Google CSE: File uploading is not successful

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I'm getting the above error when I try uploading an auto-suggest xml file to Google's custom site search. I tried trimming the file down to the bear minimum to see if I could isolate the problem but even the following won't upload:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Autocompletions>
    <Autocompletion term="My term" type="1" />
</Autocompletions>

Am I missing something blindingly obvious?

Kind regards, Karl

user489998 · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-11 14:37:45Z

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It turns out, despite the Google information to the contrary, that the 'language' attribute is required even if it's value is blank. I added that and the file was successfully imported.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Autocompletions>
    <Autocompletion term="My term" type="1" language="" />
</Autocompletions>

answered Nov 11, 2014 at 14:37

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Maneet · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-22 03:41:47Z

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Make sure that your encoding is UTF-8. Also, term="" i.e. an empty term should not be there in the XML file.

answered Jul 22, 2017 at 3:41

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