Negative Keywords
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Add negative keyword to a campaign
function addNegativeKeywordToCampaign(keyword, campaignName) {
const campaignIterator = AdsApp.campaigns()
.withCondition(`campaign.name = "${campaignName}"`)
.get();
if (campaignIterator.hasNext()) {
const campaign = campaignIterator.next();
campaign.createNegativeKeyword(keyword);
} else {
throw new Error(`Cannot find campaign with the name '${campaignName}'`);
}
}
Get negative keywords in a campaign
function getNegativeKeywordsForCampaign(campaignName) {
const campaignIterator = AdsApp.campaigns()
.withCondition(`campaign.name = "${campaignName}"`)
.get();
if (campaignIterator.hasNext()) {
const campaign = campaignIterator.next();
const negativeKeywordIterator = campaign.negativeKeywords().get();
console.log(`Found ${negativeKeywordIterator.totalNumEntities()} negative keywords.`);
return negativeKeywordIterator;
} else {
throw new Error(`Cannot find campaign with the name '${campaignName}'`);
}
}
Add a negative keyword to an ad group
function addNegativeKeywordToAdGroup(keyword, adGroupName) {
const adGroupIterator = AdsApp.adGroups()
.withCondition(`ad_group.name = "${adGroupName}"`)
.get();
if (!adGroupIterator.hasNext()) {
throw new Error(`Cannot find ad group with the name '${adGroupName}'`);
}
if (adGroupIterator.totalNumEntities() > 1) {
console.warn(`Found more than one ad group named '${adGroupName}', using the first one.`);
}
const adGroup = adGroupIterator.next();
adGroup.createNegativeKeyword(keyword);
}
Get negative keywords in an ad group
function getNegativeKeywordsForAdGroup(adGroupName) {
const adGroupIterator = AdsApp.adGroups()
.withCondition(`ad_group.name = "${adGroupName}"`)
.get();
if (!adGroupIterator.hasNext()) {
throw new Error(`Cannot find ad group with the name '${adGroupName}'`);
}
if (adGroupIterator.totalNumEntities() > 1) {
console.warn(`Found more than one ad group named '${adGroupName}', using the first one.`);
}
const adGroup = adGroupIterator.next();
const negativeKeywordIterator = adGroup.negativeKeywords().get();
if (negativeKeywordIterator.hasNext()) {
const negativeKeyword = negativeKeywordIterator.next();
console.log(`Found ${negativeKeywordIterator.totalNumEntities()} negative keywords.`);
return negativeKeywordIterator;
}
}
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Last updated 2022-03-14 UTC.
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