AdUnit Object

The AdUnit object is an abstract object that cannot be instantiated. Use the BannerAdUnit or InterstitialAdUnit object to create and configure the desired type of ad unit within your app.

Object

AdUnit

AdUnit properties and methods are inherited by BannerAdUnit and InterstitialAdUnit.

Parameters

  • configId: String containing the Prebid Server configuration ID. Note: this is a Prebid Server impression-level stored request ID.
  • adType: BANNER or INTERSITIAL. This value will be set by the object based on which type of ad unit object you create.

Properties

  • configId: Prebid Server configuration ID. Note: this is a Prebid Server impression-level stored request ID.
  • adType: BANNER or INTERSITIAL.
  • periodMillis: Integer defining the refresh time in milliseconds. Default = 0, meaning no auto refresh.
  • keywords: ArrayList containing keys and values.

pbAdSlot

PB Ad Slot is an identifier tied to the placement the ad will be delivered in. The use case for PB Ad Slot is to pass to exchange an ID they can use to tie to reporting systems or use for data science driven model building to match with impressions sourced from alternate integrations. A common ID to pass is the ad server slot name.

adUnit.ortb2Imp.ext.data.pbadslot = "/1111111/homepage/med-rect-2"

Methods

fetchDemand

Trigger a call to Prebid Server to retrieve demand for this Prebid Mobile ad unit.

Mopub or GAM

By default, Prebid SDK uses inflection to determine the publisher ad server, one of Mopub or Google Ad Manager (GAM), to convert Prebid’s targeting keys (PBS bid keys, host and cache key) to trigger targeted line items. To render ads in ad servers other than Mopub or GAM, follow the instructions in the 3rd party ad server below.

Parameters

  • adObj: This is the ad server request object (for Google Ad Manager and for Mopub). If you do not wish to add any additional /custom key values to the ad server after the Prebid auction, pass adObj to the fetchDemand function, where Prebid SDK will set all the Prebid targeting keys as well as any keys added prior to auction
  • As of Prebid SDK 1.7, a publisher can optionally pass the Google Ad Manager builder object of the Google Ad Manager Mobile Ads SDK to pass custom keys to Google Ad Manager after the Prebid Auction
  • onCompleteListener: listener object

3rd Party Ad Server

The default ad servers for Prebid’s Mobile SDK are MoPub and GAM. The SDK can be expanded to include support for 3rd party ad servers through the fetchDemand function. This function returns the Prebid Server bidder key/values (targeting keys), which can then be passed to the ad server of choice.

In this mode, the publisher will be responsible for the following actions:

  • Call fetchDemand with extended targetingDict callback
  • Retrieve targeting keys from extended fetchDemand function
  • Convert targeting keys into the format for your ad server
  • Pass converted keys to your ad server
  • Render ad with Prebid Universal Creative or custom renderer

Function Callbacks

func fetchDemand(completion: @escaping(_ result: ResultCode, _ kvResultDict: [String : String]?) -> Void)

unmodifiableMap is an immutable object. Attempting to modify at runtime will throw an UnsupportedOperationException error. This is to prevent accidental changes to the Prebid targeting keys. If there is a desire to update, create or remove a key, making a copy of unmodifiableMap is recommended before passing to the ad server.

Example:

func loadMPRewardedVideo() {
private void loadMPRewardedVideo() {

    adUnit.fetchDemand(new OnCompleteListener2() {
        @Override
        public void onComplete(ResultCode resultCode, Map<String, String> unmodifiableMap) {
            //copy  of unmodifiableMap. It is an extra step to avoid runtime exception during changing unmodifiableMap
            Map<String, String> kvMap  = new HashMap<>(unmodifiableMap);
            String mpKeywords = Util.convertMapToMoPubKeywords(kvMap);
            adServerRewardedVideoManager.RequestParameters parameters = new adServerRewardedVideoManager.RequestParameters(mpKeywords);
            adServerObject.loadRewardedVideo(ADUNITID_REWARDED, parameters);
        }
    });

}

setAppContent

Provides targeting information for the app.content field of the bid request. Parameter is an ContentObject wich provides all respective fields.

setAutoRefreshPeriodMillis

If set on a given Prebid Mobile ad unit, the fetchDemand function will be called every periodMillis until stopAutoRefresh is called. Each call to fetchDemand will invoke the onComplete function. This refresh only pertains to Prebid Mobile and not to any ad server refresh processes. It is suggested that the adServers refresh be turned off.

