keyword ideas different results from the web interface

[TeoColuccio]

To generate keywords from an initial list, I am trying this code (which is basically the example in this repo, changed slightly):

#!/usr/bin/env python
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"""This example generates keyword ideas from a list of seed keywords."""


import argparse
import sys
from google.ads.googleads.client import GoogleAdsClient
from google.ads.googleads.errors import GoogleAdsException

# Location IDs are listed here:
# https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/data/geotargets
# and they can also be retrieved using the GeoTargetConstantService as shown
# here: https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/targeting/location-targeting
_DEFAULT_LOCATION_IDS = ["1023191"]  # location ID for New York, NY
# A language criterion ID. For example, specify 1000 for English. For more
# information on determining this value, see the below link:
# https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/data/codes-formats#expandable-7
_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_ID = "1000"  # language ID for English


def main(
    client, customer_id, location_ids, language_id, keyword_texts, page_url
):
    keyword_plan_idea_service = client.get_service("KeywordPlanIdeaService")
    keyword_competition_level_enum = (
        client.enums.KeywordPlanCompetitionLevelEnum
    )
    keyword_plan_network = (
        client.enums.KeywordPlanNetworkEnum.GOOGLE_SEARCH_AND_PARTNERS
    )
    location_rns = map_locations_ids_to_resource_names(client, location_ids)
    language_rn = client.get_service("GoogleAdsService").language_constant_path(
        language_id
    )

    # Either keywords or a page_url are required to generate keyword ideas
    # so this raises an error if neither are provided.
    if not (keyword_texts or page_url):
        raise ValueError(
            "At least one of keywords or page URL is required, "
            "but neither was specified."
        )

    # Only one of the fields "url_seed", "keyword_seed", or
    # "keyword_and_url_seed" can be set on the request, depending on whether
    # keywords, a page_url or both were passed to this function.
    request = client.get_type("GenerateKeywordIdeasRequest")
    request.customer_id = customer_id
    request.language = language_rn
    # request.geo_target_constants = location_rns
    # request.geo_target_constants.append("geoTargetConstants/2380")

    # request.include_adult_keywords = False
    # request.keyword_plan_network = keyword_plan_network

    # To generate keyword ideas with only a page_url and no keywords we need
    # to initialize a UrlSeed object with the page_url as the "url" field.
    if not keyword_texts and page_url:
        request.url_seed.url = page_url

    # To generate keyword ideas with only a list of keywords and no page_url
    # we need to initialize a KeywordSeed object and set the "keywords" field
    # to be a list of StringValue objects.
    if keyword_texts and not page_url:
        request.keyword_seed.keywords.extend(keyword_texts)

    # To generate keyword ideas using both a list of keywords and a page_url we
    # need to initialize a KeywordAndUrlSeed object, setting both the "url" and
    # "keywords" fields.
    if keyword_texts and page_url:
        request.keyword_and_url_seed.url = page_url
        request.keyword_and_url_seed.keywords.extend(keyword_texts)

    keyword_ideas = keyword_plan_idea_service.generate_keyword_ideas(
        request=request
    )

    for idea in keyword_ideas:
        competition_value = idea.keyword_idea_metrics.competition
        print(
            f'Keyword idea text "{idea.text}" has '
            f'"{idea.keyword_idea_metrics.avg_monthly_searches}" '
            f'average monthly searches and "{competition_value}" '
            "competition.\n"
        )


def map_locations_ids_to_resource_names(client, location_ids):
    """Converts a list of location IDs to resource names.

    Args:
        client: an initialized GoogleAdsClient instance.
        location_ids: a list of location ID strings.

    Returns:
        a list of resource name strings using the given location IDs.
    """
    build_resource_name = client.get_service(
        "GeoTargetConstantService"
    ).geo_target_constant_path
    return [build_resource_name(location_id) for location_id in location_ids]


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # GoogleAdsClient will read the google-ads.yaml configuration file in the
    # home directory if none is specified.
    googleads_client = GoogleAdsClient.load_from_storage('google-ads.yaml', version="v16")

    # The following argument(s) should be provided to run the example.
    customer_id = '**********'
    keyword_texts = [ 'Pitture Intumescenti' ]

    # To determine the appropriate location IDs, see:
    # https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/data/geotargets


    # Optional: Specify a URL string related to your business to generate ideas.

    page_url = None

    try:
        main(
            googleads_client,
            customer_id,
            location_ids,
            language_id,
            keyword_texts,
            page_url,
        )
    except GoogleAdsException as ex:
        print(
            f'Request with ID "{ex.request_id}" failed with status '
            f'"{ex.error.code().name}" and includes the following errors:'
        )
        for error in ex.failure.errors:
            print(f'\tError with message "{error.message}".')
            if error.location:
                for field_path_element in error.location.field_path_elements:
                    print(f"\t\tOn field: {field_path_element.field_name}")
        sys.exit(1)

Doing some tests, I noticed that for many words, the code does not give any results, but only the statistics of the word entered as the base. This is precisely the case in this example for the keyword 'Pitture Intumescenti', which returns to the output, simply:
Keyword idea text "pitture intumescenti" has "390" average monthly searches and "3" competition.
If instead, I go to enter the same word in the keyword planner in the web interface, I get as many as 34 results, as the screen below shows:

How come there is this difference? Is there some parameter to set or some filter to turn off, to get the same results?

[BenRKarl]

Hi @TeoColuccio - this looks like a question for our general API support since the issue isn't specific to this library. I recommend reaching out to them here