How to delete custom criteria values?

[sommermarta]

Hi, Steven!

At first, thank you very much for creating this great package! I have one question for which I could not find any answer myself. I am trying to delete some values from key value and I don't know how. Is there any easy way to modify dfp_createCustomTargetingValues function and force it to delete values?

Thanks Marta

[StevenMMortimer]

@sommermarta I believe you want to use the dfp_performCustomTargetingValueAction() function to delete custom targeting values. Here is an example (make sure to update the query to your use case):

request_data <- list(customTargetingValueAction='DeleteCustomTargetingValues',
                     filterStatement=list('query'=paste0("WHERE name like 'Test%'")))
dfp_performCustomTargetingValueAction(request_data, as_df=FALSE)

^{https://github.com/StevenMMortimer/rdfp/blob/main/tests/testthat/test-CustomTargetingService.R#L78}

You can also update existing custom targeting values using dfp_updateCustomTargetingValues(), like this:

request_data <- data.frame(customTargetingKeyId=dfp_createCustomTargetingKeys_result$id,
                           id=dfp_createCustomTargetingValues_result$id[1],
                           name='TestValue1', 
                           displayName='TestValue1A', 
                           matchType='EXACT')
dfp_updateCustomTargetingValues(request_data)

I highly recommend taking a look at the test scripts if you need a specific example for how to format the request (https://github.com/StevenMMortimer/rdfp/tree/main/tests/testthat). They are organized by the Ad Manager service that they fall into (e.g. LabelService, OrderService, ReportService, etc.). Anything you want to do with regards to custom targeting can be found in the file: https://github.com/StevenMMortimer/rdfp/blob/main/tests/testthat/test-CustomTargetingService.R

Also, reviewing the Google Documentation helps as well so you can get familiar with how they've structured the system (https://developers.google.com/ad-manager/api/start) although their link to the API documentation is down recently...

[sommermarta]

Thank you very much! It works :)