Estimate keyword traffic volume

[Iam_mine]

I wrote a script that generate keyword through a loop in php.
For each keyword I would like to pull traffic volume, what will be the best way to do that?

[Shwetha Vastrad (AdWords API Team)]

Hi, 

You need to use TargetingIdeaService and TrafficEstimatorService to retrieve statistics and traffic estimates. The TargetingIdeaService can be used to retrieve new keyword ideas and search volume and data trends for existing keyword ideas. The TrafficEstimatorService, on the other hand, provides traffic estimates for existing or proposed campaigns, ad groups and keywords.  The GetKeywordIdeas and the EstimateKeywordTraffic PHP examples demonstrate how to use TargetingIdeaService and TrafficEstimatorService respectively. 

Regards,

Shwetha, AdWords API Team.

[Iam_mine]

Regarding the TrafficEstimatorService how can I use it within an existing code that I wrote?

What I need to include and how I can put a variable within the set text e.g. $keyword->setText('');

and how can it be executed?

[Shwetha Vastrad (AdWords API Team)]

Hi, 

You can pass a variable to the setText() method as shown in this example. You need to include at least one CampaignEstimateRequest in the TrafficEstimatorSelector with child AdGroupEstimateRequest and set the keywordEstimateRequests to contain the keywords. Once you have constructed the selector, you need to invoke the TrafficEstimatorService.get() method to execute the request. 

Regards,

Shwetha. AdWords API Team. 

[Iam_mine]

Thanks I manage to set the text but how I can print/save the actual result.

After running the script through terminal i'm getting an empty line without any results.

[Shwetha Vastrad (AdWords API Team)]

Hi,

This PHP example shows how to print the response from TrafficEstimatorService. If you still get an empty response, could you send over the SOAP request and response logs so I can take a look? This guide shows how to enable logging in the PHP client library. Please use Reply privately to author when responding.

[Tal Haguel]

I think I'm very close to the solution.
When creating:$keyword->setText(${"kw".$c});


I'm getting this error:

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><
soap:Header><ResponseHeader
xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201609"
xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v201609"><ns2:requestId
>000548c073e062180a56d48d7006270b</ns2:requestId><ns2:serviceName>Exper
imentDiversionService</ns2:serviceName><ns2:methodName>get</ns2:methodN
ame><ns2:operations>1</ns2:operations><ns2:responseTime>227</ns2:respon
seTime></ResponseHeader></soap:Header><soap:Body><soap:Fault><faultcode
>soap:Server</faultcode><faultstring>[RequiredError.REQUIRED @
selector.campaignEstimateRequests[0].adGroupEstimateRequests[0].keyword
EstimateRequests.keyword[0].text]</faultstring><detail><ApiExceptionFau
lt xmlns="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/o/v201609"
xmlns:ns2="https://adwords.google.com/api/adwords/cm/v201609"><ns2:mess
age>[RequiredError.REQUIRED @
selector.campaignEstimateRequests[0].adGroupEstimateRequests[0].keyword
EstimateRequests.keyword[0].text]</ns2:message><ns2:ApplicationExceptio
n.Type>ApiException</ns2:ApplicationException.Type><ns2:errors
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:type="ns2:RequiredError"><ns2:fieldPath>selector.campaignEstimateRe
quests[0].adGroupEstimateRequests[0].keywordEstimateRequests.keyword[0]
.text</ns2:fieldPath><ns2:trigger></ns2:trigger><ns2:errorString>Requir
edError.REQUIRED</ns2:errorString><ns2:ApiError.Type>RequiredError</ns2
:ApiError.Type><ns2:reason>REQUIRED</ns2:reason></ns2:errors></ApiExcep
tionFault></detail></soap:Fault></soap:Body></soap:Envelope>
  
PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught
Google\AdsApi\AdWords\v201609\cm\ApiException: [RequiredError.REQUIRED
@
selector.campaignEstimateRequests[0].adGroupEstimateRequests[0].keyword
EstimateRequests.keyword[0].text] in
/home/xxx/workspace/adwords/vendor/googleads/googleads-php-
lib/src/Google/AdsApi/Common/Util/Reflection.php:39
Stack trace:
#0 /home/xxx/workspace/adwords/vendor/googleads/googleads-php-
lib/src/Google/AdsApi/Common/Util/Reflection.php(39): ReflectionClass-
>newInstanceArgs(Array)
#1 /home/xxx/workspace/adwords/vendor/googleads/googleads-php-
lib/src/Google/AdsApi/Common/AdsSoapClient.php(162):
Google\AdsApi\Common\Util\Reflection-
>createInstance('Google\\AdsApi\\A...', Array)
#2 /home/xxx/workspace/adwords/vendor/googleads/googleads-php-
lib/src/Google/AdsApi/Common/AdsSoapClient.php(126):
Google\AdsApi\Common\AdsSoapClient-
>parseApiExceptionFromSoapFault(Object(SoapFault))
#3 /home/xxx/workspace/adwords/vendor/googleads/googleads-php-
lib/src/Google/AdsApi/AdWords/v201609/o/TrafficEstimatorServic in
/home/xxx/workspace/adwords/vendor/googleads/googleads-php-
lib/src/Google/AdsApi/Common/Util/Reflection.php on line 39

Fatal error: Uncaught Google\AdsApi\AdWords\v201609\cm\ApiException:
[RequiredError.REQUIRED @
selector.campaignEstimateRequests[0].adGroupEstimateRequests[0].keyword
EstimateRequests.keyword[0].text] in
/home/xxx/workspace/adwords/vendor/googleads/googleads-php-
lib/src/Google/AdsApi/Common/Util/Reflection.php:39
Stack trace:
#0 /home/xxx/workspace/adwords/vendor/googleads/googleads-php-
lib/src/Google/AdsApi/Common/Util/Reflection.php(39): ReflectionClass-
>newInstanceArgs(Array)
#1 /home/xxx/workspace/adwords/vendor/googleads/googleads-php-
lib/src/Google/AdsApi/Common/AdsSoapClient.php(162):
Google\AdsApi\Common\Util\Reflection-
>createInstance('Google\\AdsApi\\A...', Array)
#2 /home/xxx/workspace/adwords/vendor/googleads/googleads-php-
lib/src/Google/AdsApi/Common/AdsSoapClient.php(126):
Google\AdsApi\Common\AdsSoapClient-
>parseApiExceptionFromSoapFault(Object(SoapFault))
#3 /home/xxx/workspace/adwords/vendor/googleads/googleads-php-
lib/src/Google/AdsApi/AdWords/v201609/o/TrafficEstimatorServic in
/home/xxx/workspace/adwords/vendor/googleads/googleads-php-
lib/src/Google/AdsApi/Common/Util/Reflection.php on line 39

On Mon, 2017-02-13 at 07:33 -0800, 'Shwetha Vastrad (AdWords API Team)'

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