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Estimate bid

Returns a bid estimate (recommended bid range) based on specific ad set parameters.

Request

POST
/estimates/bid
  • start_date
    string [date-time]
    Deprecated

    Time should be in ISO 8601 format using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) with a zero offset: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ

    Supported content-type(s): Example: "2023-09-23T04:56:07Z"
  • end_date
    string [date-time]
    Deprecated

    Time should be in ISO 8601 format using Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) with a zero offset: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ

    Supported content-type(s): Example: "2023-09-23T04:56:07Z"
  • asset_format
    string
    Required

    Format of the asset.

    Allowed values: "AUDIO", "VIDEO"Example: "AUDIO"
  • objective
    string
    Required

    Objective for a campaign. UNSET should not be used.

    Default: "EVEN_IMPRESSION_DELIVERY"Allowed values: "UNSET", "REACH", "EVEN_IMPRESSION_DELIVERY", "CLICKS", "VIDEO_VIEWS", "PODCAST_STREAMS"Example: "EVEN_IMPRESSION_DELIVERY"
  • bid_strategy
    string
    Required

    Strategy for how bids will be applied in the auction.

    • "MAX_BID": the bid_micro_amount will act as a bid cap, meaning the maximum amount paid per 1000 impressions.
    Allowed values: "MAX_BID"Example: "MAX_BID"
  • currency
    string
    Required

    Currency should be in ISO 4217 format.

    Length between 3 and 3Example: "USD"
  • Unique items

    Specify maximum impressions per user over a given period of time. Will default to the maximum (5 per day, 35 per week, 50 per month) if not specified.

    Array maximum length: 3

    Can utilize the 3 parameters to set a Frequency Cap by Day, Week and Month.

    • frequency_unit
      string
      Required

      Unit of time for the frequency cap.

      Allowed values: "DAY", "MONTH", "WEEK"Example: "DAY"
    • frequency_period
      integer [int32]
      Required

      Period of time for the frequency cap. Ex: To specify a cap for a 1 day/week/month period, input 1 as the frequency_period.

      Minimum value: 1Example: 1
    • max_impressions
      integer [int32]
      Required

      Maximum impressions per user over the frequency period.

      Minimum value: 1Example: 2
  • Required

    The targeting used for this ad set.

    • Age range(s) to target.

      • min
        integer [int32]

        Minimum age to target.

        Range: 13 - 99Example: 13
      • max
        integer [int32]

        Maximum age to target.

        Default: 99Range: 13 - 99Example: 65
    • artist_ids
      array of strings
      Unique items

      ID(s) of artist(s) to target. In compliance with the Digital Services Act, fan targeting may not apply when targeting only minors in the United States, the United Kingdom, or a European Union member country, If the age targeting includes but is not limited to minors, fan targeting will apply but minors may be excluded.

      Example: ["06HL4z0CvFAxyc27GXpf02"]
    • Geographical areas to target.

      • country_code
        string

        Two-letter ISO code of the country to target.

        Example: "US"
      • city_ids
        array of strings
        Unique items

        ID(s) of the city/cities to target.

        Example: ["4174700"]
      • dma_ids
        array of strings
        Unique items

        ID(s) of the DMA(s) to target.

        Example: ["501"]
      • postal_code_ids
        array of strings
        Unique items

        ID(s) of the postal codes(s) to target.

        Example: ["US:73170"]
      • region_ids
        array of strings
        Unique items

        ID(s) of the region(s) to target.

        Example: ["5279468"]
    • genders
      array of strings
      Unique items

      Name(s) of the gender to target. In compliance with the Digital Services Act, gender targeting may not apply when targeting only minors in the United States, the United Kingdom, or a European Union member country, If the age targeting includes but is not limited to minors, gender targeting will apply but minors may be excluded.

      Example: ["MALE","FEMALE","NON_BINARY"]
      Allowed values: "MALE", "FEMALE", "NON_BINARY"
    • genre_ids
      array of strings
      Unique items

      ID(s) of the genre(s) to target.

      Example: ["rock","blues"]
    • interest_ids
      array of strings
      Unique items

      ID(s) of the interest(s) to target. In compliance with the Digital Services Act, interest targeting may not apply when targeting only minors in the United States, the United Kingdom, or a European Union member country, If the age targeting includes but is not limited to minors, interest targeting will apply but minors may be excluded.

