Setting ‘Google AdWords Ads Traffic By Keywords’ Tasks
Google AdWords Keywords Data API is a legacy version that is replaced by Google Ads API. If you’re using DataForSEO Google AdWords API, you need to migrate to DataForSEO Google Ads API.
You can receive a set of stats for daily impressions, CPC and clicks estimation. This data is really useful for estimating real demand for a specific keyword, as it is much more accurate than the regular search volume information, which shows the broad match estimation for a group of similar keywords.
This is the Standard method of data retrieval. If you don’t need to receive data in real-time, this method is the best option for you. Set a task and retrieve the results when our system collects them. Execution time depends on the system workload.
If your system requires delivering instant results, the Live method will be a better solution. This method doesn’t require making separate POST and GET requests to the corresponding endpoints.
You can also check the update status of keywords search volume returned by Google API using the Get AdWords Status endpoint.
Instead of ‘login’ and ‘password’ use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
# Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access \
login="login" \
password="password" \
cred="$(printf ${login}:${password} | base64)" \
curl --location --request POST "https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/google/ad_traffic_by_keywords/task_post" \
--header "Authorization: Basic ${cred}" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-raw "[
{
"language_code": "en",
"location_code": 2840,
"bid": 999,
"match": "exact",
"keywords": [
"seo marketing"
]
}
]"
<?php
// You can download this file from here https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/php/php_RestClient.zip
require('RestClient.php');
$api_url = 'https://api.dataforseo.com/';
try {
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
$client = new RestClient($api_url, null, 'login', 'password');
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
echo "\n";
print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}\n";
print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}\n";
print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}\n";
print $e->getTraceAsString();
echo "\n";
exit();
}
$post_array = array();
// simple way to set a task
$post_array[] = array(
"location_name" => "United States",
"bid" => 999.00,
"match" => "exact",
"keywords" => array(
"seo marketing"
)
);
// after a task is completed, we will send a GET request to the address you specify
// instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task
$post_array[] = array(
"language_code" => "en",
"location_code" => 2840,
"bid" => 999.00,
"match" => "exact",
"keywords" => array(
"seo marketing"
),
"tag" => "some_string_123",
"pingback_url" => 'https://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id&tag=$tag'
);
// after a task is completed, we will send a POST request to the address you specify
// instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task
$post_array[] = array(
"location_name" => "United States",
"language_name" => "English",
"bid" => 999.00,
"match" => "exact",
"keywords" => array(
"seo marketing"
),
"postback_url" => "https://your-server.com/postbackscript"
);
try {
// POST /v3/keywords_data/google/ad_traffic_by_keywords/task_post
$result = $client->post('/v3/keywords_data/google/ad_traffic_by_keywords/task_post', $post_array);
print_r($result);
// do something with post result
} catch (RestClientException $e) {
echo "\n";
print "HTTP code: {$e->getHttpCode()}\n";
print "Error code: {$e->getCode()}\n";
print "Message: {$e->getMessage()}\n";
print $e->getTraceAsString();
echo "\n";
}
$client = null;
?>
from client import RestClient
# You can download this file from https://cdn.dataforseo.com/v3/examples/python/python_Client.zip
client = RestClient("login", "password")
post_data = dict()
# simple way to set a task
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
location_name="United States",
bid=999.00,
match="exact",
keywords=[
"seo marketing"
]
)
# after a task is completed, we will send a GET request to the address you specify
# instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
language_code="en",
location_code=2840,
bid=999.00,
match="exact",
keywords=[
"seo marketing"
],
tag="some_string_123",
pingback_url="https://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id&tag=$tag"
)
# after a task is completed, we will send a POST request to the address you specify
# instead of $id and $post_id, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task
post_data[len(post_data)] = dict(
location_name="United States",
language_name="English",
bid=999.00,
match="exact",
keywords=[
"seo marketing"
],
postback_url="https://your-server.com/postbackscript"
)
# POST /v3/keywords_data/google/ad_traffic_by_keywords/task_post
response = client.post("/v3/keywords_data/google/ad_traffic_by_keywords/task_post", post_data)
# you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if response["status_code"] == 20000:
print(response)
# do something with result
else:
print("error. Code: %d Message: %s" % (response["status_code"], response["status_message"]))
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
namespace DataForSeoDemos
{
public static partial class Demos
{
public static async Task keywords_data_task_post()
{
var httpClient = new HttpClient
{
BaseAddress = new Uri("https://api.dataforseo.com/"),
// Instead of 'login' and 'password' use your credentials from https://app.dataforseo.com/api-access
DefaultRequestHeaders = { Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("login:password"))) }
};
var postData = new List<object>();
// simple way to set a task
postData.Add(new
{
location_name = "United States",
bid = 999,
match = "exact",
keywords = new[]
{
"seo marketing"
}
});
// after a task is completed, we will send a GET request to the address you specify
// instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task
postData.Add(new
{
location_name = "United States",
language_name = "English",
bid = 999,
match = "exact",
keywords = new[]
{
"seo marketing"
},
tag = "some_string_123",
pingback_url = "https://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id&tag=$tag"
});
// after a task is completed, we will send a POST request to the address you specify
// instead of $id and $tag, you will receive actual values that are relevant to this task
postData.Add(new
{
location_name = "United States",
language_name = "English",
bid = 999,
match = "exact",
keywords = new[]
{
"seo marketing"
},
postback_url = "https://your-server.com/postbackscript"
});
// POST /v3/keywords_data/google/ad_traffic_by_keywords/task_post
var taskPostResponse = await httpClient.PostAsync("/v3/keywords_data/google/ad_traffic_by_keywords/task_post", new StringContent(JsonConvert.SerializeObject(postData)));
var result = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<dynamic>(await taskPostResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
// you can find the full list of the response codes here https://docs.dataforseo.com/v3/appendix/errors
if (result.status_code == 20000)
{
// do something with result
Console.WriteLine(result);
}
else
Console.WriteLine($"error. Code: {result.status_code} Message: {result.status_message}");
}
}
}
The above command returns JSON structured like this:
All POST data should be sent in the JSON format (UTF-8 encoding). Task setting is done using the POST method. When setting a task, you should send all task parameters in the task array of the generic POST array. You can send up to 2000 API calls per minute, with each POST call containing no more than 100 tasks. If your POST call contains over 100 tasks, the tasks over this limit will return the 40006 error.
