How to get method to generate metrics forecast ?

[Emanuele Lucchese]

I can't find the api that does the same thing as this service. https://ads.google.com/aw/keywordplanner/plan/forecast

I would need to generate an advertising campaign forecast.
I need to get the following data:
Average cost per click
Estimate of clicks
Conversion estimation
Estimate of clicks on the link
Coverage estimate.

I'm using the php libraries released by google but I can't find the methods and classes that allow me to do this.

This link seems to be right for me https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/keyword-planning/generate-forecast-metrics?hl=it But there are no methods and classes for php .. How come ?

[Emanuele Lucchese]

Thank you for your support.

I implemented your solution but this error returns.

Request with ID 'vW80ZGRV9zsEE1GeeYxCIw' has failed. Google Ads failure details: request_error: Invalid customer ID ''.

As customer id I set: 7060933953

While as login-customer-id I put that of the account manager: 4537258414.

I can't figure out where the problem is.

Could it be that I'm using a test and not a development token?

Il giorno mar 20 giu 2023 alle ore 20:47 Google Ads API Forum Advisor <ads...@forumsupport.google> ha scritto:

Hi there,

Thanks for reaching out to the Google Ads API Forum.

Kindly note that the KeywordPlanIdeaService.GenerateKeywordForecastMetrics has similar functionality in the Google Ads UI Keyword Planner, and Forecast metrics provide metrics for proposed or existing campaigns, including:

• Impressions
• Click through rate
• Average cost per click
• Clicks
• Cost

To generate forecast metrics, you may see the steps below:

1. Construct a campaign that you want to forecast CampaignToForecast.
2. Call KeywordPlanIdeaService.GenerateKeywordForecastMetrics with that CampaignToForecast and any other parameters, such as forecast_period.

For the available sample PHP code related to the planning services, you may check this link under Planning. Let us know if you have any additional questions. 

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Thanks,
 

Google Ads API Team

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hello,

Thanks for getting back to us.

You may note that the request_error: Invalid customer ID '' is not a developer token related. I have checked accounts 7060933953 and 4537258414 and both are valid Ads accounts. However, for us to investigate why you encountered a request_error: Invalid customer ID '', our team requires the complete request and response logs with the request-id generated for API error. Could you provide these full logs?

To enable logging, you may refer here https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/best-practices/logging

Once you capture logs in the above format, kindly provide the requested logs via reply privately to author option.