      Example: ["7ebe6459-5fea-4a50-887d-273c06080c78","46b303e4-09a4-4c8e-998b-37186ff8120a"]
    • platforms
      array of strings
      Unique items

      ID(s) of the platform(s) to target.

      Example: ["IOS"]
      Allowed values: "IOS", "DESKTOP", "ANDROID"
    • podcast_episode_topic_ids
      array of strings
      Unique items

      Podcast episode topics to target. Allowed values: automotive, books-and-literature, business-and-finance, careers, education, events-and-attractions, family-and-relationships, fine-art, food-and-drink, healthy-living, hobbies-and-interests, home-and-garden, medical-health, movies, music-and-audio, news-and-politics, personal-finance, pets, pop-culture, real-estate, religion-and-spirituality, science, shopping, sports, style-and-fashion, technology-and-computing, television, travel, video-gaming.

      Example: ["automotive","books-and-literature"]
    • sensitive_topic_exclusion_ids
      array of strings
      Unique items
      Deprecated

      Sensitive topics to avoid targeting in podcast episodes. Allowed sensitive topic ids: alcohol, crime-violence, drugs, gambling, hate-speech, pornography, terrorism, tobacco, weapons. In the future, this field is being deprecated and no longer supported in favor of sensitive_topic_exclusions.

      Example: ["alcohol","crime-violence"]
    • Exclude sensitive topics with a given filter level or pass a filter level for all sensitive topics. For example, passing tobacco with a restricted filter will prevent any ad targeting on podcast episodes associated with tobacco. Another example, passing a global filter will apply the filter to all available sensitive topics. Both topic-level filters and global filters cannot be passed at the same time. Allowed filter levels: standard, limited, partial, restricted Allowed sensitive topic ids: alcohol, crime-violence, drugs, gambling, hate-speech, pornography, terrorism, tobacco, weapons.

      Here is an example JSON for passing in topic-level filters:


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      sensitive_topic_exclusions: { topics: [ { id: "alcohol", filter_option: "RESTRICTED" } ] }

      Here is an example JSON for passing in a global filter:


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      sensitive_topic_exclusions: { filter_option: "PARTIAL" }

        • id
          string
          Required
        • filter_option
          string
          Required

          How restrictive the ads system should be when considering serving an ad on a particular podcast episode based on the sensitive topics associated with the episode. These filters can either be applied on a per topic basis or globally for all sensitive topics, but cannot be applied at both levels.

          Allowed values: "STANDARD", "PARTIAL", "LIMITED", "RESTRICTED"Example: "LIMITED"
      • filter_option
        string

        How restrictive the ads system should be when considering serving an ad on a particular podcast episode based on the sensitive topics associated with the episode. These filters can either be applied on a per topic basis or globally for all sensitive topics, but cannot be applied at both levels.

        Allowed values: "STANDARD", "PARTIAL", "LIMITED", "RESTRICTED"Example: "LIMITED"
    • language
      string

      ID of the language to target. If no language targeting is passed, all languages will be targeted.

      Length between 2 and 2Example: "en"
    • playlist_ids
      array of strings
      Unique items

      ID(s) of the playlist(s) to target.

      Example: ["holidays","cooking"]
    • exclude_placements
      array of strings
      Unique items

      The placements to exclude for targeting.

      Example: ["PODCAST"]
      Allowed values: "PODCAST"

Response

Bid estimate response

  • bid_estimate_min
    integer [int64]

    The estimated smallest micro amount to bid in order to hit the desired audience.

    Example: 14000000
  • bid_estimate_max
    integer [int64]

    The estimated largest micro amount to bid in order to hit the desired audience.

    Example: 21000000
  • cost_model
    string

    Method used to determine how advertisers are charged for their ad campaigns.

    • "CPM": Cost Per Thousand Impressions.
    • "CPCL": Cost Per Thousand Listens.
    Allowed values: "CPM", "CPCL"Example: "CPM"
  • currency
    string

    Currency should be in ISO 4217 format.

    Length between 3 and 3Example: "USD"

Response sample

{  "bid_estimate_min": 14000000,  "bid_estimate_max": 21000000,  "cost_model": "CPM",  "currency": "USD"}