Filters: list

Requires authorization

Lists all filters for an account Try it now or see an example.

Request

HTTP request

GET https://www.googleapis.com/analytics/v3/management/accounts/accountId/filters

Parameters

Parameter name Value Description
Path parameters
accountId string Account ID to retrieve filters for.
Optional query parameters
max-results integer The maximum number of filters to include in this response.
start-index integer An index of the first entity to retrieve. Use this parameter as a pagination mechanism along with the max-results parameter.

Authorization

This request requires authorization with at least one of the following scopes (read more about authentication and authorization).

Scope
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.edit
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.readonly

Request body

Do not supply a request body with this method.

Response

If successful, this method returns a response body with the following structure:

{
  "kind": "analytics#filters",
  "username": string,
  "totalResults": integer,
  "startIndex": integer,
  "itemsPerPage": integer,
  "previousLink": string,
  "nextLink": string,
  "items": [
    management.filters Resource
  ]
}
Property name Value Description Notes
kind string Collection type.
username string Email ID of the authenticated user
totalResults integer The total number of results for the query, regardless of the number of results in the response.
startIndex integer The starting index of the resources, which is 1 by default or otherwise specified by the start-index query parameter.
itemsPerPage integer The maximum number of resources the response can contain, regardless of the actual number of resources returned. Its value ranges from 1 to 1,000 with a value of 1000 by default, or otherwise specified by the max-results query parameter.
items[] list A list of filters.

Examples

Note: The code examples available for this method do not represent all supported programming languages (see the client libraries page for a list of supported languages).

Java

Uses the Java client library.

/*
 * Note: This code assumes you have an authorized Analytics service object.
 * See the Filters Developer Guide for details.
 */

/*
 * Example #1:
 * Requests a list of all filters for the authorized user.
 */
try {
  Filters filters = analytics.management().filters().list("123456").execute();
} catch (GoogleJsonResponseException e) {
  System.err.println("There was a service error: "
      + e.getDetails().getCode() + " : "
      + e.getDetails().getMessage());
}

/*
 * Example 2:
 * The results of the list method are stored in the filters object.
 * The following code shows how to iterate through them.
 */
for (Filter filter : filters.getItems()) {
  System.out.println("Account Id = " + filter.getAccountId());
  System.out.println("Filter kind = " + filter.getKind());
  System.out.println("Filter Id = " + filter.getId());
  System.out.println("Filter Name = " + filter.getName());
  System.out.println("Filter Created = " + filter.getCreated());
  System.out.println("Filter Updated = " + filter.getUpdated());

  // Get the filter type.
  String filterType = filter.getType();
  System.out.println("filter type = " + filterType);

  // Print the properties if it is an "EXCLUDE" type filter.
  if (filterType == "EXCLUDE") {
    AnalyticsManagementFiltersFilterExpression details =
        filter.getExcludeDetails();
    System.out.println("Exclude field = " + details.getField());
    System.out.println("Exclude match type = " + details.getMatchType());
    System.out.println("Exclude case sensitive = "
        + details.getCaseSensitive());
    System.out.println("Exclude expression value = "
        + details.getExpressionValue());

  // Print the properties if it is an "INCLUDE" type filter.
  } else if (filterType == "INCLUDE") {
    AnalyticsManagementFiltersFilterExpression details =
        filter.getIncludeDetails();
    System.out.println("Include field = " + details.getField());
    System.out.println("Include match type = " + details.getMatchType());
    System.out.println("Include case sensitive = "
        + details.getCaseSensitive());
    System.out.println("Include expression value = "
        + details.getExpressionValue());

  // Print the properties if it is a "LOWERCASE" type filter.
  } else if (filterType == "LOWERCASE") {
    LowercaseDetails details = filter.getLowercaseDetails();
    System.out.println("Lower case field = " + details.getField());

  // Print the properties if it is an "UPPERCASE" type filter.
  } else if (filterType == "UPPERCASE") {
    UppercaseDetails details = filter.getUppercaseDetails();
    System.out.println("Upper case field = " + details.getField());


