Targeting Ideas gives an error: INSUFFICIENT_SEARCH_PARAMETERS

[ma...@sumer.me]

Hi,

I want to use Targeting Ideas like Keyword Planner. I tried this code but got an error. How can i solve this?

Error: [TargetingIdeaError.INSUFFICIENT_SEARCH_PARAMETERS @ selector.searchParameters]

Code:

$adWordsServices = new AdWordsServices();

$session = main('XXX-XXX-XXXX');

$targetingIdeaService = $adWordsServices->get($session, TargetingIdeaService::class);

$selector = new TargetingIdeaSelector();

$selector->setRequestType(RequestType::IDEAS);

$selector->setIdeaType(IdeaType::KEYWORD);

$selector->setRequestedAttributeTypes(

      [

           AttributeType::KEYWORD_TEXT,

           AttributeType::SEARCH_VOLUME,

           AttributeType::AVERAGE_CPC,

           AttributeType::COMPETITION,

           AttributeType::CATEGORY_PRODUCTS_AND_SERVICES

       ]

);

$paging = new Paging();

$paging->setStartIndex(0);

$paging->setNumberResults(10);

$selector->setPaging($paging);

$searchParameters = [];

$relatedToQuerySearchParameter = new RelatedToQuerySearchParameter();

$relatedToQuerySearchParameter->setQueries(

     [

               'iphone 11 pro max'

     ]

);

$searchParameters[] = $relatedToQuerySearchParameter;

$page = $targetingIdeaService->get($selector);

   

   $entries = $page->getEntries();

if ($entries !== null) {

   foreach ($entries as $targetingIdea) {

       $data = MapEntries::toAssociativeArray($targetingIdea->getData());

       $keyword = $data[AttributeType::KEYWORD_TEXT]->getValue();

       $searchVolume = ($data[AttributeType::SEARCH_VOLUME]->getValue() !== null)

           ? $data[AttributeType::SEARCH_VOLUME]->getValue() : 0;

       $averageCpc = $data[AttributeType::AVERAGE_CPC]->getValue();

       $competition = $data[AttributeType::COMPETITION]->getValue();

       $categoryIds = ($data[AttributeType::CATEGORY_PRODUCTS_AND_SERVICES]->getValue() === null)

           ? $categoryIds = ''

           : implode(

               ', ',

               $data[AttributeType::CATEGORY_PRODUCTS_AND_SERVICES]->getValue()

           );

       printf(

           "Keyword with text '%s', average monthly search volume %d, "

           . "average CPC %d, and competition %.2f was found with categories: %s\n",

           $keyword,

           $searchVolume,

           ($averageCpc === null) ? 0 : $averageCpc->getMicroAmount(),

           $competition,

           $categoryIds

       );

   }

}

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Mahir,

Thanks for reaching out. It looks like the search parameters are never set in your code, for example, with:

  $selector->setSearchParameters($searchParameters);

This is most likely what caused the error message. Please use this code example for reference.

Regards,
Matt
Google Ads API Team

Matt Google Ads API Team

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