Is it possible to retrieve, and use, auto-created custom intent audiences?

[Mark]

Hello,

Using either API, is it possible to retrieve, and use, auto generated custom intent audiences? I mean the highlighted ones.

I have found this, but I'm not sure whether it's applicable for my use case.

Thank you, 
Mark

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Mark,

You can try and retrieve these records using the custom_interest view or using the CustomInterestService. If retrieved, you can then opt to pass the details to the CustomIntentInfo and create this as an ad group criteria using the AdGroupCriterionService.

Let me know how this goes on your end.

Best regards,

Peter Laurence Napa Oliquino Google Ads API Team

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[Mark]

Thanks, that works. However, only if the audience has previously been created, that is, attached to an ad group, through the UI. Is it possible to trigger the creation of these auto-created audiences through the API?

Let's say I want an audience named "Sustainability"; if I type that into the search box in the UI, and hit save, the audience is created and can be retrieved from the API. However, I would like to omit the UI step completely, and do the whole process programmatically. Would something like that be possible?

Cheers,
Mark  

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Mark,

You may use the CustomInterestService.mutateCustomInterests to create your own. You can then pass the details to the AdGroupCriterionService as described earlier. I hope this helps.

[Mark]

Hello,

Thanks for the reply. If I create my own, it seems the audience won't contain the members that exist on its auto-created counterpart, though. Is that correct? If I choose an auto-created audience called "Sustainability" in the UI, it's automatically populated by certain keywords as members. However, if I create an audience with the same name, it will not contain any members/keywords by default.

Is there a way to programmatically get the members that are added to auto-created audiences?

Thank you.

[Google Ads API Forum Advisor Prod]

Hi Mark,

You will only be able to retrieve the members of those that are already created. Otherwise you will need to collect the members externally.

I would recommend that you reach out as well to the Google Ads Product Support team, via this link, to determine if there is a way on their end to retrieve members (similar to the auto-created counterparts) that can be used for creating new userlists.