DFP-hosted video creative

[jo...@swarmnyc.com]

Hello,

I am a developer currently using DFP to create a video ads network. In planning this out, it seems that DFP-hosted video creatives is currently not exposed via the API as of v201608. Are there plans for implementing this in the future? In the meantime, are there any known workarounds outside of uploading creatives on behalf of our advertisers? Such as, can we give access directly to our advertiser clients to upload creatives in dfp in a similar way to sharing access to specific reports?

Thanks,

Joey Lappin

[Vincent Racaza (DFP API Team)]

Hi Joey,

To create a video creative, just use VideoRedirectCreative since this creative contains externally hosted video ads. To set the creative's content, just set the videoAssets property. There is a VideoCreative object, but then this creative is read-only and contains DFP-hosted video ads.

For your second question, yes you can give access to your advertisers by letting them upload their own creatives in your network. You can create a new role for them, assign them to a team and limit their access to 'Edit creatives', 'View creatives', etc. Please check this document regarding roles and permissions. 

Thanks,

Vincent Racaza, DFP API Team

[Joey Lappin]

Hi Vincent,

Thanks for your reply!

Just to confirm, we cannot create dfp-hosted video over the API?

Also, if we externally host our ads and use the VideoRedirectCreative...does Google cache the creative on their side or is the ad always served from the external server?

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[Vincent Racaza (DFP API Team)]

Hi Joey,

Currently, we can only create DFP-hosted video ads in the UI, not in API, as the VideoCreative object is read-only.

For your second question, it is more of a product related question. Please contact your account manager regarding this. If you don't know your account manager, please post in the product forums as they can assist you on this. 

Thanks,

Vincent Racaza, DFP API Team

On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 10:55:31 PM UTC+8, Joey Lappin wrote:

Hi Vincent,

Thanks for your reply!

Just to confirm, we cannot create dfp-hosted video over the API?

Also, if we externally host our ads and use the VideoRedirectCreative...does Google cache the creative on their side or is the ad always served from the external server?

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 1:39 AM 'Vincent Racaza (DFP API Team)' via Google's DoubleClick for Publishers API Forum <google-doubleclick-for-publishers-api@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Hi Joey,

To create a video creative, just use VideoRedirectCreative since this creative contains externally hosted video ads. To set the creative's content, just set the videoAssets property. There is a VideoCreative object, but then this creative is read-only and contains DFP-hosted video ads.

For your second question, yes you can give access to your advertisers by letting them upload their own creatives in your network. You can create a new role for them, assign them to a team and limit their access to 'Edit creatives', 'View creatives', etc. Please check this document regarding roles and permissions. 

Thanks,

Vincent Racaza, DFP API Team

On Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 7:06:07 AM UTC+8, jo...@swarmnyc.com wrote:

Hello,

I am a developer currently using DFP to create a video ads network. In planning this out, it seems that DFP-hosted video creatives is currently not exposed via the API as of v201608. Are there plans for implementing this in the future? In the meantime, are there any known workarounds outside of uploading creatives on behalf of our advertisers? Such as, can we give access directly to our advertiser clients to upload creatives in dfp in a similar way to sharing access to specific reports?

Thanks,

Joey Lappin

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[Rustam Shakirov]

Hi Vincent,

I am also interested in this question regarding creation of dfp hosted video creatives. Are there any plans of adding this to the API? If yes, when can we expect it?

Thank you.

[Vincent Racaza (DFP API Team)]

Hi Rustam,

Since this is an old forum thread, kindly create a new forum thread so we can track your concerns better.