Hi everyone and welcome to yws-searchmarketing, the group for Yahoo! Search Marketing Web Services. This group supports software developers who want to create...
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zachberke
Jun 28, 2005 1:07 am
Hi, Thanks for setting up this group! I'm having trouble getting started with the Search Marking API. The POST request for this service is not normal. Must I...
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ysm_monkey
Jul 8, 2005 10:40 pm
... -- ... Hi Zach, I believe you've already worked this out with our team, but I'd like to follow up... The POST is quite normal. The issues you are having...
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zachberke
Jul 26, 2005 4:05 pm
Agreed. For future reader's benefit: I was assuming that you'd URL encode that 2nd argument. Silly me. Only the <val> part of xml=<val> should be URL encoded....
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ysm_monkey
Jul 26, 2005 5:58 pm
Would you normally encode the keys (name in name/value pair) too? I can't recall, honestly. The value of that "_D:blahblah.submit" key is an empty string, so...
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rks10x
Jul 26, 2005 7:29 pm
I have been looking all over but I can not find any reference material to the CreateAccount command. All I can find is that it exists. Does anyone have any...
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rks10x
Jul 27, 2005 5:31 pm
Nevermind on this one. The lastest documenation has been emailed to me. Keith...
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zachberke
Jul 27, 2005 9:34 pm
Hi, Is there any way to get account name (from account id or some other way) using the API? I can get a list of all my accounts using "GetAccountIds", but I...
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senor_ysm
Jul 27, 2005 9:47 pm
... Zach, The GetAccountName command should do the trick. Thanks, Senor YSM...
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zachberke
Jul 28, 2005 1:09 am
Senor YSM, Thanks for the speedy reply. I've got the latest documentation (1.2.1 released July 2005) and it makes no mention of this operation. In fact, now...
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zachberke
Jul 28, 2005 1:13 am
If you were doing a GET and you had an "&" in the name of one of your pairs, you'd have to encode that... or you'd have to define that as illegal by spec. I'm...
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rks10x
Jul 28, 2005 3:46 pm
Hello, I did not know there was new documentation. The stuff I have is dated April 2005. How can I get this new version? Keith...
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rks10x
Jul 28, 2005 3:48 pm
Hi All, I am looking for a way to modify a listings searchterms/keywords after a listing has all ready been setup. Any Ideas? Keith...
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ysm_monkey
Jul 28, 2005 4:07 pm
Hey Keith, You can't do that. The search term is the primary piece of a listing, and it cannot be modified. You will have to add a new listing with the new...
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rks10x
Jul 28, 2005 4:11 pm
That is what I was afraid of. Thanks, Keith ... the ... desire....
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zachberke
Jul 28, 2005 4:51 pm
Also, (from doc dated Feb 2005 -- I haven't seen the April 2005 version that Keith is referring to): "Use GetAccountName to retrieve the text name for a...
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ysm_monkey
Jul 28, 2005 5:06 pm
Hey Zach, I'm not aware of any bulk method for this. You'll have to do 'em 1 at a time. Unless you have a ridiculous number of accounts, I doubt you'll run...
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zachberke
Jul 28, 2005 6:33 pm
Monkey, Thanks for the advice. I am building an application that needs to download all accounts at the get-go, which is why I'd like to get the names. Is the...
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senor_ysm
Jul 28, 2005 6:45 pm
Zach, We're working on consolidating the commands into a single doc. We'll keep you posted. Thanks, Senor YSM ... the ... Marketing ... do 'em 1 ... you'll ......
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rks10x
Jul 28, 2005 8:57 pm
Hello All, I am looking for the best way to send a POST to the x-secure.overture.com server from PHP. Any ideas? Keith...
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senor_ysm
Jul 28, 2005 9:36 pm
Zach, We've modified the tech doc to include the appropriate commands so you don't have to alternate between the two. What's the best email address to forward...
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yws-searchmarketing@y...
Jul 28, 2005 10:21 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the yws-searchmarketing group. File :...
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ysm_monkey
Jul 28, 2005 10:27 pm
Hey Keith, I uploaded some sample code to the group. Just read the README and give it a whirl. -Y!SM Monkey...
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rks10x
Jul 28, 2005 10:43 pm
That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you very much. Keith ... give...
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zachberke
Jul 29, 2005 12:50 am
Awesome, thanks for the quick reply senor! Perhaps you could post it to the Files section of this group for everyone's benefit? (OK, there looks like there's...
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rks10x
Sep 6, 2005 5:06 pm
I am having a problem with the Category Summary report. Here is my XML: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <DTCRequest...
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ysm_monkey
Sep 6, 2005 5:23 pm
Hi Keith, Try zero-padding your date fields. So instead of passing "2005-9-6", use "2005-09-06". Barring that, a valid "dateTime"; field may also require the...
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rks10x
Sep 12, 2005 7:16 pm
I am trying very hard to set the bid for my listings and failing miserably. Can someone give me an example that works?...
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ysm_monkey
Sep 12, 2005 7:28 pm
Hey Keith, What errors are you getting? If you can post the sample XML (don't include your user/pass/key!!) being posted, plus the response XML, that'd help a...
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michael_s_lee
Nov 4, 2005 3:35 pm
Hi all, I'm trying to request a Search Term Summary report. I've run this request successfully in the past, but today when I try to run the report, I'm getting...
