The code samples below provide examples of common targeting functions using the AdWords API. Client Library.
Add targeting criteria to a campaign
// Copyright 2018 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
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using Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.Lib;
using Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.v201809;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.Examples.CSharp.v201809
{
/// <summary>
/// This code example adds various types of targeting criteria to a campaign.
/// To get a list of campaigns, run GetCampaigns.cs.
/// </summary>
public class AddCampaignTargetingCriteria : ExampleBase
{
/// <summary>
/// Main method, to run this code example as a standalone application.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">The command line arguments.</param>
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
AddCampaignTargetingCriteria codeExample = new AddCampaignTargetingCriteria();
Console.WriteLine(codeExample.Description);
try
{
long campaignId = long.Parse("INSERT_CAMPAIGN_ID_HERE");
string feedIdText = "INSERT_LOCATION_FEED_ID_HERE";
long? feedId = null;
long temp;
if (long.TryParse(feedIdText, out temp))
{
feedId = temp;
}
codeExample.Run(new AdWordsUser(), campaignId, feedId);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred while running this code example. {0}",
ExampleUtilities.FormatException(e));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a description about the code example.
/// </summary>
public override string Description
{
get
{
return "This code example adds various types of targeting criteria to a " +
"campaign. To get a list of campaigns, run GetCampaigns.cs.";
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Runs the code example.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="user">The AdWords user.</param>
/// <param name="campaignId">Id of the campaign to which targeting criteria
/// are added.</param>
/// <param name="feedId">ID of a feed that has been configured for location
/// targeting, meaning it has an ENABLED FeedMapping with criterionType of
/// 77. Feeds linked to a GMB account automatically have this FeedMapping.
/// If you don't have such a feed, set this value to null.</param>
public void Run(AdWordsUser user, long campaignId, long? feedId)
{
using (CampaignCriterionService campaignCriterionService =
(CampaignCriterionService) user.GetService(AdWordsService.v201809
.CampaignCriterionService))
{
// Create locations. The IDs can be found in the documentation or
// retrieved with the LocationCriterionService.
Location california = new Location()
{
id = 21137L
};
Location mexico = new Location()
{
id = 2484L
};
// Create languages. The IDs can be found in the documentation or
// retrieved with the ConstantDataService.
Language english = new Language()
{
id = 1000L
};
Language spanish = new Language()
{
id = 1003L
};
List<Criterion> criteria = new List<Criterion>()
{
california,
mexico,
english,
spanish
};
// Distance targeting. Area of 10 miles around the locations in the location feed.
if (feedId != null)
{
LocationGroups radiusLocationGroup = new LocationGroups()
{
feedId = feedId.Value,
matchingFunction = new Function()
{
@operator = FunctionOperator.IDENTITY,
lhsOperand = new FunctionArgumentOperand[]
{
new LocationExtensionOperand()
{
radius = new ConstantOperand()
{
type = ConstantOperandConstantType.DOUBLE,
unit = ConstantOperandUnit.MILES,
doubleValue = 10
}
}
}
}
};
criteria.Add(radiusLocationGroup);
}
// Create operations to add each of the criteria above.
List<CampaignCriterionOperation>
operations = new List<CampaignCriterionOperation>();
foreach (Criterion criterion in criteria)
{
CampaignCriterionOperation operation = new CampaignCriterionOperation()
{
operand = new CampaignCriterion()
{
campaignId = campaignId,
criterion = criterion
},
@operator = Operator.ADD
};
operations.Add(operation);
}
// Add a negative campaign criterion.
CampaignCriterion negativeCriterion = new NegativeCampaignCriterion()
{
campaignId = campaignId,
criterion = new Keyword()
{
text = "jupiter cruise",
matchType = KeywordMatchType.BROAD
}
};
CampaignCriterionOperation negativeCriterionOperation =
new CampaignCriterionOperation()
{
operand = negativeCriterion,
@operator = Operator.ADD
};
operations.Add(negativeCriterionOperation);
try
{
// Set the campaign targets.
CampaignCriterionReturnValue retVal =
campaignCriterionService.mutate(operations.ToArray());
if (retVal != null && retVal.value != null)
{
// Display campaign targets.
foreach (CampaignCriterion criterion in retVal.value)
{
Console.WriteLine(
"Campaign criteria of type '{0}' was set to campaign with" +
" id = '{1}'.", criterion.criterion.CriterionType,
criterion.campaignId);
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new System.ApplicationException("Failed to set Campaign criteria.", e);
}
}
}
}
}
Add negative criteria to a customer
// Copyright 2018 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
using Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.Lib;
using Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.v201809;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.Examples.CSharp.v201809
{
/// <summary>
/// This code example adds various types of negative criteria to a customer. These criteria
/// will be applied to all campaigns for the customer.
/// </summary>
public class AddCustomerNegativeCriteria : ExampleBase
{
/// <summary>
/// Main method, to run this code example as a standalone application.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">The command line arguments.</param>
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
AddCustomerNegativeCriteria codeExample = new AddCustomerNegativeCriteria();
Console.WriteLine(codeExample.Description);
try
{
codeExample.Run(new AdWordsUser());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred while running this code example. {0}",
ExampleUtilities.FormatException(e));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a description about the code example.
