---
title: "POST /negative_keyword"
method: POST
path: "/negative_keyword"
tags: ["negative_keyword"]
---

# POST /negative_keyword

`POST /negative_keyword`

<span class="tablenote"><b>Note:</b> This method is only available for select partners who have been approved for the eBay Promoted Listings Advanced (PLA) program. For information about how to request access to this program, refer to <a href="/api-docs/sell/static/marketing/pl-verify-eligibility.html#access-requests " target="_blank "> Promoted Listings Advanced Access Requests</a> in the Promoted Listings Playbook. To determine if a seller qualifies for PLA, use the <a href="/api-docs/sell/account/resources/advertising_eligibility/methods/getAdvertisingEligibility " target="_blank ">getAdvertisingEligibility</a> method in Account API.</span><br />This method adds a negative keyword to an existing ad group in a PLA campaign that uses the Cost Per Click (CPC) funding model.<br /><br />Specify the <b>campaignId</b> and <b>adGroupId</b> in the request body, along with the <b>negativeKeywordText</b> and <b>negativeKeywordMatchType</b>.<br /><br />Call the <a href="/api-docs/sell/marketing/resources/campaign/methods/getCampaigns">getCampaigns</a> method to retrieve a list of current campaign IDs for a specified seller.

## Request body

- CreateNegativeKeywordRequest — A type that defines the fields for the <b>CreateNegativeKeyword</b> request.
  - `adGroupId` string — This adGroupId is created when an ad group is first created and associated with a campaign. This is the ad group to which the corresponding negative keyword will be added.<br /><br /><span class="tablenote"><b>Note:</b> You can call the <a href="/api-docs/sell/marketing/resources/adgroup/methods/getAdGroups">getAdGroups</a> method to retrieve the ad group IDs for a seller.</span><br /><br /><i>Required if</i> the negative keyword is being created at the ad group level.
  - `campaignId` string — A unique eBay-assigned ID for a campaign. This ID is generated when a campaign is created.<br /><br /><i>Required if</i> the negative keyword is being created at the ad group level.
  - `negativeKeywordMatchType` string — A field that defines the match type for the negative keyword.<br /><br /><span class="tablenote"><span style="color:#004680"><strong>Note:</strong></span> Broad matching of negative keywords is not currently supported.</span><br /><b>Valid Values:</b><ul><li><code>EXACT</code></li><li><code>PHRASE</code></li></ul> For implementation help, refer to <a href='https://developer.ebay.com/api-docs/sell/marketing/types/pls:NegativeKeywordMatchTypeEnum'>eBay API documentation</a>
  - `negativeKeywordText` string — The negative keyword text.

## Response `201`

Created

- object

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `403` — Forbidden
- `409` — Business error
- `500` — Internal Server Error

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