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Targeting Value service

The targeting-value service works in conjunction with the targeting-key service to allow you to create your own key/value combinations for use in targeting on line items, campaigns, and so on. See Custom Key Value Targeting for more information.

REST API

HTTP Method Endpoint Description
GET https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-value?targeting_key_id=TARGETING_KEY_ID View all targeting values for a specific key.
GET https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-value?targeting_key_id=TARGETING_KEY_ID&id=TARGETING_VALUE_ID View a specific targeting value.
POST https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-value?targeting_key_id=TARGETING_KEY_ID Add a new targeting value.
POST https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-value?targeting_key_id=TARGETING_KEY_ID Add multiple new targeting values.
PUT https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-value?id=TARGETING_VALUE_ID Modify a targeting value.
DELETE https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-value?id=TARGETING_VALUE_ID Delete a targeting value.

JSON fields

Field Type Description
created_on date Read-only. The date and time the targeting value was created.
id int The ID of the targeting value.

Required On: PUT and DELETE
Default: auto-generated number.
label string A label for the value, used for reporting purposes. This value is not required, but if you supply a value it must be unique within the a key. Labels can be a maximum of 190 characters.
last_modified date Read-only. The date and time the targeting value was last modified.
name string The name of the targeting value. This name must be unique within a given targeting key.
targeting_key_id int The ID of the associated targeting key. The targeting key must exist before a value can be created. See Targeting Key Service.

Required On: POST and GET

Value requirements

Value Requirements Details
- You can have up to 100,000 values per key.

Note:
The maximum limit for number of values to include in one payload is 100.

- You can have up to 2,500,000 total active values at one time.
- Value names are not case-sensitive.
- Maximum value name length is 100 characters.
- Value names may contain whitespace, so they can be more than one word.
- Value names cannot contain any of the following special characters:
- " (double quotes)
- ' (apostrophe)
- = (equal sign)
- ! (exclamation point)
- + (plus sign)
- # (hashtag)
- * (asterisk)
- ~ (tilde)
- ; (semicolon)
- ^ (caret)
- () (parentheses)
- < > (angle brackets)
- [] (square brackets)
- , (comma)
- & (ampersand)
- @ (at)
- : (colon)
- ? (question mark)
- % (percent)
- / (forward slash)

Examples

View all targeting values for a given key

$ curl -b cookies 'https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-values?targeting_key_id=12'
 
"targeting-values": [
    {
        "id": 1,
        "targeting_key_id": 12,
        "name": "value1",
        "label": null,
        "created_on": "2016-08-26 08:52:43",
        "last_modified": "2016-08-26 08:52:43"
    },
    {
        "id": 4,
        "targeting_key_id": 12,
        "name": "value2",
        "label": null,
        "created_on": "2016-08-26 09:24:33",
        "last_modified": "2016-08-26 09:24:33"
    }
],...

View a specific targeting value

$ curl -b cookies 'https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-value?id=4'
  
"targeting-value": {
    "id": 4,
    "targeting_key_id": 12,
    "name": "value2",
    "label": null,
    "created_on": "2016-08-26 09:24:33",
    "last_modified": "2016-08-26 09:24:33"
},

Add a targeting value (string)

$ cat create_targeting_value.json
 
{
    "targeting-value": {
        "name": "value1"
    }
}
  
$ curl -b cookies -X POST -d @create_targeting_value.json 'https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-value?targeting_key_id=12'

Add multiple targeting values (string)

$ cat create_multi_targeting_value.json
 
{
    "targeting-values": [
        {
            "name": "value1"
        },
        {
            "name": "value2"
        }
    ]
}
  
$ curl -b cookies -X POST -d @create_multi_targeting_value.json 'https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-value?targeting_key_id=12'

Add a targeting value (numeric)

The name field requires a string value (enclosed in quotes). However, if the key has been defined with a type of numeric, that string must contain numeric characters.

$ cat create_targeting_value.json
 
{
    "targeting-value": {
        "name": "22"
    }
}
  
$ curl -b cookies -X POST -d @create_targeting_value.json 'https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-value?targeting_key_id=12'

Modify a targeting value

$ cat update_targeting_value.json
 
{
"targeting-value":
    {
        "name": "newvalue2"
         
    }
}
  
$ curl -b cookies -X PUT -d @update_targeting_value.json 'https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-value?id=4'

Sort by value name

You can sort your results by id, name, label, created_on, or last_modified. You can sort in ascending (asc) or descending (desc) order.

$ curl -b cookies 'https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-value?targeting_key_id=4&sort=name.asc'
  
"targeting-values": [
    {
        "id": 10,
        "targeting_key_id": 12,
        "name": "a test value",
        "label": null,
        "created_on": "2016-08-26 08:52:43",
        "last_modified": "2016-08-26 08:52:43"
    },
    {
        "id": 7,
        "targeting_key_id": 12,
        "name": "test value",
        "label": null,
        "created_on": "2016-08-26 09:24:33",
        "last_modified": "2016-08-26 09:24:33"
    }
],...

Delete a targeting value

$ curl -b cookies -X DELETE 'https://api.appnexus.com/targeting-value?id=4'