  // Print the details if it is a "SEARCH_AND_REPLACE" type filter.
  } else if (filterType == "SEARCH_AND_REPLACE") {
    SearchAndReplaceDetails details = filter.getSearchAndReplaceDetails();
    System.out.println("Search and replace field = " + details.getField());
    System.out.println("Search string = " + details.getSearchString());
    System.out.println("Replace string = " + details.getReplaceString());
    System.out.println("Search case sensitive = " + details.getCaseSensitive());

  // Print the details if it is an "ADVANCED" type filter.
  } else if (filterType == "ADVANCED") {
    AdvancedDetails details = filter.getAdvancedDetails();
    System.out.println("Advanced field A = " + details.getFieldA());
    System.out.println("Advanced extract A = " + details.getExtractA());
    System.out.println("Advanced field B = " + details.getFieldB());
    System.out.println("Advanced extract B = " + details.getExtractB());
    System.out.println("Advanced output field = " + details.getOutputToField());
    System.out.println("Advanced output constructor = "
        + details.getOutputConstructor());
    System.out.println("Advanced field A required = "
        + details.getFieldARequired());
    System.out.println("Advanced field B required = "
        + details.getFieldBRequired());
    System.out.println("Advanced override output field = "
        + details.getOverrideOutputField());
    System.out.println("Advanced case sensitive = "
        + details.getCaseSensitive());
  }
}

PHP

Uses the PHP client library.

/**
 * Note: This code assumes you have an authorized Analytics service object.
 * See the Filters Developer Guide for details.
 */

/**
 * Example #1:
 * Requests a list of all filters for the authorized user.
 */
try {
  $filters = $analytics->management_filters
      ->listManagementFilters('123456');

} catch (apiServiceException $e) {
  print 'There was an Analytics API service error '
      . $e->getCode() . ':' . $e->getMessage();

} catch (apiException $e) {
  print 'There was a general API error '
      . $e->getCode() . ':' . $e->getMessage();
}


/**
 * Example #2:
 * The results of the list method are stored in the filters object.
 * The following code shows how to iterate through them.
 */
foreach ($filters->getItems() as $filter) {

  $html = <<<HTML
<pre>
Account id     = {$filter->getAccountId()}
Filter id      = {$filter->getId()}
Filter name    = {$filter->getName()}
Filter kind    = {$filter->getKind()}
Filter Created = {$filter->getCreated()}
Filter Updated = {$filter->getUpdated()}

HTML;

  // Get the filter type.
  $filterType = $filter->getType();
  $html .= <<<HTML
Filter Type = {$filterType}

HTML;

  // Print the properties if it is an "EXCLUDE" type filter.
  if ($filterType == 'EXCLUDE') {
    $details = $filter->getExcludeDetails();
    $html .= <<<HTML
Exclude field            = {$details->getField()}
Exclude match type       = {$details->getMatchType()}
Exclude case sensitive   = {$details->getCaseSensitive()}
Exclude expression value = {$details->getExpressionValue()}

HTML;

  // Print the properties if it is an "INCLUDE" type filter.
  } elseif ($filterType == 'INCLUDE') {
    $details = $filter->getIncludeDetails();
    $html .= <<<HTML
Include field = {$details->getField()}
Include match type       = {$details->getMatchType()}
Include case sensitive   = {$details->getCaseSensitive()}
Include expression value = {$details->getExpressionValue()}

HTML;

  // Print the properties if it is a "LOWERCASE" type filter.
  } elseif ($filterType == 'LOWERCASE') {
    $details = $filter->getLowercaseDetails();
    $html .= <<<HTML
Lower case field = {$details->getField()}

HTML;

  // Print the properties if it is an "UPPERCASE" type filter.
  } elseif ($filterType == 'UPPERCASE') {
    $details = $filter->getUppercaseDetails();
    $html .= <<<HTML
Upper case field = {$details->getField()}

HTML;

  // Print the details if it is a "SEARCH_AND_REPLACE" type filter.
  } elseif ($filterType == 'SEARCH_AND_REPLACE') {
    $details = $filter->getSearchAndReplaceDetails();
    $html .= <<<HTML
Search and replace field = {$details->getField()}
Search string            = {$details->getSearchString()}
Replace string           = {$details->getReplaceString()}
Search case sensitive    = {$details->getCaseSensitive()}

