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Measurement URL
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Written by TrafficGuard Support
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Introduction

In TrafficGuard, you can use URLs to track, measure and validate clicks from Integrated partners and other traffic sources.

When an end-user views or clicks a measurement URL, TrafficGuard measures and validates the user and redirects them to your MMP Integration or the app store. This is the primary method that your sources will drive traffic to your apps.

The measurement URL can be used in conjunction with the Measurement postback URL or Measurement SDK to determine when a user installs your app, validate the conversion and attribute it to the correct source. TrafficGuard then uses the Integrated partners' postback URL to notify that partner of valid conversion in real-time.

Measurement URLs

The measurement URLs are comprised of a number of parts, including the base URL, parameters, and values associated with those parameters:

Base URL

This is the domain for the click which always includes the click subdomain. Both HTTP and HTTPS are supported.

https://click.trafficguard.ai?

Required parameters

Some parameters like property_id and source_id are required, while others are optional.

app_id

The app package name of the App being advertised

partner_id

TrafficGuard partner ID of your traffic source

Important

If the traffic source is not a TrafficGuard integrated partner, then source_id is required

source_id

Your ID of the traffic source

Recommendation

We strongly encourage including all available parameters, for example, unique device identifiers like the Android Advertising ID in your measurement URLs for increased accuracy:

aaid={android_advertising_id}

Android advertiser unique identifier

For a complete list of all the available parameters, see the Click Measurement URL reference pages.

Note

Integrated Partners have predefined URL templates so you can simply generate a unique tracking link for that partner in the portal.

Pass-through redirect

If you configure an MMP Integration on your mobile app then TrafficGuard will automatically redirect all valid clicks on to your MMP via our predefined integration.

Note

Click data that is received via the TrafficGuard measurement URL will be sent to the MMP if they have support for it. The MMP integration ensures that all TrafficGuard data is automatically mapped to the MMP parameters.

S2S clicks (server-to-server)

If a partner has been approved to have a unique integration where they send clicks asynchronously server-side, then the following endpoint and parameters are required.

Important

Check with your MMP to make sure their system is compatible with S2S tracking. If there is an incompatibility, your click measurement could stop working.

Base URL

https://click.trafficguard.ai/s2s?

For a complete list of all the available parameters, see the Server to Server (s2s) reference pages.

Note:

S2S click data that is received via the TrafficGuard measurement URL will be sent to the MMP if they have support for it.

Custom URLs

You can add the following optional parameters to measurement URLs if they are supported by the traffic source.

For a complete list of all the available parameters, see the Click Measurement URL reference pages.

Unique identifier parameters (highly recommended)

aaid

Android only. Android advertiser unique identifier

aaid_sha1

Android Only - Android advertiser identifier in SHA1 format

aaid_md5

Android Only - Android advertiser identifier in MD5 format

idfa

iOS Only - iOS unique identifier

idfa_sha1

iOS Only - iOS unique identifier in SHA1 format

idfa_md5

iOS Only - iOS unique identifier in MD5 format

Campaign metadata parameter

agency_id= // ID of the agency

campaign_id= // Campaign name

sub_partner_id= // Identifier of the partners sub-source or sub-publisher

site_id= // ID of the site or mobile app where the user was engaged

placement_id= // Identifier of the ad placement

creative_type= // Type of ad creative

creative_set_id= // Identifier of the ad creative set

creative_id= // Identifier of the ad creative

section_id= // Identifier of section of the ad placement

creative_size= // Dimensions of the ad creative (as a string)

is_retargeting= // Is the engagement a result of a retargeting campaign

click_lookback= // The maximum lookback attribution period of an install

keyword= // keyword

Additional parameters

sub_param_1= // Custom Parameter 1

sub_param_2= // Custom Parameter 2

sub_param_3= // Custom Parameter 3

sub_param_4= // Custom Parameter 4

sub_param_5= // Custom Parameter 5

Reference ID parameters

partner_click_id= // Partners unique click identifier

appsflyer_pid= // Partners Appsflyer identifier

appsflyer_prt= // Agencies Appsflyer identifier

Reference ID parameters

user_ip= // IP address of the client device

user_agent= // User-Agent of the client device

Important

Device parameters are only accepted on the S2S endpoint

Timing parameters

click_time= // The time of the click ISO 8601

click_time_milliseconds= // The time of the click (Milliseconds since the Unix Epoch)

Cost data parameters

cost_model= // The model cost is calculated by

cost_value_usd= // Cost in USD

cost_value_usd_encrypted= // Cost in USD encrypted

cost_event_name= // The event that cost should be applied to if cost model is CPE

Destination parameters

The destination is configured on the property, however, you can define a dynamic destination per click by sending a URL-encoded link as a parameter in the measurement URL

destination_url= // Destination of the redirect in URL encoded format
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