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AdsApp.​LabelSelector

Fetches labels. Supports filtering and sorting.

Typical usage:

 var labelSelector = AdsApp.labels()
     .withCondition("CampaignsCount > 5")
     .orderBy("CampaignsCount DESC");

 var labelIterator = labelSelector.get();
 while (labelIterator.hasNext()) {
   var label = labelIterator.next();
 }
Related:

Methods:

MemberTypeDescription
get AdsApp.LabelIterator Fetches the requested labels and returns an iterator.
orderBy AdsApp.LabelSelector Specifies the ordering of the resulting entities.
withCondition AdsApp.LabelSelector Adds the specified condition to the selector in order to narrow down the results.
withIds AdsApp.LabelSelector Restricts this selector to return only labels with the given label IDs.
withLimit AdsApp.LabelSelector Specifies limit for the selector to use.

get()

Fetches the requested labels and returns an iterator.

Return values:

TypeDescription
AdsApp.LabelIterator Iterator of the requested labels.

orderBy(orderBy)

Specifies the ordering of the resulting entities. orderBy parameter can have one of the following forms:
  • orderBy("Name") - orders results by Name, in ascending order.
  • orderBy("CampaignsCount ASC") - orders results by the number of Campaigns this label is applied to, in ascending order.
  • orderBy("AdGroupsCount DESC") - orders results by the number of Ad Groups this label is applied to, in descending order.

See LabelSelector.withCondition(String) for enumeration of columns that can be used.

orderBy() may be called multiple times. Consider the following example:

 selector = selector.orderBy("CampaignsCount DESC").orderBy("Name");

The results will be ordered by CampaignsCount in descending order. Results with equal CampaignsCount value will be ordered by Name in ascending order.

Arguments:

NameTypeDescription
orderBy String Ordering to apply.

Return values:

TypeDescription
AdsApp.LabelSelector The selector with ordering applied.

withCondition(condition)

Adds the specified condition to the selector in order to narrow down the results.

Multiple conditions may be added to the same selector:

 selector = selector
     .withCondition("CampaignsCount > 5")
     .withCondition("KeywordsCount > 100");
All specified conditions are AND-ed together. The above example will retrieve labels that have over 5 campaigns and over 100 keywords associated with them.

The parameter to be passed into this method must be of the following form:

 "COLUMN_NAME OPERATOR VALUE"

Operators

The operator that can be used in a condition depends on the type of column.
  • For Long columns (e.g. CampaignsCount):
    <  <=  >  >=  =  !=
  • For String columns (e.g. Name):
    =  !=  STARTS_WITH  STARTS_WITH_IGNORE_CASE
     CONTAINS  CONTAINS_IGNORE_CASE  DOES_NOT_CONTAIN  DOES_NOT_CONTAIN_IGNORE_CASE
Operators are case-sensitive: starts_with won't work.

Columns

All column names are case-sensitive.

Column Type Example
Name String withCondition("Name CONTAINS 'priority'")
CampaignsCount Long withCondition("CampaignsCount = 2")
AdGroupsCount Long withCondition("AdGroupsCount > 10")
AdsCount Long withCondition("AdsCount != 0")
KeywordsCount Long withCondition("KeywordsCount < 30")

Arguments:

NameTypeDescription
condition String Condition to add to the selector.

Return values:

TypeDescription
AdsApp.LabelSelector The selector with the condition applied.

withIds(ids)

Restricts this selector to return only labels with the given label IDs.
 var labelIds = [12345, 23456, 34567];
 selector = selector.withIds(labelIds);

The resulting selector can be further refined by applying additional conditions to it. The ID-based condition will then be AND-ed together with all the other conditions, including any other ID-based conditions. So, for instance, the following selector:

 AdsApp.labels()
    .withIds([12345, 23456, 34567])
    .withIds([34567, 45678, 56789]);
will only get the label with ID 34567, since it would be the only label that satisfies both ID conditions.

The selector can only support up to 10,000 IDs. If more than 10,000 IDs are specified, the corresponding get() call will fail with a runtime error.

Arguments:

NameTypeDescription
ids long[] Array of label IDs.

Return values:

TypeDescription
AdsApp.LabelSelector The selector restricted to the given IDs.

withLimit(limit)

Specifies limit for the selector to use. For instance, withLimit(50) returns only the first 50 entities.

Arguments:

NameTypeDescription
limit int How many entities to return.

Return values:

TypeDescription
AdsApp.LabelSelector The selector with limit applied.