HTML;

  // Print the details if it is an "ADVANCED" type filter.
  } elseif ($filterType == 'ADVANCED') {
    $details = $filter->getAdvancedDetails();
    $html .= <<<HTML
Advanced field A               = {$details->getFieldA()}
Advanced extract A             = {$details->getExtractA()}
Advanced field B               = {$details->getFieldB()}
Advanced extract B             = {$details->getExtractB()}
Advanced output field          = {$details->getOutputToField()}
Advanced output constructor    = {$details->getOutputConstructor()}
Advanced field A required      = {$details->getFieldARequired()}
Advanced field B required      = {$details->getFieldBRequired()}
Advanced override output field = {$details->getOverrideOutputField()}
Advanced case sensitive        = {$details->getCaseSensitive()}

HTML;
  }

  $HTML .= '</pre>';
  print $html;
}

Python

Uses the Python client library.

# Note: This code assumes you have an authorized Analytics service object.
# See the Filters Developer Guide for details.

# Example #1:
# Requests a list of all filters for the authorized user.
try:
  filters = analytics.management().filters().list(
      accountId='123456'
  ).execute()

except TypeError, error:
  # Handle errors in constructing a query.
  print 'There was an error in constructing your query : %s' % error

except HttpError, error:
  # Handle API errors.
  print ('There was an API error : %s : %s' %
         (error.resp.status, error.resp.reason))


# Example #2:
# The results of the list method are stored in the filters object.
# The following code shows how to iterate through them.
for filter in filters.get('items', []):
  print 'Account Id = %s' % filter.get('accountId')
  print 'Filter Id = %s' % filter.get('id')
  print 'Filter Kind = %s' % filter.get('kind')
  print 'Filter Name = %s' % filter.get('name')
  print 'Filter Created = %s' % filter.get('created')
  print 'Filter Updated = %s' % filter.get('updated')

  # Get the filter type.
  filterType = filter.get('type')
  print 'Filter Type = %s' % filterType

  # Print the properties if the filter is of type "EXCLUDE".
  if filterType == 'EXCLUDE':
    details = filter.get('excludeDetails', {})
    print 'Exclude field = %s' % detail.get('field')
    print 'Exclude match type = %s' % details.get('matchType')
    print 'Exclude expression value = %s' % details.get('expressionValue')
    print 'Exclude case sensitive = %s' % details.get('caseSensitive')

  # Print the properties if the filter is of type 'INCLUDE'.
  if filterType == 'INCLUDE':
    details = filter.get('includeDetails', {})
    print 'Include field = %s' % details.get('field')
    print 'Include match type = %s' % details.get('matchType')
    print 'Include expression value = %s' % details.get('expressionValue')
    print 'Include case sensitive = %s' % details.get('caseSensitive')

  # Print the properties if the filter is of type 'LOWERCASE'.
  if filterType == 'LOWERCASE':
    details = filter.get('lowercaseDetails', {})
    print 'Lowercase field = %s' % details.get('field')

  # Print the properties if the filter is of type 'UPPERCASE'.
  if filterType == 'UPPERCASE':
    details = filter.get('uppercaseDetails', {})
    print 'Uppercase field = %s' % details.get('field')

  # Print the properties if the filter is of type 'SEARCH_AND_REPLACE'.
  if filterType == 'SEARCH_AND_REPLACE':
    details = filter.get('searchAndReplaceDetails', {})
    print 'Search and replace field = %s' % details.get('field')
    print 'Search string = %s' % details.get('searchString')
    print 'Replace string = %s' % details.get('replaceString')
    print 'Search and replace case sensitive = %s' % details.get('caseSensitive')

