AI-generated Key Takeaways
-
Functions are provided to add negative keywords to both campaigns and ad groups.
-
Functions are also available to retrieve negative keywords associated with campaigns and ad groups.
-
Error handling is included in the functions to address cases where specified campaigns or ad groups are not found.
-
Warnings are logged if multiple ad groups with the same name are found when adding or getting negative keywords for an ad group.
Add negative keyword to a campaign
function addNegativeKeywordToCampaign ( keyword , campaignName ) { const campaignIterator = AdsApp . campaigns () . withCondition ( ` campaign . name = "${campaignName}" ` ) . get (); if ( campaignIterator . hasNext ()) { const campaign = campaignIterator . next (); campaign . createNegativeKeyword ( keyword ); } else { throw new Error ( ` Cannot find campaign with the name '${campaignName}' ` ); } }
Get negative keywords in a campaign
function getNegativeKeywordsForCampaign ( campaignName ) { const campaignIterator = AdsApp . campaigns () . withCondition ( ` campaign . name = "${campaignName}" ` ) . get (); if ( campaignIterator . hasNext ()) { const campaign = campaignIterator . next (); const negativeKeywordIterator = campaign . negativeKeywords () . get (); console . log ( ` Found $ { negativeKeywordIterator . totalNumEntities ()} negative keywords . ` ); return negativeKeywordIterator ; } else { throw new Error ( ` Cannot find campaign with the name '${campaignName}' ` ); } }
Add a negative keyword to an ad group
function addNegativeKeywordToAdGroup ( keyword , adGroupName ) { const adGroupIterator = AdsApp . adGroups () . withCondition ( ` ad_group . name = "${adGroupName}" ` ) . get (); if ( ! adGroupIterator . hasNext ()) { throw new Error ( ` Cannot find ad group with the name '${adGroupName}' ` ); } if ( adGroupIterator . totalNumEntities () > 1 ) { console . warn ( ` Found more than one ad group named '${adGroupName}' , using the first one . ` ); } const adGroup = adGroupIterator . next (); adGroup . createNegativeKeyword ( keyword ); }
Get negative keywords in an ad group
function getNegativeKeywordsForAdGroup ( adGroupName ) { const adGroupIterator = AdsApp . adGroups () . withCondition ( ` ad_group . name = "${adGroupName}" ` ) . get (); if ( ! adGroupIterator . hasNext ()) { throw new Error ( ` Cannot find ad group with the name '${adGroupName}' ` ); } if ( adGroupIterator . totalNumEntities () > 1 ) { console . warn ( ` Found more than one ad group named '${adGroupName}' , using the first one . ` ); } const adGroup = adGroupIterator . next (); const negativeKeywordIterator = adGroup . negativeKeywords () . get (); if ( negativeKeywordIterator . hasNext ()) { const negativeKeyword = negativeKeywordIterator . next (); console . log ( ` Found $ { negativeKeywordIterator . totalNumEntities ()} negative keywords . ` ); return negativeKeywordIterator ; } }