/// </summary>
public override string Description
{
get
{
return "This code example adds various types of negative criteria to a customer. " +
"These criteria will be applied to all campaigns for the customer.";
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Runs the code example.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="user">The AdWords user.</param>
public void Run(AdWordsUser user)
{
using (CustomerNegativeCriterionService customerNegativeCriterionService =
(CustomerNegativeCriterionService) user.GetService(AdWordsService.v201809
.CustomerNegativeCriterionService))
{
List<Criterion> criteria = new List<Criterion>();
// Exclude tragedy & conflict content.
ContentLabel tragedyContentLabel = new ContentLabel
{
contentLabelType = ContentLabelType.TRAGEDY
};
criteria.Add(tragedyContentLabel);
// Exclude a specific placement.
Placement placement = new Placement
{
url = "http://www.example.com"
};
criteria.Add(placement);
// Additional criteria types are available for this service. See the types listed
// under Criterion here:
// https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/reference/latest/CustomerNegativeCriterionService.Criterion
// Create operations to add each of the criteria above.
List<CustomerNegativeCriterionOperation> operations =
new List<CustomerNegativeCriterionOperation>();
foreach (Criterion criterion in criteria)
{
CustomerNegativeCriterion negativeCriterion = new CustomerNegativeCriterion
{
criterion = criterion
};
CustomerNegativeCriterionOperation operation =
new CustomerNegativeCriterionOperation
{
@operator = Operator.ADD,
operand = negativeCriterion
};
operations.Add(operation);
}
try
{
// Send the request to add the criteria.
CustomerNegativeCriterionReturnValue result =
customerNegativeCriterionService.mutate(operations.ToArray());
// Display the results.
foreach (CustomerNegativeCriterion negativeCriterion in result.value)
{
Console.WriteLine(
"Customer negative criterion with criterion ID {0} and type '{1}' " +
"was added.", negativeCriterion.criterion.id,
negativeCriterion.criterion.type);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new System.ApplicationException(
"Failed to set customer negative criteria.", e);
}
}
}
}
}
Get all campaign criteria
// Copyright 2018 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
using Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.Lib;
using Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.v201809;
using System;
namespace Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.Examples.CSharp.v201809
{
/// <summary>
/// This code example gets all targeting criteria for a campaign. To set
/// campaign targeting criteria, run AddCampaignTargetingCriteria.cs. To get
/// campaigns, run GetCampaigns.cs.
/// </summary>
public class GetCampaignTargetingCriteria : ExampleBase
{
/// <summary>
/// Main method, to run this code example as a standalone application.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">The command line arguments.</param>
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
GetCampaignTargetingCriteria codeExample = new GetCampaignTargetingCriteria();
Console.WriteLine(codeExample.Description);
try
{
long campaignId = long.Parse("INSERT_CAMPAIGN_ID_HERE");
codeExample.Run(new AdWordsUser(), campaignId);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred while running this code example. {0}",
ExampleUtilities.FormatException(e));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a description about the code example.
/// </summary>
public override string Description
{
get
{
return "This code example gets all targeting criteria for a campaign. To set " +
"campaign targeting criteria, run AddCampaignTargetingCriteria.cs. To get " +
"campaigns, run GetCampaigns.cs.";
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Runs the code example.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="user">The AdWords user.</param>
/// <param name="campaignId">Id of the campaign from which targeting
/// criteria are retrieved.</param>
public void Run(AdWordsUser user, long campaignId)
{
using (CampaignCriterionService campaignCriterionService =
(CampaignCriterionService) user.GetService(AdWordsService.v201809
.CampaignCriterionService))
{
// Create the selector.
Selector selector = new Selector()
{
fields = new string[]
{
Criterion.Fields.Id,
Criterion.Fields.CriteriaType,
CampaignCriterion.Fields.CampaignId
},
predicates = new Predicate[]
{
Predicate.Equals(CampaignCriterion.Fields.CampaignId, campaignId)
},
paging = Paging.Default
};
CampaignCriterionPage page = new CampaignCriterionPage();
try
{
do
{
// Get all campaign targets.
page = campaignCriterionService.get(selector);
// Display the results.
if (page != null && page.entries != null)
{
int i = selector.paging.startIndex;
foreach (CampaignCriterion campaignCriterion in page.entries)
{
string negative = (campaignCriterion is NegativeCampaignCriterion)
? "Negative "
: "";
Console.WriteLine(
"{0}) {1}Campaign criterion with id = '{2}' and Type = {3} " +
"was found for campaign id '{4}'", i + 1, negative,
campaignCriterion.criterion.id,
campaignCriterion.criterion.type, campaignCriterion.campaignId);
i++;
}
}
selector.paging.IncreaseOffset();
} while (selector.paging.startIndex < page.totalNumEntries);
Console.WriteLine("Number of campaign targeting criteria found: {0}",
page.totalNumEntries);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new System.ApplicationException(
"Failed to get campaign targeting criteria.", e);
}
}
}
}
}
Get all targetable languages and carriers
// Copyright 2018 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
using Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.Lib;
using Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.v201809;
using System;
namespace Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.Examples.CSharp.v201809
{
/// <summary>
/// This code example illustrates how to retrieve all carriers and languages
/// available for targeting.
