Correct way in adding the placements in the request. (I'm Creating a Line Item in a Campaign)

[JLouiesito]

I tried couple if ways but the response is always 401, but when I try 1 placement only the code works.

placements = ALL_ON_TWITTER = working.
placements = ALL_ON_TWITTER, PUBLISHER_NETWORK = not working.

I also tried to put it in an array but It didn’t work also.
What is the proper way to include it in the request?

[carmenjyuen]

Hi @JLouiesito,

You need to make 2 separate calls and sum the two. You can’t pass 2 placements into one call.
Carmen

[juanshishido]

@JLouiesito: @carmenjyuen is correct in the case of retrieving analytics. You need to make one request for each placement type (only ALL_ON_TWITTER and PUBLISHER_NETWORK are supported).

However, if you’re trying to create line items with multiple placements, the values are passed in as follows: placements=TWITTER_TIMELINE,TWITTER_SEARCH. Here is an example request.

$ twurl -X POST -H ads-api.twitter.com "/4/accounts/18ce54d4x5t/line_items?campaign_id=9obui&bid_amount_local_micro=1400000&product_type=PROMOTED_TWEETS&placements=TWITTER_TIMELINE,TWITTER_SEARCH&objective=TWEET_ENGAGEMENTS&entity_status=PAUSED"
{
  "data": {
    "bid_type": "MAX",
    "advertiser_user_id": 756201191646691328,
    "name": "Untitled",
    "placements": [
      "TWITTER_TIMELINE",
      "TWITTER_SEARCH"
    ],
    "start_time": null,
    "bid_amount_local_micro": 1400000,
    "automatically_select_bid": false,
    "advertiser_domain": null,
    "target_cpa_local_micro": null,
    "primary_web_event_tag": null,
    "charge_by": "ENGAGEMENT",
    "product_type": "PROMOTED_TWEETS",
    "end_time": null,
    "bid_unit": "ENGAGEMENT",
    "total_budget_amount_local_micro": null,
    "objective": "TWEET_ENGAGEMENTS",
    "id": "cr8or",
    "entity_status": "PAUSED",
    "account_id": "18ce54d4x5t",
    "optimization": "DEFAULT",
    "categories": [],
    "currency": "USD",
    "created_at": "2018-10-24T18:56:04Z",
    "tracking_tags": [],
    "updated_at": "2018-10-24T18:56:04Z",
    "include_sentiment": "POSITIVE_ONLY",
    "campaign_id": "9obui",
    "creative_source": "MANUAL",
    "deleted": false
  },
  "request": {
    "params": {
      "placements": [
        "TWITTER_TIMELINE",
        "TWITTER_SEARCH"
      ],
      "bid_amount_local_micro": 1400000,
      "product_type": "PROMOTED_TWEETS",
      "objective": "TWEET_ENGAGEMENTS",
      "entity_status": "PAUSED",
      "account_id": "18ce54d4x5t",
      "campaign_id": "9obui"
    }
  }
}

If you have issues with other combinations, please make note of the error message. Not all combinations are supported for all objectives.

[JLouiesito]

Thanks for the reply. One of my colleagues also told me that I just can call 2 times but I’m thinking that there might be a bearing If I call it 2 times, thanks for making me understand that.

I also have an issue in making the placement into PUBLISHER_NETWORK, I always get {“The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.”}, but it is working in ALL_ON_TWITTER

this is the sample request = “https://ads-api-sandbox.twitter.com/4/accounts/gq1jft/line_items?campaign_id=i9u6&objective=TWEET_ENGAGEMENTS&product_type=PROMOTED_TWEETS&placements=PUBLISHER_NETWORK&advertiser_domain=#.com&automatically_select_bid=true&categories=IAB1-1&entity_status=PAUSED”. Is there something that I did in my request?

[JLouiesito]

I tried you’re example and here is the request:
“https://ads-api-sandbox.twitter.com/4/accounts/gq1jft/line_items?campaign_id=i9u6&objective=TWEET_ENGAGEMENTS&product_type=PROMOTED_TWEETS&placements=ALL_ON_TWITTER,TWITTER_SEARCH&automatically_select_bid=true&entity_status=PAUSED”

the return is this.
{“The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.”}

I’m thinking that the parameters that I pass to make the signature in the placement is wrong. I put the placement = “TWITTER_TIMELINE”,“TWITTER_SEARCH”, is it correct?

By the way I’m not using a any library, I’m using c#.

[juanshishido]

It could be an issue with the OAuth signature, as you said. See this post for more information about UNAUTHORIZED_ACCESS issues.

We strongly recommend that you use an OAuth library rather than writing your own. We cannot help you if you try to implement your own. See this post for more information.

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One of my colleagues also told me that I just can call 2 times

If you make two POST requests to create line items you will be attempting to create two line items. This isn’t what you want. You would specify both placements in a single request, as the reference documentation states.