Advertisers

This article describes services for reading, adding, and updating advertisers.

Overview

A direct advertiser is a company that lists advertisements on Yahoo DSP to purchase inventory provided by a range of publishers in the broader marketplace. A seat holder manages direct advertisers.

Endpoint

/traffic/advertisers

The action taken depends on the HTTP method and the parameters specified.

  • Use the GET method to read an existing advertiser.

  • Use the POST method to create a new advertiser.

  • Use the PUT method to update an existing advertiser.

Resources

Advertiser Object

The advertisers resource is defined by the following following fields:

Name

Description

Type

Create

Update

id

Specifies the advertiser ID.

integer

N/A

Required

name

Specifies the name of the advertiser.

string

Required

Optional

status

Specifies the current status of the advertiser. Options include:

  • If ACTIVE, the advertiser is active.

  • If INACTIVE, the advertiser is inactive.

string

Required

Optional

landingPageUrl

Specifies the advertiser’s website URL.

string

Required

Optional

iabCategoryId

Specifies the primary category of the advertiser’s business.

Use the id field from the IAB Taxonomy Categories response where the type field is set to PRIMARY.

integer

Required

Optional

iabSecondaryCategoryId

Specifies a secondary category of the advertiser’s business.

Use the id field from the IAB Taxonomy Categories response where the type field is set to SECONDARY.

integer

Required

Optional

timezone

Specifies the default time zone for the advertiser’s data; the time zone used to aggregate advertiser data in reports.

Use the tzId field from the Timezones response. Some example values: America/New_York, Etc/GMT.

string

Required

N/A

currency

Specifies the default currency for the advertiser’s data.

Use the code field from the Currency Types response. For example, USD, CAD.

string

Required

N/A

billingPrice

Specifies the advertiser’s percentage profit margin expressed as a value between 0 and 100.

number

Required

Optional

contact

Specifies the advertiser’s primary contact information.

To learn more, refer to Contact Object.

object

Required

N/A

billingContact

Specifies the advertiser’s billing contact information. Billing contact fields are only included in the response for certain seats.

To learn more, refer to Billing Contact Object.

object

Optional

N/A

isCrossdeviceOff

Enable or disable the optimization using cross device conversions. By default, false.

  • If true, does not track cross-device conversions. For example, if you validate conversions with vendors that cannot track mobile conversions, you may want to disable cross-device conversions.

  • If false, tracks and reports on conversions that take place across multiple devices. For example, if an impression is served to a user’s mobile device, but that user ends up converting and completing a purchase for the advertised product on their desktop, it is considered a cross-device conversion.

boolean

Optional

Optional

updatedAt

Read-only field that specifies the time of the last update.

string

N/A

N/A

Contact Object

The contact object contains the following fields:

Name

Description

Type

Add

Update

firstName

Specifies the first name of the contact.

string

Optional

Optional

lastName

Specifies the last name of the contact.

string

Optional

Optional

addressLine1

Specifies the first line of contact information.

string

Required

Optional

addressLine2

Specifies the second line of contact information.

string

Optional

Optional

city

Specifies the contact’s city.

string

Required

Optional

region

Specifies the contact’s region or state.

string

Required

Optional

postalCode

Specifies the contact’s postal code.

string

Optional

Optional

country

Specifies the contact’s country.

string

Required

Optional

telephone

Specifies the contact’s telephone number.

string

Optional

Optional

email

Specifies the email address of the advertiser contact.

string

Optional

Optional

Example Payload

{
  "contact": {
    "firstName": "Admin",
    "lastName": "Yahoo",
    "addressLine1": "Yahoo1",
    "addressLine2": "701st Avenue",
    "city": "Sunnyvale",
    "region": "CA",
    "country": "United States",
    "telephone": "4574888849",
    "email": "admin@yahooinc.com"
  }
}

Billing Contact Object

Billing contact fields are only included in the response for certain seats that need to comply with country-specific laws (i.e. the Sapin II Law in France). The billingContact object contains the following fields:

Name

Description

Type

Add

Update

firstName

Specifies the first name of the billing contact.

string

Required

Required

lastName

Specifies the last name of the billing contact.

string

Required

Required

email

Specifies the email address of the advertiser billing contact.

string

Required

Required

addressLine1

Specifies the first line of the billing contact information.

string

Required

Required

addressLine2

Specifies the second line of the billing contact information.

string

Optional

Optional

addressLine3

Specifies the third line of the billing contact information.

string

Optional

Optional

city

Specifies the billing contact’s city.

string

Required

Required

region

Specifies the billing contact’s region or state.

string

Optional

Optional

postalCode

Specifies the billing contact’s postal code.

string

Optional

Optional

country

Specifies the billing contact’s country.

string

Required

Required

vatNumber

Specifies the billing contact’s VAT Number.

string

Optional

Optional

legalMandateConfirmation

Confirms sending the legal mandate to the account manager.

boolean

Required

Required

Example Payload

{
  "billingContact": {
    "firstName": "Admin",
    "lastName": "Yahoo",
    "email": "admin@yahooinc.com",
    "addressLine1": "Yahoo1",
    "addressLine2": "701st Avenue",
    "city": "Sunnyvale",
    "region": "CA",
    "postalCode": "94089",
    "country": "United States",
    "vatNumber": "123456789",
    "legalMandateConfirmation": true
  }
}

Read Advertiser

Get data for a specific advertiser.