  # Print the properties if the filter is of type 'ADVANCED'.
  if filterType == 'ADVANCED':
    details = filter.get('advancedDetails', {})
    print 'Advanced field A = %s' % details.get('fieldA')
    print 'Advanced extract A = %s' % details.get('extractA')
    print 'Advanced field B = %s' % details.get('fieldB')
    print 'Advanced extract B = %s' % details.get('extractB')
    print 'Advanced output field = %s' % details.get('outputToField')
    print 'Advanced output constructor = %s' % details.get('outputConstructor')
    print 'Advanced field A required = %s' % details.get('fieldARequired')
    print 'Advanced field B required = %s' % details.get('fieldBRequired')
    print 'Advanced override output field = %s' % details.get('overrideOutputField')
    print 'Advanced case sensitive = %s' % details.get('caseSensitive')



JavaScript

Uses the JavaScript client library.

/*
 * Note: This code assumes you have an authorized Analytics client object.
 * See the Filters Developer Guide for details.
 */

/*
 * Example 1:
 * Requests a list of all filters for the authorized user.
 */
function listFilters() {
  var request = gapi.client.analytics.management.filters.list({
    'accountId': '123456'
  });
  request.execute(printFilters);
}

/*
 * Example 2:
 * The results of the list method are passed as the results object.
 * The following code shows how to iterate through them.
 */
function printFilters(results) {
  if (results && !results.error) {
    var filters = results.items;
    for (var i = 0, filter; filter = filters[i]; i++) {
      console.log('Account Id: ' + filter.accountId);
      console.log('Filter Id: ' + filter.id);
      console.log('Filter Kind: ' + filter.kind);
      console.log('Filter Name: ' + filter.name);
      console.log('Filter Created: ' + filter.created);
      console.log('Filter Updated: ' + filter.updated);

      // Get the filter type.
      var filterType = filter.type;
      console.log('Filter Type: ' + filter.type);

      // Print the properties if the filter is of type 'Exclude'.
      if (filterType == 'EXCLUDE') {
        var details = filter.excludeDetails;
        console.log('Exclude field: ' + details.field);
        console.log('Exclude match type: ' + details.matchType);
        console.log('Exclude expression value: ' + details.expressionValue);
        console.log('Exclude case sensitive: ' + details.caseSensitive);
      }

      // Print the properties if the filter is of type 'INCLUDE'.
      if (filterType == 'INCLUDE') {
        var details = filter.includeDetails;
        console.log('Include field: ' + details.field);
        console.log('Include match type: ' + details.matchType);
        console.log('Include expression value: ' + details.expressionValue);
        console.log('Include case sensitive: ' + details.caseSensitive);
      }

      // Print the properties if the filter is of type 'LOWERCASE'.
      if (filterType == 'LOWERCASE') {
        var details = filter.lowercaseDetails;
        console.log('Lowercase field: ' + details.field);
      }

      // Print the properties if the filter is of type 'UPPERCASE'.
      if (filterType == 'UPPERCASE') {
        var details = filter.lowercaseDetails;
        console.log('Uppercase field: ' + details.field);
      }

      // Print the properties if the filter is of type 'SEARCH_AND_REPLACE'.
      if (filterType == 'SEARCH_AND_REPLACE') {
        var details = filter.searchAndReplaceDetails;
        console.log('Search and replace field: ' + details.field);
        console.log('Search string: ' + details.searchString);
        console.log('Replace string: ' + details.replaceString);
        console.log('Search case sensitive: ' + details.caseSensitive);
      }

      // Print the properties if the filter is of type 'ADVANCED'.
      if (filterType == 'ADVANCED') {
        var details = filter.advancedDetails;
        console.log('Advanced field A: ' + details.fieldA);
        console.log('Advanced extract A: ' + details.extractA);
        console.log('Advanced field B: ' + details.fieldB);
        console.log('Advanced extract B: ' + details.extractB);
        console.log('Advanced output field: ' + details.outputToField);
        console.log('Advanced output constructor: '
            + details.outputConstructor);
        console.log('Advanced field A required: ' + details.fieldARequired);
        console.log('Advanced field B required: ' + details.fieldBRequired);
        console.log('Advanced override output field: '
            + details.overrideOutputField);
        console.log('Advanced case sensitive: ' + details.caseSensitive);
      }
    }
  }
}

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