Hi, Certain data isn't returned in the sandbox, and all the data that is returned is dummy data. Local search volume is returned as TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES, which uses the country and language targets you specify.
Best, - Eric Koleda, AdWords API Team On Jan 12, 6:58 pm, v <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I am using TargetingIdeaService to find the following stats about a > keyword: > local search volume, global monthly search volume, search volume > trends, highest volume occurred in. > > I have the code below working but I am not sure what API call I need > to use to get "local search volume". When I looked up online, it seems > KeywordVariation.getLastMonthSearchVolume is equivalent to "local > search volume", but for that I have to use KeywordToolService ad I > would rather stick to TargetingIdeaService as I am using the latest > version of adwords api(v2009) . I also noticed that data related to > "AVERAGE_TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES" never comes back. Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance, > > CODE: > > public class GetRelatedKeywords { > private static final String email = "......"; > private static final String password = "......"; > // private static final String clientEmail = "......"; > private static final String useragent = "......"; > private static final String developerToken = "......"; > private static final String applicationToken = "......"; > > private static final String namespace = "https://adwords.google.com/ > api/adwords/v13"; > > public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { > // Log SOAP XML request and response. > AdWordsServiceLogger.log(); > > AdWordsUser user = new AdWordsUser(email, password, useragent, > developerToken, applicationToken); > > // Get the TargetingIdeaService. > TargetingIdeaServiceInterface targetingIdeaService = user > > .getService(AdWordsService.V200909.TARGETING_IDEA_SERVICE, > > "https://adwords-sandbox.google.com/api/adwords/o/v200909/ > TargetingIdeaService"); > > Keyword[] kwa = new Keyword[1]; > kwa[0] = new Keyword(); > kwa[0].setText("cheap airline tickets"); > kwa[0].setMatchType(KeywordMatchType.EXACT); > > LanguageTarget lt = new LanguageTarget(); > lt.setLanguageCode("en"); > CountryTarget ct = new CountryTarget(); > ct.setCountryCode("US"); > > // Create selector. > TargetingIdeaSelector selector = new TargetingIdeaSelector(); > selector.setRequestType(RequestType.STATS); > selector.setIdeaType(IdeaType.KEYWORD); > selector.setLocaleCode("en_US"); > selector.setRequestedAttributeTypes(new AttributeType[] { > AttributeType.KEYWORD, > AttributeType.COMPETITION, > AttributeType.TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES, > > AttributeType.AVERAGE_TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES, > AttributeType.GLOBAL_MONTHLY_SEARCHES }); > > // Set selector paging (required for targeting idea serivce). > Paging paging = new Paging(); > paging.setStartIndex(0); > paging.setNumberResults(1); > selector.setPaging(paging); > > // Create related to keyword search parameter. > RelatedToKeywordSearchParameter > relatedToKeywordSearchParameter = > new RelatedToKeywordSearchParameter(); > relatedToKeywordSearchParameter.setKeywords(kwa); > selector.setSearchParameters(new SearchParameter[] { > relatedToKeywordSearchParameter, > new LanguageTargetSearchParameter(null, > new LanguageTarget[] { lt }), > new CountryTargetSearchParameter(null, > new CountryTarget[] { ct }) > }); > > // Get related keywords. > TargetingIdeaPage page = targetingIdeaService.get(selector); > > // Display related keywords. > if (page.getEntries() != null && page.getEntries().length > > 0) { > for (TargetingIdea targetingIdea : page.getEntries()) > { > Type_AttributeMapEntry[] data = > targetingIdea.getData(); > for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++) { > System.out.println(data[i].getKey()); > if (data[i].getKey().equals( > > AttributeType.TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES)) { > > MonthlySearchVolume[] msvs = > ((MonthlySearchVolumeAttribute) data > [i] > > .getValue()).getValue(); > for (MonthlySearchVolume msv > : msvs) { > > > System.out.println(msv.getMonth()); > > System.out.println(msv.getYear()); > > System.out.println(msv.getCount()); > } > } else if (data[i].getKey().equals( > > AttributeType.GLOBAL_MONTHLY_SEARCHES)) { > > > System.out.println(((LongAttribute) data[i].getValue()) > .getValue()); > } else if (data[i].getKey().equals( > > AttributeType.COMPETITION)) { > > > System.out.println(((DoubleAttribute) data[i] > > .getValue()).getValue()); > } else if (data[i].getKey().equals( > > AttributeType.AVERAGE_TARGETED_MONTHLY_SEARCHES)) { > > > System.out.println(((DoubleAttribute) data[i] > > .getValue()).getValue()); > } else if > (data[i].getKey().equals(AttributeType.KEYWORD)) > { > > System.out.println(((KeywordAttribute) data[i] > > .getValue()).getValue().getText()); > > System.out.println(((KeywordAttribute) data[i] > > .getValue()).getValue().getMatchType()); > } > } > > } > } else { > System.out.println("No related keywords were found."); > } > } > > > > }
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