanded_text_ad_operation,
non_exemptable_expanded_text_ad_operation]
# Validate the ad.
try:
# Enable "validate only" to check for errors.
client.validate_only = True
ad_group_ad_service.mutate(operations)
print 'Validation successful, no errors returned.'
except errors.GoogleAdsServerFault, e:
for error in e.errors:
# Get the index of the failed operation from the error's field path
# elements.
field_path_elements = error['fieldPathElements']
first_field_path_element = None
if field_path_elements:
first_field_path_element = field_path_elements[0]
# If the operation index is not present on the first error field path
# element, then there's no way to determine which operation to remove,
# so simply throw the exception.
if (not (first_field_path_element
and first_field_path_element['field'] == 'operations'
and 'index' in first_field_path_element)):
raise e
index = long(first_field_path_element['index'])
operation = operations[index]
if not HandleAPIError(error, operation):
# Set non-exemptable operation to None to mark for deletion.
print ('Removing operation with non-exemptable error at index %s.'
% index)
operations[index] = None
# Remove the non-exemptable operations.
operations = [op for op in operations if op is not None]
# Add these ads. Disable "validate only" so the ads will get created.
client.validate_only = False
if operations:
response = ad_group_ad_service.mutate(operations)
if response and response['value']:
ads = response['value']
print 'Added %s ad(s) to ad group %s.' % (len(ads), ad_group_id)
for ad in ads:
print (' Ad id is %s, type is %s and status is "%s".' %
(ad['ad']['id'], ad['ad']['Ad.Type'], ad['status']))
else:
print 'No ads were added.'
def HandleAPIError(error, operation):
"""Makes an exemption for exemptable PolicyViolationErrors.
Args:
error: the error associated with the given operation.
operation: the operation associated with the given error.
Returns:
A boolean that is True if the given error was an exemptable
PolicyViolationError; otherwise, returns False.
"""
is_exemptable = False
# Determine if the operation can be resubmitted with an exemption request.
if error['ApiError.Type'] == 'PolicyViolationError':
expanded_text_ad = operation['operand']['ad']
is_exemptable = (error['isExemptable'] if 'isExemptable' in error else
False)
print ('Ad with headline "%s - %s" violated %s policy "%s".' %
(expanded_text_ad['headlinePart1'],
expanded_text_ad['headlinePart2'],
'exemptable' if is_exemptable else 'non-exemptable',
error['externalPolicyName']))
if is_exemptable:
# Add exemption request to the operation.
print ('Adding exemption request for policy name "%s" on text "%s".'
% (error['key']['policyName'], error['key']['violatingText']))
if 'exemptionRequests' not in operation:
operation['exemptionRequests'] = []
operation['exemptionRequests'].append({'key': error['key']})
return is_exemptable
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Initialize client object.
adwords_client = adwords.AdWordsClient.LoadFromStorage()
main(adwords_client, AD_GROUP_ID)
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