You will get information for every single keyword in an array.
You can send up to 2500 keywords in one keywords array. Our system will charge your account per request, no matter what number of keywords an array has, the price for 1 or 2500 keywords will be the same.
You can also retrieve the results of completed tasks using the unique task identifier id. Alternatively, we can send them to you as soon as they are ready if you specify the postback_url or pingback_url when setting a task. Note that if your server doesn’t respond within 10 seconds, the connection will be aborted by timeout, and the task will be transferred to the tasks_ready list. The error code and message depend on your server’s configuration.
See Help Center to learn more about using pingbacks and postbacks with DataForSEO APIs.
Below you will find a detailed description of the fields you can use for setting a task.
Description of the fields for setting a task:
Field name
Type
Description
keywords
array
keywords required field
The maximum number of keywords you can specify: 2500.
The maximum number of characters for each keyword: 80.
The maximum number of words for each keyword phrase: 10.
the specified keywords will be converted to lowercase, data will be provided in a separate array
bid
float
the maximum custom bid required field
The collected data will be based on this value. It stands for the price you are willing to pay for an ad. The higher value you specify, the higher positions and price you will get.
learn more in this help center article
match
string
keywords match-type required field
can take the following values:exact, broad, phrase
location_name
string
full name of search engine location
optional field if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_code or location_coordinate
you can receive the list of available locations of the search engine with their location_name by making a separate request to https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/google/locations ignore this field to receive global results
example: London,England,United Kingdom
location_code
integer
search engine location code
optional field if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_name or location_coordinate
you can receive the list of available locations of the search engines with their location_code by making a separate request to https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/google/locations ignore this field to receive global results
example: 2840
location_coordinate
string
GPS coordinates of a location
optional field if you use this field, you don’t need to specify location_name or location_code location_coordinate parameter should be specified in the “latitude,longitude” format the data will be provided for the country the specified coordinates belong to ignore this field to receive global results
example: 52.6178549,-155.352142
language_name
string
full name of search engine language required field if you don’t specifylanguage_code if you use this field, you don’t need to specify language_code
you can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_name by making a separate request to https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/google/languages
example: English
language_code
string
search engine language code required field if you don’t specifylanguage_name if you use this field, you don’t need to specify language_name
you can receive the list of available languages of the search engine with their language_code by making a separate request to https://api.dataforseo.com/v3/keywords_data/google/languages example: en
postback_url
string
return URL for sending task results
optional field
once the task is completed, we will send a POST request with its results compressed in the gzip format to the postback_url you specified
you can use the ‘$id’ string as a $id variable and ‘$tag’ as urlencoded $tag variable. We will set the necessary values before sending the request.
example: http://your-server.com/postbackscript?id=$id http://your-server.com/postbackscript?id=$id&tag=$tag Note: special symbols in postback_url will be urlencoded;
i.a., the # symbol will be encoded into %23
pingback_url
string
notification URL of a completed task
optional field
when a task is completed we will notify you by GET request sent to the URL you have specified
you can use the ‘$id’ string as a $id variable and ‘$tag’ as urlencoded $tag variable. We will set the necessary values before sending the request.
example: http://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id http://your-server.com/pingscript?id=$id&tag=$tag Note: special symbols in pingback_url will be urlencoded;
i.a., the # symbol will be encoded into %23
tag
string
user-defined task identifier
optional field the character limit is 255
you can use this parameter to identify the task and match it with the result
you will find the specified tag value in the data object of the response
As a response of the API server, you will receive JSON-encoded data containing a tasks array with the information specific to the set tasks.
Description of the fields in the results array:
Field name
Type
Description
version
string
the current version of the API
status_code
integer
general status code
you can find the full list of the response codes here Note: we strongly recommend designing a necessary system for handling related exceptional or error conditions
status_message
string
general informational message
you can find the full list of general informational messages here
time
string
execution time, seconds
cost
float
total tasks cost, USD
tasks_count
integer
the number of tasks in the tasksarray
tasks_error
integer
the number of tasks in the tasks array returned with an error