/// </summary>
public class GetTargetableLanguagesAndCarriers : ExampleBase
{
/// <summary>
/// Main method, to run this code example as a standalone application.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">The command line arguments.</param>
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
GetTargetableLanguagesAndCarriers codeExample = new GetTargetableLanguagesAndCarriers();
Console.WriteLine(codeExample.Description);
try
{
codeExample.Run(new AdWordsUser());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred while running this code example. {0}",
ExampleUtilities.FormatException(e));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a description about the code example.
/// </summary>
public override string Description
{
get
{
return "This code example illustrates how to retrieve all carriers and languages " +
"available for targeting.";
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Runs the code example.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="user">The AdWords user.</param>
public void Run(AdWordsUser user)
{
using (ConstantDataService constantDataService =
(ConstantDataService) user.GetService(AdWordsService.v201809.ConstantDataService))
{
try
{
// Get all carriers.
Carrier[] carriers = constantDataService.getCarrierCriterion();
// Display the results.
if (carriers != null)
{
foreach (Carrier carrier in carriers)
{
Console.WriteLine(
"Carrier name is '{0}', ID is {1} and country code is '{2}'.",
carrier.name, carrier.id, carrier.countryCode);
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("No carriers were retrieved.");
}
// Get all languages.
Language[] languages = constantDataService.getLanguageCriterion();
// Display the results.
if (languages != null)
{
foreach (Language language in languages)
{
Console.WriteLine(
"Language name is '{0}', ID is {1} and code is '{2}'.",
language.name, language.id, language.code);
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("No languages were found.");
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new System.ApplicationException(
"Failed to get targetable carriers and languages.", e);
}
}
}
}
}
Get location criteria by name
// Copyright 2018 Google LLC
//
// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
// You may obtain a copy of the License at
//
// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
//
// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
// limitations under the License.
using Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.Lib;
using Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.v201809;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace Google.Api.Ads.AdWords.Examples.CSharp.v201809
{
/// <summary>
/// This code example gets location criteria by name.
/// </summary>
public class LookupLocation : ExampleBase
{
/// <summary>
/// Main method, to run this code example as a standalone application.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">The command line arguments.</param>
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
LookupLocation codeExample = new LookupLocation();
Console.WriteLine(codeExample.Description);
try
{
codeExample.Run(new AdWordsUser());
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("An exception occurred while running this code example. {0}",
ExampleUtilities.FormatException(e));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a description about the code example.
/// </summary>
public override string Description
{
get { return "This code example gets location criteria by name."; }
}
/// <summary>
/// Runs the code example.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="user">The AdWords user.</param>
public void Run(AdWordsUser user)
{
using (LocationCriterionService locationCriterionService =
(LocationCriterionService) user.GetService(AdWordsService.v201809
.LocationCriterionService))
{
string[] locationNames = new string[]
{
"Paris",
"Quebec",
"Spain",
"Deutschland"
};
Selector selector = new Selector()
{
fields = new string[]
{
Location.Fields.Id,
Location.Fields.LocationName,
LocationCriterion.Fields.CanonicalName,
Location.Fields.DisplayType,
Location.Fields.ParentLocations,
LocationCriterion.Fields.Reach,
Location.Fields.TargetingStatus
},
predicates = new Predicate[]
{
// Location names must match exactly, only EQUALS and IN are supported.
Predicate.In(Location.Fields.LocationName, locationNames),
// Set the locale of the returned location names.
Predicate.Equals(LocationCriterion.Fields.Locale, "en")
}
};
try
{
// Make the get request.
LocationCriterion[] locationCriteria = locationCriterionService.get(selector);
// Display the resulting location criteria.
foreach (LocationCriterion locationCriterion in locationCriteria)
{
string parentLocations = "N/A";
if (locationCriterion.location != null &&
locationCriterion.location.parentLocations != null)
{
List<string> parentLocationList = new List<string>();
foreach (Location location in locationCriterion.location.parentLocations
)
{
parentLocationList.Add(GetLocationString(location));
}
parentLocations = string.Join(", ", parentLocationList);
}
Console.WriteLine(
"The search term '{0}' returned the location '{1}' of type '{2}' " +
"with parent locations '{3}', reach '{4}' and targeting status '{5}.",
locationCriterion.searchTerm, locationCriterion.location.locationName,
locationCriterion.location.displayType, parentLocations,
locationCriterion.reach, locationCriterion.location.targetingStatus);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
throw new System.ApplicationException("Failed to get location criteria.", e);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets a string representation for a location.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="location">The location</param>
/// <returns>The string representation</returns>
public string GetLocationString(Location location)
{
return string.Format("{0} ({1})", location.locationName, location.displayType);
}
}
}
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