Discrepancy API for Suppliers¶
The Discrepancy Reporting API is used to upload a daily report about the previous day’s activity so that differences between the numbers reported by BidSwitch and the reporting Supplier can be monitored. Use the information in the following sections to set up your discrepancy monitoring with BidSwitch.
Process Overview¶
Get your API Access Token. This requires creating an API user in the myBidSwitch UI, see the API Authorization section for details.
Using this Token, make a
HTTP POSTrequest to the BidSwitch discrepancy endpoint. The post request should contain your platform type and partner ID in the URL, and be in JSON. See the Uploading a Discrepancy Report section for details.
Note
If you upload several reports during one day, only the last one uploaded is going to be processed. So if you need to do this, use the Several Days report format.
An Uploading Script is available.
Uploading a Discrepancy Report¶
To upload your discrepancy report, use the following information.
Make a
HTTP POSTrequest to the following appropriate linkSpecify the endpoint using only lowercase
Ensure you include the HTTP headers with the required credentials and information
<!-- Supplier Endpoint All Lowercase -->
https://api.bidswitch.com/discrepancy-check/v1.0/ssp/<ssp-name>/upload-report/
Report Upload HTTP Headers
'Authorization':'Bearer <your-token>'
'Accept':'application/json'
'Content-Type':'application/json'
Example of uploading by curl:
# Syntax
$ curl -H "Accept:application/json" -H 'Authorization:Bearer <Your token here>' \
-H 'Content-Type:application/json' -d @report.json \
https://api.bidswitch.com/discrepancy-check/v1.0/ssp/<'ssp-name'>/upload-report/
# Supplier Example
$ curl -H "Accept:application/json" -H 'Authorization:Bearer CI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJhdWQiOiJwdWJsaWNfY2xpZW50IiwiaXNzIjoidWF1dGgiLCJqdGkiOiJORlhvblRRSyIsImtsc2RmYXNkZmthZG1mbDthc2RuZmFzaztkamZuYXN' \
-H 'Content-Type:application/json' -d @report.json \
https://api.bidswitch.com/discrepancy-check/v1.0/ssp/abc/upload-report/
Example Response:
{
"status": "success",
"handled": [["2016-08-06", "2016-08-14", "2016-08-07"]]
}
Uploading Script¶
Using the Uploading Script
Pass the following arguments when calling the script from the command-line.
You can download the Uploading Script here.
platform_type:sspplatform_name: SSP Namedata.json: the JSON report
# Syntax Example
$ upload.py -u <username>:<password> -p <platform_type>:<platform_name> -d <data.json>
# Supplier Upload Example
$ python upload.py -u ssp_dummy:123456 -p ssp:adrtbdummy -d ./yesterday.json
Upload Report Format¶
The post request requires the following data in JSON. Usually you need to upload the full report from the previous day, which contains the complete data.
Reports¶
Field |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
reports |
Array of objects |
(Required) Array of reports. The reports are created using the report object format, see the Report Object for more details. |
Report Object¶
Field |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
seat |
String |
When a Supplier wants to check for discrepancies with a particular Buyer, they can specify the Buyer name using this field. Note: This field is only used when uploading a Supplier report, see the Supplier Reports example. |
timezone |
String |
(Required) Sets the timezone of the report, the valid options being those in
the |
currency |
String |
(Required) Sets the currency used in the report, the valid options being
one of the following: |
data |
Array of objects |
(Required) Specifies the date to which the report figures refer, and the report data values. See the Report Data Values Object for more details.
|
Report Data Values Object¶
Field |
Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
hour |
String |
Value is from range 00-23. If this field is absent, it is assumed that the report is for the full day. |
imps |
Integer |
(Required) The total number of impressions. |
cost |
Float |
(Required) The final cost for delivered impressions. |
bids |
Integer |
Field for Supplier reports. The total number of bid requests sent by the Supplier to BidSwitch. This includes all bid types such as requests ending in an error or timeout, no bids, yes bids, and incorrect responses. |
timeouts |
Integer |
Field for Supplier reports. The number of bid requests ending in a timeout. Deprecated: This field may be present in reports, but it is no longer used to assess discrepancies. |
Example Reports¶
Zero Reports | Hourly Report | Supplier Reports | Minimal Report | Multi-Day Report
Zero Reports¶
Zero reports indicate that no trading occurred, and they must
contain {"imps":0,"cost":0}.
{
"reports":[
{
"data":{
"2016-08-05":[
{
"imps":0,
"cost":0
}
]
},
"currency":"USD",
"timezone":"UTC"
}
]
}
Hourly Report¶
This is considered the best practice reporting format, which splits reports by hours and contains bids, imps, and cost.
Note
"hour" is represented as a string and must contain 2 digits.
