Weather Temperature Targeting

This article describes resources that enable you to read and define weather temperature targeting.

Overview

The Yahoo DSP supports WEATHER targeting for lines serving display and video ads.

Endpoint

/traffic/lines/{id}/targeting
  • A GET request enables you to view weather temperature targeted by the specified line.

  • A POST request enables you to target weather temperature with the specified line.

Resources

The targeting resource is the standard Yahoo DSP resource for targeting consumers based on their profiles, behaviors, and ad content.

The targeting resource is defined by the following WEATHER targeting type-specific fields:

Parameter

Parameter Type

Definition

Data Type

Required

id

path

Specifies the line lD.

integer

Y

weatherTemperatures

body

Weather targeting is powered by the Yahoo Weather API. You can use weather targeting to target audiences based on the real-time or forecasted weather temperature of the user’s location.

  • minTemp: Lowest allowed value is -40 F or -40 C.

  • maxTemp: Highest allowed value is 136 F or 58 C.

  • isFahrenheit: If true, use Fahrenheit units, Celsius otherwise.

  • allTemperatures: If true, all temperatures range is considered.

object

Y

types

body

Specifies an array of targeting types to update, enable, or disable.

WEATHER targeting type must be specified to apply the changes.

To learn more, refer to Targeting Types.

array

Y

Note

For a complete list of targeting resource fields, refer to Targeting Object.

Add/Update Weather Targeting

Add or update weather targets for the specified line.

POST /traffic/lines/{id}/targeting/

Parameters

The line ID is specified in the path of the URL. All other parameters are specified in the body of the application/json payload.

Example Request URL

POST https://dspapi.admanagerplus.yahoo.com/traffic/lines/365277/targeting/

Example Request Body

{
  "id": 365277,
  "weatherTemperatures": {
    "minTemp": 10,
    "maxTemp": 50,
    "isFahrenheit": true,
    "allTemperatures": false
  },
  "types": [
    {
      "name": "WEATHER",
      "isTargeted": true
    }
  ]
}

Example Response

{
  "response": {
    "types": [
      {
        "name": "WEATHER",
        "isTargeted": true
      }
    ],
    "weatherTemperatures": {
      "minTemp": 10,
      "maxTemp": 50,
      "isFahrenheit": true,
      "allTemperatures": false
    },
    "errors": null,
    "timeStamp": "2020-10-26T01:57:40Z"
  }
}

Additional Resources

About Targeting