Parameters

  • periodMillis: Integer defining the refresh time in milliseconds.

startAutoRefresh

Starts the auto-refresh behavior for a given Prebid Mobile ad unit.

stopAutoRefresh

Halts the auto-refresh behavior for a given Prebid Mobile ad unit. If no auto-refresh behavior has been set, stopAutoRefresh will be ignored.

Parameters

none

addContextKeywords

Ad Unit context keywords object is a free form list of comma separated keywords about the app as defined in app.keyword in OpenRTB 2.5.

Parameters keyword : a keyword of type string.

void addContextKeyword(String keyword)

addContextKeywords

Parameters keyword : a keyword of type string.

void addContextKeywords(Set<String> keywords)

removeContextKeywords

Parameters keyword: a keyword of type string.

void removeContextKeyword(String keyword)

clearContextKeywords

Parameters none

void clearContextKeywords()

First Party Data

First Party Data (FPD) is free form data supplied by the publisher to provide additional targeting of the user or inventory context, used primarily for striking PMP (Private MarketPlace) deals with Advertisers. Data supplied in the data parameters are typically not sent to DSPs whereas information sent in non-data objects (i.e. setYearOfBirth, setGender, etc.) will be. Access to FPD can be limited to a supplied set of Prebid bidders via an access control list.

Data is broken up into two different data types:

  • User
    • Global in scope only
  • Inventory (context)
    • Global scope
    • Ad Unit grain

The below first party inventory context will apply to the specic ad unit the data object is applied to. For global user or inventory context level first party data, refer to first party data section of the Targeting page.

addContextData

Parameters key: string containing the key for the specific data object value: String containing the value for the supplied key

void addContextData(String key, String value)

updateContextData

Parameters key: string containing the key for the specific data object value: String containing the value for the supplied key

void updateContextData(String key, Set<String> value)

removeContextData

Parameters key: string containing the key

void removeContextData(String key)

clearContextData

Parameters none

void clearContextData()

setUserKeyword

Set a single key-value pair.

Parameters

  • key: String containing the key.
  • value: String containing the value.

setUserKeywords

Define multiple values for a single key.

Parameters

  • key: String containing the key.
  • values: String array containing the list of values for the key.

removeUserKeyword

Remove a key and all its associated values from a given Prebid Mobile ad unit.

Parameters

  • key: String containing the key you want to remove.

removeUserKeywords

Clear all key-value combinations from the Prebid Mobile ad unit.

Parameters

none

UserData

The following methods enable adding user.data[] objects into the bid request:

public void addUserData(DataObject dataObject)

public ArrayList<DataObject> getUserData() 

public void clearUserData()

App Content Data

In order to set the app.contnent.data[] objects use the getAppContent() first and then one of the respective methods of the ContentObject class:

public void addData(@NonNull DataObject dataObject)

public ArrayList<DataObject> getDataList()

public void setDataList(@NonNull ArrayList<DataObject> dataObjects) 

public void clearDataList()

Example

InterstitialAdUnit interstitialAdUnit = new InterstitialAdUnit("PREBID_SERVER_CONFIGURATION_ID");
interstitialAdUnit.setUserKeyword("my_key", "my_value"); //will be deprecated in future releases
interstitialAdUnit.addContextKeyword("adunitContextKeywordValue1");
interstitialAdUnit.addContextKeyword("adunitContextKeywordValue2");
interstitialAdUnit.addContextData("adunitContextDataKey1", "adunitContextDataValue1");
interstitialAdUnit.fetchDemand(publisherAdRequest, new onCompleteListener() {
    @Override
    public void onComplete(ResultCode resultCode) {
        dfpInterstitial.loadAd(publisherAdRequest);
    }
});

//As of Prebid SDK 1.7, the fetchDemand method supports passing a request builder object to append custom key values to the build object. See fetchDemand above for furher details. 

final PublisherAdRequest.Builder builder = new PublisherAdRequest.Builder();

adUnit.fetchDemand(builder, new OnCompleteListener() {
    @Override
    public void onComplete(ResultCode resultCode) {
        builder.addCustomTargeting("key1", "value1");
        PublisherAdRequest request = builder.build();
        amBanner.loadAd(request);
    }
});