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Google Ads Keywords API

Manage keyword targeting criteria for ad groups

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Google Ads Keywords API is one of 9 APIs that Google Ads publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Keywords. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, best-practice docs, rate-limit docs, and release notes.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v18.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://googleads.googleapis.com.

1 operations 1 paths 9 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v18
Base URL
https://googleads.googleapis.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Contact
Google Ads API Support
License
Google APIs Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Google Ads Keywords API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2Auth) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 1 scope. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2Auth — Google Ads API uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication. Requires a developer token, OAuth 2.0 client ID and secret, and a refresh token.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Keywords 1

Manage keyword targeting criteria for ad groups

POST
/v18/customers/{customerId}/adGroupCriteria:mutate
Google Ads Create, Update, or Remove Keywords and Criteria
mutateAdGroupCriteria 4 params body → 200400401

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AdGroupCriterion (11 properties), GoogleAdsError (4 properties), QualityInfo (4 properties), AdGroupCriterionOperation (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GoogleAdsFailure
object
Error response from the Google Ads API.
1 property
AdGroupCriterionOperation
object
4 properties
KeywordInfo
object
Keyword targeting information.
2 properties
MutateAdGroupCriteriaRequest
object
3 properties 1 required
MutateAdGroupCriteriaResponse
object
2 properties
QualityInfo
object
Quality score and component metrics for a keyword.
4 properties
AdGroupCriterion
object
A targeting criterion within an ad group, such as a keyword.
11 properties
GoogleAdsError
object
4 properties
Status
object
Standard gRPC status for partial failure errors.
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

google-ads-keywords-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
google-ads:google-ads-keywords-api
Base URL
https://googleads.googleapis.com
Docs
https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api
Provider
Google Ads
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