AdsApp.​ExcludedTopicSelector

  • ExcludedTopicSelector is used to fetch excluded topics.

  • It supports filtering results with withCondition and sorting with orderBy.

  • The get() method retrieves the excluded topics and returns an iterator.

  • You can limit the number of results returned by using the withLimit method.

 Fetches excluded topics. Supports filtering and sorting.

Typical usage: 

var adGroup = AdsApp.adGroups().get().next();
var excludedTopicSelector = adGroup.display().excludedTopics();

var excludedTopicIterator = excludedTopicSelector.get();
while (excludedTopicIterator.hasNext()) {
  var excludedTopic = excludedTopicIterator.next();
}
 Related:

Methods:

MemberTypeDescription
get() AdsApp.ExcludedTopicIterator Fetches the requested excluded topics and returns an iterator.
orderBy(orderBy) AdsApp.ExcludedTopicSelector Specifies the ordering of the resulting entities.
withCondition(condition) AdsApp.ExcludedTopicSelector Adds the specified condition to the selector in order to narrow down the results.
withLimit(limit) AdsApp.ExcludedTopicSelector Specifies limit for the selector to use.

get()

Fetches the requested excluded topics and returns an iterator.

Return values:

TypeDescription
AdsApp.ExcludedTopicIterator Iterator of the requested excluded topics.

orderBy(orderBy)

Specifies the ordering of the resulting entities. orderBy parameter can have one of the following forms:
  • orderBy("ad_group.name") - orders results by ad_group.name, in ascending order.
  • orderBy("ad_group.name ASC") - orders results by ad_group.name, in ascending order.
  • orderBy("ad_group.name DESC") - orders results by ad_group.name, in descending order.

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

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

selector = selector.
    .orderBy("ad_group.name")
    .orderBy("campaign.name");

The results will be ordered by ad_group.name in ascending order. Results with equal ad_group.name value will be ordered by campaign.name in ascending order.

Arguments:

NameTypeDescription
orderBy String Ordering to apply.

Return values:

TypeDescription
AdsApp.ExcludedTopicSelector 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("ad_group.status NOT IN [PAUSED]")
    .withCondition("campaign.name = 'Campaign 1'");
 All specified conditions are AND-ed together. The above example will retrieve excluded topics in Campaign 1 that are in ad groups that are not paused.

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 String columns (e.g. ad_group.name): 
    =  !=  (NOT) (LIKE | CONTAINS | REGEXP_MATCH)
  • For Enumeration columns (ones that can only take one value from a pre-defined list, such as ad_group.status): 
    =  !=  IN () NOT IN ()
Conditions using IN, NOT IN, CONTAINS ALL, CONTAINS ANY and CONTAINS NONE operators look as follows: 
withCondition("ad_group.status IN [ENABLED, PAUSED]")

Columns

All column names are case-sensitive, and so are all values of enumerated columns (such as ad_group.status)

Column Type Example
Excluded Topic attributes
ad_group.name String withCondition("ad_group.name REGEXP_MATCH '.*shoes.*'")
ad_group.status Enumeration: ENABLED, PAUSED, REMOVED withCondition("ad_group.status = ENABLED"). Use to fetch excluded topics from only ENABLED ad groups.
campaign.name String withCondition("campaign.name REGEXP_MATCH '.*promotion.*'")
campaign.status Enumeration: ENABLED, PAUSED, REMOVED withCondition("campaign.status = ENABLED"). Use to fetch excluded topics from only ENABLED campaigns.

Arguments:

NameTypeDescription
condition String Condition to add to the selector.

Return values:

TypeDescription
AdsApp.ExcludedTopicSelector The selector with the condition applied.

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.ExcludedTopicSelector The selector with limit applied.