Urgent! Clarification on API Usage for Radius-Based Location Targeting with Business and Chain Store Suggestions

[Amit Tomar]

Hello Team,

I am implementing location targeting for my application, and I need clarification on the APIs for two specific use cases related to the Google Ads "Radius" targeting option.

• Location Targeting (Include/Exclude): When users enter a location, suggestions are displayed in a dropdown. I am currently using the https://googleads.googleapis.com/v18/geoTargetConstants:suggest to retrieve these location suggestions, which is working as expected.
• Radius Targeting (Place Name Search): For the "Radius" targeting option, when users enter a place name (e.g., a city or neighborhood), suggestions are shown in the dropdown as well. However, I haven't found an API that provides these location suggestions specifically for the radius search. Could you please clarify which API can be used to retrieve place name suggestions within a radius?
• Business and Chain Store Locations: Additionally, in the "Radius" targeting dropdown, I see sections like "Your business locations that match" and "Chain stores that match." Could you guide me on how to retrieve this data via an API? Is there a way to fetch business locations and chain store data within the specified radius?

I hope my question is clear. Please let me know if any additional details are needed to clarify my use case.

FYI, I have already reviewed the following documentation for reference:

1. https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/rest/reference/rest/v18/geoTargetConstants/suggest
2. https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/targeting/location-targeting

Thank you for your assistance!

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi,

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

Allow me to check with the rest of our team and one of our colleagues will reach out to you once we have an update on this issue.
 

This message is in relation to case "ref:!00D1U01174p.!5004Q02vGiBK:ref" (ADR-00274367)

Thanks,
 

Google Ads API Team

[Amit Tomar]

Hi Team, 

I’m following up on my query. Could you kindly provide an update on the status of my query? I would appreciate any information you can share.

Thank you for your assistance.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi,

Kindly note that fetching the ‘place name suggestions’ within a radius via the Google Ads API is not available yet. I will raise a request for this feature to become available through the Google Ads API. 

However, I cannot provide a scheduled timeline for its availability in the API. So, I would recommend you follow our blog post and release notes for future updates. 

[Amit Tomar]

Hello,s

If not available through direct API, can you please suggest alternative approaches to achieve similar results? Can we use Google Maps Platform APIs? If yes, could you please let me know which endpoint and which parameters should be used to get similar results?

Thank you for assistance.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor]

Hi,

I would like to inform you that there is no alternative approach to fetching the ‘place name suggestions’ via the Google Ads API. To check whether the field is available in the Google Maps Platform API, I would recommend you reach out to the Google Maps Product support team, as they are better equipped to address your concern. Please note that our team can only assist with the technical queries or concerns related to the Google Ads API.