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I see it in the retired documntation on github https://github.com/taboola/Backstage-API/blob/master/Backstage%20API%20-%20Users.pdf but it's not documented here, is it deprecated?
Posted by Abdallah AlHalees 5 months ago
Hello! I would like you to confirm if the dimension placement_breakdown in Revenue Summary reports still working. When i make the request returns Error Code 500. Can you assist me? Thanks in advance! Foteini
Posted by Foteni P 5 months ago
Hi Peter, I'm receiving this error: {"http_status":400,"message":"You can not target\/block more than 1,500 sites.","offending_field":""} I know the limit is 1500 per campaign and 1500 per account limit. We have blocked 1121 blocked on the account level and 463 at the campaign level. But I don't understand why we cannot block anymore at the campaign level as I can see that we blocked only 463. There are some cases where we request to block some publisher_id and I can't see it in the blocked list even if I received the OK message. Campaign id: 4667401 https://www.screencast.com/t/rpQvZ4Vdm Our account is: "[email protected]" Thank you!
Posted by alexandru ciocan 5 months ago
We are trying to load marketplace audiences performance (user segments) data via API. We noticed that some campaigns, even they are running and buying in selected period does not return any data. EXAMPLE campaign name ygs-d-us-r-msn-p3-200407-hg-tb-d5-a1 We also tried if there is breakdown by marketplace audiences in taboola UI for this campaigns - no luick Which campaigns with spend data will not have marketplace performance data?
Posted by Moran shwartz 5 months ago
Hello, We are not able to set custom audiences using API Everything was working fine ~14 hours ago but on some point custom audience ids changed and updating custom audience fails. After checking the current values I noticed (for example) https://backstage.taboola.com/backstage/api/1.0/giveitlove-sc/campaigns/4594930/targeting/my_audiences The value in "collection" array used to appear as string "226875" and now its a number 1642268. The new id is not in a dictionary we are getting from /universal_pixel/custom_audience_rule This change is permanent and if so where we can get new ids? Thanks Michael
Posted by Misha Makarevsky 5 months ago
When we try to pull a campaignItem we get a ‘Resource not found’ error, although the item is actually existing and visible through the Taboola UI. This is preventing us to update the campaignItem with imageUrl and headline. As an example: https://backstage.taboola.com/backstage/api/1.0/inpowered-sc/campaigns/4636610/items/2900178486 Can you please help to understand why this is happening?
Posted by Filippo Portolano 5 months ago
Hi, Is there any way to get a list of available publishers only? I mean, only the active ones; the blocked and network publishers to be excluded from that API call. https://backstage.taboola.com/backstage/api/1.0/account_id/allowed-publishers/ I want to block any publisher with the word "push" and I can find 2500~ matches. I can't block all of them because of blocking limit of 1500. Thank you!
Posted by Ciocan Alexandru 5 months ago
Hello. I have 2 questions: 1. I want to block some publishers at the campaign level. I tried to PATCH with the action "REMOVE" and I'm receiving the same error for all publishers even if we have data in the last 10 days for that publisher. ERROR: "publisher cnbc does not exist in the campaign’s auto_publisher_targeting" or "{publisher_id} not exists in campaign targeting" Before REMOVING it, I tried to ADD the publisher to that campaign and after that, it worked, I could block it. There is another way or I'm doing it wrong? 2. What is the difference between "publisher_targeting" and "auto_publisher_targeting" for blocking at campaign level?
Posted by Ciocan Alexandru 5 months ago
Hi, I ran API to update "Bid Modifier Per Publisher" to 0.011 and got a successful message, >> string(212) "{"patch_operation":"ADD","publisher_targeting":null,"auto_publisher_targeting":null,"publisher_bid_modifier":{"values":[{"target":"villagenews","cpc_modification":0.011}]},"publisher_bid_strategy_modifiers":null}" But when I check back on Taboola backstage Bid amount for that specific site is not updated. http://prntscr.com/sc3z6l The campaign is in fixed bid setting at .60. Any idea why it fails to be updated? thank you.
Posted by shawn park 5 months ago
Hi there, are the Spend numbers coming from Taboola’s API ever inaccurate, in terms of costs related to real-time clicks? Are they ever ahead or behind, or inflated to predict Spend associated with future clicks? We’re seeing hourly data that reflects the possibility of Spend increasing before the clicks associated with it come through. Also, what time zone Taboola’s API is using? Thanks!
Posted by Justin Farber 5 months ago
Hello, We would like to use the Taboola API to block publishers at account level through it - we would want to block the publishers based on a "contains" query (e.g. all those containing "noticias" in the name. Does anyone know if this is possible? I've seen this endpoint could be used: https://developers.taboola.com/backstage-api/reference#get-blocked-publishers-for-account Thanks! Radu
Posted by Radu Parvu 6 months ago
We noticed a strange issue where there are many publisher IDs that cannot seem to be blocked using the API. We get a successful response (200) to our campaign update request, and in the response object the 'publisher_targeting' seems accurate. However, if we retrieve the campaign details immediately after, the 'publisher_targeting' is missing many (but not all) of the publisher IDs we tried to block. The UI also does not show these publishers as blocked.
Posted by Michael 6 months ago
Hello, According to docs to remove audience targeting we need to post an object with empty collection to update endpoint: https://backstage.taboola.com/backstage/api/1.0/XXXX/campaigns/YYYYY/targeting/custom_audience { "collection":[] } It used to work fine but recently we are getting error 500. Setting audience targeting using the same endpoint by posting non empty collection works fine. Thanks
Posted by Misha Makarevsky 6 months ago
Hi there, I'm writing from Blinkist or Blinks Labs GmbH. At the moment, a lot of automation changes that we push through the API are not working. Mainly to do with campaign level CPC changes and publisher bid adjustment. You can find them documented in this file, along with the error messages that we receive. Can you have a lot and tell us what we are doing wrong? Here's a quick summary to help you get into this. 1. We push campaign level CPC changes and the publisher bids for the respective campaigns in one go, so we only get one error message -> message: 'Cpc boost value must be between -99% and 100%'. This doesn't help us understand why the campaign level CPC changes are not happening. 2. For publisher bids, we always send it as a %, either +20%, +10% or -50%. We see instances of failure with each of these changes, which isn't explained by this error message: Cpc boost value must be between -99% and 100%' 3. We do have instances where the campaign level CPC changes are pushed successfully, it is when a campaign does not have publisher bidding changes. We're looking forward to your assistance so we can solve this asap. Sandra
Posted by Sandra Wu 6 months ago