Parameters

Parameter

Parameter Type

Description

Data Type

Required

id

path

Specifies the advertiser ID.

integer

Y

Example Request URL

GET https://dspapi.admanagerplus.yahoo.com/traffic/advertisers/1

Example Response

{
  "response": {
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "timezone": "Etc/GMT",
    "currency": "USD",
    "id": 1,
    "name": "My Yahoo!!",
    "landingPageUrl": "https://www.yahoo.com",
    "iabCategoryId": 5,
    "iabSecondaryCategoryId": 501,
    "updatedAt": "2017-04-18T05:22:43Z",
    "billingPrice": 20,
    "contact": {
      "firstName": "Admin",
      "lastName": "Yahoo",
      "addressLine1": "Yahoo1",
      "addressLine2": "701st Avenue",
      "city": "Sunnyvale",
      "region": "CA",
      "country": "United States",
      "telephone": "4574888849",
      "email": "admin@yahooinc.com"
    },
    "isCrossdeviceOff": false
  },
  "errors": null,
  "timeStamp": "2017-04-18T05:22:42Z"
}

For seats that need to comply with country-specific laws (such as France’s Sapin II law) the response contains an additional billing contact section.

Example Response

{
  "response": {
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "timezone": "Etc/GMT",
    "currency": "USD",
    "id": 1,
    "name": "My Yahoo!!",
    "landingPageUrl": "https://www.yahoo.com",
    "iabCategoryId": 5,
    "iabSecondaryCategoryId": 501,
    "updatedAt": "2017-04-18T05:22:43Z",
    "billingPrice": 20,
    "contact": {
      "firstName": "Admin",
      "lastName": "Yahoo",
      "addressLine1": "Yahoo1",
      "addressLine2": "701st Avenue",
      "city": "Sunnyvale",
      "region": "CA",
      "country": "United States",
      "telephone": "4574888849",
      "email": "admin@yahooinc.com"
    },
    "billingContact": {
      "firstName": "Admin",
      "lastName": "Yahoo",
      "email": "admin@yahooinc.com",
      "addressLine1": "Yahoo1",
      "addressLine2": "701st Avenue",
      "city": "Sunnyvale",
      "region": "CA",
      "postalCode": "94089",
      "country": "United States",
      "vatNumber": "123456789",
      "legalMandateConfirmation": true
    },
    "isCrossdeviceOff": false
  },
  "errors": null,
  "timeStamp": "2017-04-18T05:22:42Z"
}

Read Advertisers

Get a filtered list of advertisers.

GET /traffic/advertisers?query={query}&page={page}&limit={limit}&sort={sort}&dir={dir}

Parameters

Parameter

Parameter Type

Description

Data Type

Required

query

query

Specifies the search term.

Use URL encoding conventions (i.e. a space should be replaced with a + or %20).

string

N

page

query

Specifies the page number.

integer

N

limit

query

Specifies the total number of items to return. Maximum allowed value is 100.

integer

N

sort

query

Specifies the column to sort by.

string

N

dir

query

Specifies the sort direction. Allowed values:

  • ASC: data is sorted in ascending order.

  • DESC: data is sorted in descending order.

string

N

Example Request URL

GET https://dspapi.admanagerplus.yahoo.com/traffic/advertisers?page=1&limit=2

Example Response

{
  "response": [
    {
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "timezone": "America/New_York",
      "currency": "USD",
      "id": 1,
      "name": "My Yahoo!!",
      "landingPageUrl": "http://yahoo.com",
      "iabCategoryId": 1,
      "iabSecondaryCategoryId": 101,
      "accountGroupId": 2491,
      "updatedAt": "2017-04-15T02:46:03Z",
      "isCrossdeviceOff": false
    },
    {
      "status": "ACTIVE",
      "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
      "currency": "USD",
      "id": 2,
      "name": "Your Retail Sales Advertiser",
      "landingPageUrl": "http://www.yourretailsalesadvertiser.com",
      "iabCategoryId": 9,
      "iabSecondaryCategoryId": 927,
      "accountGroupId": 2491,
      "updatedAt": "2015-12-18T18:57:46Z",
      "isCrossdeviceOff": false
    }
  ],
  "errors": null,
  "timeStamp": "2017-04-18T05:32:09Z"
}

Create Advertiser

Create a new advertiser.

POST /traffic/advertisers

Parameters

All fields are specified in the body of the application/json payload.

