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Key services include AdRule, Adjustment, AdsTxt, AudienceSegment, and many others related to content, creatives, forecasting, inventory, reporting, and targeting. The document details error handling, focusing on the `ApiError` class and its inherited types like `StringFormatError`. `StringFormatError` specifies issues with string formatting, including reasons like `ILLEGAL_CHARS` or `INVALID_FORMAT`. The namespace is `https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202408`.\n"],null,["# type StringFormatError (v202408)\n\n**Service** \n[AdRuleService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdRuleService.StringFormatError) [AdjustmentService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdjustmentService.StringFormatError) **AdsTxtService** [AudienceSegmentService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AudienceSegmentService.StringFormatError) [CdnConfigurationService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/CdnConfigurationService.StringFormatError) [CmsMetadataService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/CmsMetadataService.StringFormatError) [CompanyService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/CompanyService.StringFormatError) [ContactService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/ContactService.StringFormatError) [ContentBundleService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/ContentBundleService.StringFormatError) [ContentService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/ContentService.StringFormatError) [CreativeService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/CreativeService.StringFormatError) [CreativeSetService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/CreativeSetService.StringFormatError) [CreativeTemplateService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/CreativeTemplateService.StringFormatError) [CreativeWrapperService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/CreativeWrapperService.StringFormatError) [CustomFieldService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/CustomFieldService.StringFormatError) [CustomTargetingService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/CustomTargetingService.StringFormatError) [DaiAuthenticationKeyService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/DaiAuthenticationKeyService.StringFormatError) [DaiEncodingProfileService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/DaiEncodingProfileService.StringFormatError) [ForecastService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/ForecastService.StringFormatError) [InventoryService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/InventoryService.StringFormatError) [LabelService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/LabelService.StringFormatError) [LineItemCreativeAssociationService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/LineItemCreativeAssociationService.StringFormatError) [LineItemService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/LineItemService.StringFormatError) [LineItemTemplateService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/LineItemTemplateService.StringFormatError) [LiveStreamEventService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/LiveStreamEventService.StringFormatError) [MobileApplicationService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/MobileApplicationService.StringFormatError) [NativeStyleService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/NativeStyleService.StringFormatError) [NetworkService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/NetworkService.StringFormatError) [OrderService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/OrderService.StringFormatError) [PlacementService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/PlacementService.StringFormatError) [ProposalLineItemService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/ProposalLineItemService.StringFormatError) [ProposalService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/ProposalService.StringFormatError) [PublisherQueryLanguageService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/PublisherQueryLanguageService.StringFormatError) [ReportService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/ReportService.StringFormatError) [SegmentPopulationService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/SegmentPopulationService.StringFormatError) [SiteService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/SiteService.StringFormatError) [StreamActivityMonitorService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/StreamActivityMonitorService.StringFormatError) [SuggestedAdUnitService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/SuggestedAdUnitService.StringFormatError) [TargetingPresetService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/TargetingPresetService.StringFormatError) [TeamService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/TeamService.StringFormatError) [UserService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/UserService.StringFormatError) [UserTeamAssociationService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/UserTeamAssociationService.StringFormatError) [YieldGroupService](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/YieldGroupService.StringFormatError) **Inheritance** \n[ApiError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.ApiError) \n▼\n[ApiVersionError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.ApiVersionError) [AuthenticationError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.AuthenticationError) [CollectionSizeError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.CollectionSizeError) [CommonError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.CommonError) [FeatureError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.FeatureError) [InternalApiError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.InternalApiError) [NotNullError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.NotNullError) [ParseError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.ParseError) [PermissionError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.PermissionError) [PublisherQueryLanguageConte...](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.PublisherQueryLanguageContextError \"PublisherQueryLanguageContextError\") [PublisherQueryLanguageSynta...](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.PublisherQueryLanguageSyntaxError \"PublisherQueryLanguageSyntaxError\") [QuotaError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.QuotaError) [RequiredCollectionError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.RequiredCollectionError) [RequiredError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.RequiredError) [ServerError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.ServerError) [StatementError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.StatementError) **StringFormatError** [StringLengthError](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.StringLengthError)\n\n*** ** * ** ***\n\nNamespace\n:\n `https://www.google.com/apis/ads/publisher/v202408`\n\n| Field ----- ||\n|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| **`ApiError` (inherited)** ||\n| ### `fieldPath` | ` `xsd:`string` \u003cbr /\u003e |\n| ### `fieldPathElements` | ` `[FieldPathElement](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.FieldPathElement)`[]` \u003cbr /\u003e |\n| ### `trigger` | ` `xsd:`string` \u003cbr /\u003e |\n| ### `errorString` | ` `xsd:`string` \u003cbr /\u003e |\n| **`StringFormatError`** ||\n| ### `reason` | ` `[StringFormatError.Reason](/ad-manager/api/reference/v202408/AdsTxtService.StringFormatError.Reason)` ` *** ** * ** *** **Enumerations** `UNKNOWN` : `ILLEGAL_CHARS` : `INVALID_FORMAT` : \u003cbr /\u003e |"]]