Twitter Ads API SDK (twitter4j-ads) for Java Now Available!

[abhayb]

@MickCropper I am glad the issue is resolved. I would recommend managing dependencies using gradle or maven. It could be possible that we chang a dependency (upgraded version) in the project and the stuff that you have written breaks. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3589562/why-maven-what-are-the-benefits you can find a lot of articles stating why you do should do that.

We have been working on the new version i.e 2.0 and would be releasing it shortly with more API’s, optimizations and minor fixes. I would encourage you to report any bugs you find on github, it will help in keeping track of the progress and increase visibility.

[abhayb]

We would still keep the dependencies updated in the documentation.

[LuisPereira]

First of all let me congratulate you for the great work you have done with the Java SDK. It is really amazing! I’m relatively new to it and I have some doubts after conducting my firsts tests.

1. According to the documentation (https://dev.twitter.com/ads/analytics/metrics-and-segmentation), certain segmentation types (CITIES, DEVICES, PLATFORM_VERSIONS, POSTAL_CODES, REGIONS) require an additional parameter (country or platform, depending on the case). How can I pass the additional parameter? Apparently the method TwitterAdsStatApi.createAsyncJob() only takes an optional TwitterSegmentationType value, so I’m always getting an error when trying to segment by the types previously mentioned.

2. In the class twitter4j.models.MetricGroup.java the group LIFE_TIME_VALUE_MOBILE_CONVERSION is commented out, while it is present in the documentation. Not sure if it is going to be deprecated or if I’m missing something.

3. In my tests the metric mobile_conversion_logins is not present in the returned results. Not sure if this is because of my Ads account or it is something else. The point is it is the only missing MOBILE_CONVERSION metric.

4. In the class twitter4j.models.ads.TwitterAdObjective.java I’m missing the objective “Awareness”. I guess this objective was added after the Java SDK was released.

Many thanks in advance for your comments,
Luis

[JBabichJapan]

Thanks for posting this valuable feedback -

I am to understand there is a major update to Java SDK coming in a matter of weeks, so would you mind posting these Qs to the GitHub directly? (also better to make a new thread here to continue discussion if necessary).

[shrikant_joshi]

I am using twitter4j-ads successfully and happy with it. A bunch of new features still missing which I understand v2 might address. Is there an update on the plan/date for releasing v2? Also, the master branch has seen some updates since 1.0. If those are bug fixes that seem useful to the community, can someone create a 1.1 on maven central with that? Thank you!

[JBabichJapan]

I thought that a 1.1 was already released, but I will sync with the SDK authors and see if we can accelerate getting it out there if it wasn’t already done.

By the way, feel free to post these same comments to the GitHub directly because I’m not sure they would be checking this forum.

Thanks,

John

[JBabichJapan]