Example Request URL

POST https://dspapi.admanagerplus.yahoo.com/traffic/advertisers

Example Request Body

{
  "name": "TEST_1_3",
  "landingPageUrl": "http://www.example.com",
  "iabCategoryId": 5,
  "timezone": "Etc/GMT",
  "currency": "USD",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "billingPrice": 40.5,
  "contact": {
    "addressLine1": "1 N.First St",
    "addressLine2": "",
    "city": "Sunnyvale",
    "region": "CA",
    "postalCode": "94056",
    "country": "United States"
  }
}

Example Response

{
  "response": {
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "timezone": "Etc/GMT",
    "currency": "USD",
    "id": 1259301,
    "name": "TEST_1_3",
    "landingPageUrl": "http://www.example.com",
    "iabCategoryId": 5,
    "iabSecondaryCategoryId": -1,
    "updatedAt": "2017-04-18T05:38:40Z",
    "billingPrice": 40.5,
    "contact": {
      "addressLine1": "1 N.First St",
      "addressLine2": "",
      "city": "Sunnyvale",
      "region": "CA",
      "postalCode": "94056",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    "isCrossdeviceOff": false
  },
  "errors": null,
  "timeStamp": "2017-04-18T05:38:39Z"
}

For seats that need to comply with country-specific laws (such as France’s Sapin II law) the payload should contain the billing contact fields.

Example Request Body

{
  "name": "TEST_1_3",
  "landingPageUrl": "http://www.example.com",
  "iabCategoryId": 5,
  "timezone": "Etc/GMT",
  "currency": "USD",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "billingPrice": 40.5,
  "contact": {
    "addressLine1": "1 N.First St",
    "addressLine2": "",
    "city": "Sunnyvale",
    "region": "CA",
    "postalCode": "94056",
    "country": "United States"
  },
  "billingContact": {
    "firstName": "Admin",
    "lastName": "Yahoo",
    "email": "admin@yahooinc.com",
    "addressLine1": "Yahoo1",
    "addressLine2": "701st Avenue",
    "city": "Sunnyvale",
    "region": "CA",
    "postalCode": "94089",
    "country": "United States",
    "vatNumber": "123456789",
    "legalMandateConfirmation": true
   }
}

Example Response

{
  "response": {
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "timezone": "Etc/GMT",
    "currency": "USD",
    "id": 1259301,
    "name": "TEST_1_3",
    "landingPageUrl": "http://www.example.com",
    "iabCategoryId": 5,
    "iabSecondaryCategoryId": -1,
    "updatedAt": "2017-04-18T05:38:40Z",
    "billingPrice": 40.5,
    "contact": {
      "addressLine1": "1 N.First St",
      "addressLine2": "",
      "city": "Sunnyvale",
      "region": "CA",
      "postalCode": "94056",
      "country": "United States"
    },
    "billingContact": {
      "firstName": "Admin",
      "lastName": "Yahoo",
      "email": "admin@yahooinc.com",
      "addressLine1": "Yahoo1",
      "addressLine2": "701st Avenue",
      "city": "Sunnyvale",
      "region": "CA",
      "postalCode": "94089",
      "country": "United States",
      "vatNumber": "123456789",
      "legalMandateConfirmation": true
    },
    "isCrossdeviceOff": false
  },
  "errors": null,
  "timeStamp": "2017-04-18T05:38:39Z"
}

Update Advertiser

Update an existing advertiser.

PUT /traffic/advertisers/{id}

Partial updates are supported; values of supported fields that are not in the payload remain unchanged. For seats that need to comply with country-specific laws (such as France’s Sapin II law) the payload can contain the billing contact fields.

Parameters

The Advertiser id is specified in the url path. All other fields are specified in the body of the application/json payload.

Example Request URL

PUT https://dspapi.admanagerplus.yahoo.com/traffic/advertisers/1

Example Request Body

{
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "isCrossdeviceOff": true,
  "billingPrice": 23,
  "currency": "USD"
}

Example Response

{
  "response": {
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "timezone": "Etc/GMT",
    "currency": "USD",
    "id": 1,
    "name": "My Yahoo!!",
    "landingPageUrl": "https://www.yahoo.com",
    "iabCategoryId": 5,
    "iabSecondaryCategoryId": 501,
    "updatedAt": "2017-04-18T05:22:43Z",
    "billingPrice": 23,
    "contact": {
      "firstName": "Admin",
      "lastName": "Yahoo",
      "addressLine1": "Yahoo1",
      "addressLine2": "701st Avenue",
      "city": "Sunnyvale",
      "region": "CA",
      "country": "United States",
      "telephone": "4574888849",
      "email": "admin@yahooinc.com",
      "postalCode": "94056"
    },
    "isCrossdeviceOff": true
  },
  "errors": null,
  "timeStamp": "2017-04-18T05:22:42Z"
}

Delete Advertiser

The DSP Traffic API does not support deletion of advertisers.

Read Advertiser Beacon Lookups

Get available beacons.

GET /traffic/advertisers/{accountId}/beaconlookups

Parameters

Parameter

Parameter Type

Description

Data Type

Required

accountId

path

Specifies the advertiser ID.

integer

Y

Example Request URL

GET https://dspapi.admanagerplus.yahoo.com/traffic/advertisers/1356341/beaconlookups

Example Response

{
  "response": [
    {
      "id": 6508313,
      "name": "test conversion1",
      "dotPixel": true
    },
    {
      "id": 6508309,
      "name": "CPA Pixel",
      "dotPixel": true
    }
  ],
  "errors": null,
  "timeStamp": "2017-06-07T21:10:45Z"
}