{
"reports" : [
{
"timezone" : "UTC",
"currency" : "USD",
"data" : {
"2016-08-05" : [
{
"imps": 895,
"bids": 419746,
"cost": 16.6,
"hour": "00"
},
{
"imps": 1442,
"bids": 496269,
"cost": 32.59,
"hour": "01"
},
{
"imps": 736,
"bids": 264686,
"cost": 8.74,
"hour": "02"
},
{
"imps": 299,
"bids": 346682,
"cost": 16.93,
"hour": "03"
},
{
"imps": 778,
"bids": 104816,
"cost": 10.71,
"hour": "04"
},
{
"imps": 398,
"bids": 538113,
"cost": 41.47,
"hour": "05"
},
{
"imps": 2320,
"bids": 259689,
"cost": 40.1,
"hour": "06"
},
{
"imps": 2242,
"bids": 522407,
"cost": 8.9,
"hour": "07"
},
{
"imps": 464,
"bids": 91400,
"cost": 28.71,
"hour": "08"
},
{
"imps": 1142,
"bids": 179587,
"cost": 32.67,
"hour": "09"
},
{
"imps": 2223,
"bids": 276447,
"cost": 16.61,
"hour": "10"
},
{
"imps": 1649,
"bids": 51621,
"cost": 12.66,
"hour": "11"
},
{
"imps": 249,
"bids": 474692,
"cost": 36.81,
"hour": "12"
},
{
"imps": 774,
"bids": 222399,
"cost": 1.24,
"hour": "13"
},
{
"imps": 1706,
"bids": 144780,
"cost": 4.2,
"hour": "14"
},
{
"imps": 1492,
"bids": 121281,
"cost": 37.24,
"hour": "15"
},
{
"imps": 1209,
"bids": 3909,
"cost": 16.51,
"hour": "16"
},
{
"imps": 2184,
"bids": 55060,
"cost": 43.22,
"hour": "17"
},
{
"imps": 1145,
"bids": 221379,
"cost": 41.09,
"hour": "18"
},
{
"imps": 11,
"bids": 138869,
"cost": 37.56,
"hour": "19"
},
{
"imps": 1360,
"bids": 492131,
"cost": 30.65,
"hour": "20"
},
{
"imps": 552,
"bids": 461330,
"cost": 32.76,
"hour": "21"
},
{
"imps": 722,
"bids": 341752,
"cost": 8.0,
"hour": "22"
},
{
"imps": 2263,
"bids": 515451,
"cost": 32.97,
"hour": "23"
}
]
}
}
]
}
Supplier Reports¶
You may use the "seat" field to split your report by Buyer.
{
"reports":[
{
"data":{
"2015-11-27":[
{
"bids":1943830,
"hour":"00",
"imps":83922,
"cost":3234
},
{
"hour":"23",
"imps":83922,
"cost":3234,
"bids":1943830
}
]
},
"currency":"JPY",
"timezone":"US/Pacific",
"seat":"123"
},
{
"currency":"JPY",
"data":{
"2015-11-27":[
{
"cost":3234,
"imps":83922,
"hour":"00",
"bids":1943830,
},
{
"bids":1943830,
"hour":"23",
"imps":83922,
"cost":3234
}
]
},
"timezone":"EST",
"seat":"456"
}
]
}
Minimal Report¶
{
"reports":[
{
"timezone":"UTC",
"currency":"USD",
"data":{
"2015-11-26":[
{
"imps":83922,
"cost":3234
}
]
}
}
]
}
Multi-Day Report¶
If you missed uploading reports for a few days days, you can upload several days worth of reports at once using the following format. Each day’s data should be uploaded as a separate Array of Objects in the data object:
{
"reports":[
{
"timezone":"UTC",
"currency":"USD",
"data":{
"2015-11-26":[
{
"imps":83922,
"cost":3234.22
}
],
"2015-11-27":[
{
"imps":93922,
"cost":823.42
}
],
"2015-11-28":[
{
"imps":92,
"cost":6.223
}
]
}
}
]
}
Upload Response¶
If you uploaded successfully, you will receive a 200 OK response with a
dated results list as shown in the following example. If your upload is in the
wrong format, you will get an error status.
Successful Response
{
"handled":[
[
"123 2015-11-27",
"123 2015-11-26"
],
[
"456 2015-11-26"
]
],
"status":"success"
}
Error Response
{
"errors":[
[
"<index of report>",
"<error text>"
]
],
"status":"error"
}
Other Possible Responses
You may also receive one of the following HTTP status codes:
401 Unauthorized: If you don’t have access to the Buyer or Supplier details, or you don’t have the permission to upload, ensure that you have configured your account to use an API Token. You need an API account to upload reports.404 Not Found: If the<ssp-name>is not found in our system.500 Internal Server Error: If another unexpected error occurred.