Identifying Campaigns Using Customer Match Lists

[Tim Tsai]

Hi there,

I know that you can use the API to create Customer Match Lists, and that Customer Match Lists live in the AdWordsUserListService.

What if I want to determine if a campaign is employing a Customer Match Audience List? From looking at the documentation for CriterionUserList in the CampaignCriterionService, it does not look like the CriterionUserList distinguishes Customer Match lists from other user lists. Is there a way to read a campaign's settings via the API and determine if it is employing a Customer Match user list?

Thanks,

Tim

[Luis Xander Talag (AdWords API Team)]

Hi Tim,

 I'm afraid that there is no direct way to determine if your CriterionUserList is of type Customer Match through the TargetingSettingDetail of your campaign. You have to get first the userListId of that criterion by using the CampaignCriterionService.get() method. Then, you could use the AdWordsUserListService.get() method to find out the type of your user list.

Let me know if you have further clarifications.

Thanks and regards,

Luis

AdWords API Team

[Tim Tsai]

I see, thanks for the quick response Luis!