"Hard-coded click-through URL" warning on Enhanced Banner creative

dh...@cpxi.com

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May 31, 2016, 11:28:20 PM5/31/16

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I've managed to create some Enhanced Banner creatives through the v2.4 API, but the UI is giving me an unexpected warning on my creative about a "Hard-coded click-through URL," stating: "We detected at least one hard-coded click-through URL. To track clicks for this exit, we recommend working with your creative developer to set click-through URLs with click tags."

I've pasted the ad tag code at the bottom. The clicktag's name is 'kliktag' and the other URLs in here are just the swiffy-runtime library and a JSON file with art and animation data for the creative; they are not clickable links. My question: Is this warning a false positive over my library or JSON file with extra creative data? Is there something else wrong with my tag? Thanks in advance.

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

var clickTag = "clickTAG";

</script>

</head>

(function(){var swiffycontainer=document.getElementById("swiffycontainer_16664169");if(typeof XMLHttpRequest==="undefined"){XMLHttpRequest=function(){try{return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0")}catch(e){}try{return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0")}catch(e){}try{return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}catch(e){}return false}}if(XMLHttpRequest){var request=new XMLHttpRequest();request.open("GET","https://swfhtml5.s3.amazonaws.com/dev/1463603454-16664169.swf.json",true);request.onload=function(){if(request.status>=200&&request.status<400){var stage=new swiffy.Stage(swiffycontainer,JSON.parse(request.responseText),{});stage.setFlashVars("clickTAG=kliktag");stage.start()}};request.send()}})();

</script>

</html>

Lakshmi(DCM API Team)

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Jun 1, 2016, 4:20:04 PM6/1/16

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Hi,

To check if the issue is in your code or client library, I will recommend creating the enhanced banner creative with same values in the UI and see if you get the same error.

Looks like this error is generated in the UI. I will suggest contacting DCM Product Support team. They would be able to give you more insight about this issue.

Thanks,
Lakshmi, DCM API Team

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Lakshmi(DCM API Team)

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Jun 6, 2016, 4:44:56 PM6/6/16

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Hi,

Could you please send me the HTML file in a private message?

In the future, please do not post your oAuth information on the public forum. For new questions/issues, I would recommend starting a new thread . This would make things easier at our end to track the issues and respond in a timely manner.

Thanks,

Lakshmi, DCM API Team

On Friday, June 3, 2016 at 8:01:16 PM UTC-4, dh...@cpxi.com wrote:

Thanks, I've followed through on that advice and fixed my creative per their instructions, but I'm now encountering a problem that seems specific to the API.

When creating my HTML5 ZIP CreativeAsset, I'm receiving an error complaining about the lack of an associated ClickTag object. Specifically, the error says:  "message": "9005 : You must include at least one click tag or select the DoubleClick environment in Google Web Designer and an exit event in your HTML file in order to set a click-through URL for your creative. Reach out to the creative developer to resolve this issue."

Frustratingly, the request should satisfy this requirement. It's a POST to https://www.googleapis.com/upload/dfareporting/v2.4/userprofiles/1164242/creativeAssets/3666745/creativeAssets?uploadType=multipart
with the headers:
{
    "Authorization" => "Bearer ya29.CjX2AhloyNvFO4I-3ha8YZ9ccDj4PxdiotL4oxjbZXOr-Fl5Pu9JNx78hNi_NZIcZJqctr16Pg",
     "Content-Type" => "multipart/related; boundary=\"foo_bar_baz\""
}
And the body:
--foo_bar_baz
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="json"
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8

{"kind":"dfareporting#creativeAsset","clickTags":[{"name":"clickTAG","kind":"dfareporting#clickTag","value":"http://premium.adready.com/campaign_event/click/23488129?h=3a74e9d8894a4cea0bdc","eventName":"clickTAG"}],"role":"PRIMARY","assetIdentifier":{"name":"1464924137762983.zip","type":"HTML"}}
--foo_bar_baz
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="asset"
Content-Type: application/zip

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Note the clicktag in the request, contradicting the reported error. Is there anything apparently wrong with my request?

dh...@cpxi.com

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Jun 6, 2016, 5:05:22 PM6/6/16

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I'll open a new thread, but I'm not sure how I can send you a private message. I don't have your email address, and as far as I can tell this forum has no private messaging feature that I can see or access.

Lakshmi(DCM API Team)

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Jun 6, 2016, 5:19:00 PM6/6/16

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Hi,

Please click the drop-down next to the reply button on the right. You will see reply privately to author, click on that and send me the file.

Thanks,

Lakshmi, DCM API Team

dh...@cpxi.com

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Jun 6, 2016, 5:22:41 PM6/6/16

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I'm sorry but I do not have that option. I'll post the file in the new thread.

Lakshmi(DCM API Team)

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Jun 7, 2016, 4:58:01 PM6/7/16

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Hi,

The Reply to author option is visible only to the group members.

Thanks,

Lakshmi, DCM API Team

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