Removing negative keywords in Shopping campaigns

[Tamsin Mehew]

Hi,

I'm trying to get a selector for the negative keywords in shopping campaigns (so they can be modified or removed).

The documentation (https://developers.google.com/adwords/scripts/docs/reference/adwordsapp/adwordsapp_shoppingcampaign) says that AdWordsApp.​ShoppingCampaign has the method 'negativeKeywords', which returns a selector of the campaign-level negative keywords. (Also 

"negativeKeywords() : NegativeKeywordSelector" appears in the auto-complete while I'm typing the code.)

However whenever I try to use this method I get the error "TypeError: Cannot find function negativeKeywords in object [shopping campaign {name of campaign}]. (line 5)".

Sample code:

function main() {
  var campaignIterator = AdWordsApp.shoppingCampaigns().get();
  while (campaignIterator.hasNext()) {
    var campaign = campaignIterator.next();
    var negativeIterator = campaign.negativeKeywords().get();
    while (negativeIterator.hasNext()) {
      var negative = negativeIterator.next();
     
    }
  }
}

Is it possible to access a Shopping campaign's negative keywords?

Thanks,

Tamsin

[Anash Oommen]

Hi Tamsin,

Apologies for the delay. I have filed this as a feature request with the team.

Cheers,

Anash P. Oommen,

AdWords Scripts Team.

[Tyler Murphy]

I was also tricked by the documentation into believing this exists. I'm looking forward to this feature!

[Naman Jindal]

Hey Guys,

Any update on this? 

It seems that the scripts can still not access the Negative Keywords for Shopping Campaigns. But the documentation says that it can. If the feature is not yet available request you to please take it off the documentaion and please prioritise the feature request.

Regards,

Naman Jindal

[Anash Oommen]

Hi Naman,

I don't have any updates on the feature yet, but I'll ask our techwriter to leave a note about this behaviour.

Cheers,
Anash P. Oommen,
AdWords Scripts Team.

[Max Meyn]

Hi Anash,
Is this highly appreciated feature to be implemented in the near future?
Cheers,
Max

[Tyler Sidell (AdWords Scripts Team)]

Hi Max,

You should be able to get negative keywords from shopping campaigns using the following code.

function main() {
  var campaignIterator = AdWordsApp.shoppingCampaigns().get();
  while (campaignIterator.hasNext()) {
    var campaign = campaignIterator.next();
    var negativeIterator = campaign.negativeKeywords().get();
    while (negativeIterator.hasNext()) {
      var negative = negativeIterator.next();

   
      negative.remove();  
    }
  }
}

In the future, would you mind opening a new thread for better tracking purposes?

Thanks,

Tyler Sidell

AdWords Scripts Team