Get search keywords and cost from Google ads API

[Timothy Nguyen]

Is it possible to get search keywords and cost from Google ads API, our tech said it cant fetch both with single API

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Thank you for reaching out to the Google Ads API support team.

Yes, you can get the search keywords and cost using the keyword_view report. I would suggest you try the below sample GAQL query : 

SELECT ad_group_criterion.keyword.text,
  campaign.name,
  ad_group.name,
  ad_group_criterion.system_serving_status,
  ad_group_criterion.keyword.match_type,
  ad_group_criterion.approval_status,
  ad_group_criterion.final_urls,
  metrics.clicks,
  metrics.impressions,
  metrics.ctr,
  metrics.average_cpc,
  metrics.cost_micros
FROM keyword_view
WHERE segments.date DURING LAST_7_DAYS  

You can check this Query Cookbook to replicate the Google Ads UI screens via the Google Ads API.  

Additionally, you can utilize the Query Builder and Query Validator to build and validate your queries. To retrieve Google Ads API entities and reporting data, you can use one of these methods like GoogleAdsService.SearchStream or GoogleAdsService.Search.

I hope this helps! Let us know if you have any further questions. 

Thanks,
 

Google Ads API Team

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[Timothy Nguyen]

thank you for replying, but to be sure, i can get search keywords and cost fields together with a single API key is that correct?

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Yes, from the query we provided earlier, you can get the search keywords and cost fields together with a single API call.

Thanks,
 

Google Ads API Team

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[Timothy Nguyen]

thank you so much