Adwords Api returns different values for search volumens than Keyword Planner?

[Steffen Hansen]

Hi, i know this question have been raised in the past, but i could not find a suitable answer.

I've been working with a python script that should get, the search volumes for a list of keywords. 

This is the output from the script. And i have used the "SEARCH_VOLUME" from the api reference to get the volume. If i upload my my list to the keyword planner the picture is a bit different.

Since i am using python, here is the code of my selector:

offset = 0

selector = {
    'searchParameters': [

        {
            'xsi_type': 'RelatedToQuerySearchParameter',
            'queries': keyword_list
        },
        {
            # Language setting (optional).
            # The ID can be found in the documentation:
            #  https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/languagecodes
            'xsi_type': 'LanguageSearchParameter',
            'languages': [{'id': langID}]
        },
        {
            # Location setting (optional).
            # The ID can be found in the documenation:
            #  https://developers.google.com/adwords/api/docs/appendix/geotargeting
            # Country codes found by searching country name in name filter
            'xsi_type': 'LocationSearchParameter',
            'locations': [{'id': locID}]
        },
        {
            # Network search parameter (optional)
            'xsi_type': 'NetworkSearchParameter',
            'networkSetting': {
                'targetGoogleSearch': True,
                'targetSearchNetwork': False,
                'targetContentNetwork': False,
                'targetPartnerSearchNetwork': False

            }
        }

    ],
    'ideaType': 'KEYWORD',
    'requestType': 'STATS',
    'requestedAttributeTypes': ['KEYWORD_TEXT', 'SEARCH_VOLUME', 'COMPETITION'],
    'paging': {
        'startIndex': str(offset),
        'numberResults': count
    }
}

I simply can't see what i am doing wrong. Any suggestions?

Best Regards

Steffen

[Bharani Cherukuri (AdWords API Team)]

Hello Steffen, 

Thank you for sharing the details. Could you share us the SOAP request and response logs along with the clientCustomerId, so I can take a look at the specific location and language parameters, these are targeted to? It is possible that there is no STATS available for these search criteria. You may also refer to our code sample here, as a reference. Additionally, if you're using test accounts, the TargetingIdeaService will return dummy data. Please use Reply privately to author to provide the details.

Regards,

Bharani, AdWords API Team