Domain referral always appears as googleapis.com

[monyiliev]

Hi all,

We are experiencing an issue where the domain in our reports DFP/DCM always shows as googleapis.com. Presumably, this should've been the value of the url parameter that the IMA SDK sets automatically.

The url is properly set yet the reports always show googleapis.com.

This issue was initially posted on Github as we use video.js + videojs-ima + videojs-contrib-ads. In order to eliminate possible erroneous implementation on our end, we used the autoplay example without any modification except for the ad tag that was replaced by ours. Unfortunately the results are the same.

It was suggested that this is escalated to the IMA SDK team, hence this post.

Test player with autoplay example is available here: https://player.stg.watchstadium.com/videojs-ima/VOD_Player6/examples/autoplay/index.html

The ad tag used is:

https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640x480&iu=/32984737/YY_Updated_SDKTesting/A_VOD/VOD_Player6&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&description_url=VOD_Player6&ad_rule=1

Any and all help is highly appreciated.

Thank you.

[ima-sdk-adv...@google.com]

Hi,

Thank you for reaching out to support. The SDK reports googleapis.com as the referrer URL because requests are made from the SDK iframe. This is not something that can be configured. To track the page, the SDK will pass a 'url' query string parameter with each ad request. This value will have the correct page URL.

I was able to test with your page, and I see the following ad request:

https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?slotname=%2F32984737%2FYY_Updated_SDKTesting%2FA_VOD%2FVOD_Player6&sz=640x480&url=https%3A%2F%2Fplayer.stg.watchstadium.com%2Fvideojs-ima%2FVOD_Player6%2Fexamples%2Fautoplay%2Findex.html&unviewed_position_start=1&env=vp&gdfp_req=1&ad_rule=0&output=xml_vast3&video_url_to_fetch=VOD_Player6&vad_type=linear&vpos=preroll&pod=1&vrid=1107255&max_ad_duration=31000&min_ad_duration=0&sarid=1107255&sf=1&sfu=vid&is_amp=0&adk=195590520&correlator=2026042449773479&scor=2088524892470164&pucrd=CgYgASgBOAF4Aw&ged=ve4_td2_tt1_pd2_la2000_er8.8.368.648_vi0.0.803.640_vp99_ts1_eb20075&osd=2&cookie_enabled=1&jar=2018-08-01-15&frm=0&media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommondatastorage.googleapis.com%2Fgtv-videos-bucket%2Fsample%2FBigBuckBunny.mp4&sdkv=h.3.225.0&sdki=3c0d&mpt=videojs-ima&mpv=1.5.1&sdr=1&vpa=auto&vpmute=0&u_so=l&afvsz=200x200%2C250x250%2C300x250%2C336x280%2C450x50%2C468x60%2C480x70&kfa=0&tfcd=0&adsid=AGKtvMof_nt7uwcDsSK25NBZEHfV7Oc9r__znb3tS4xZ53-BSQ6Rqeoo6m2nOypUB4X3

The 'url' parameter calls out the correct value:

 https://player.stg.watchstadium.com/videojs-ima/VOD_Player6/examples/autoplay/index.html 

You should reach out to your reporting provider for more information about you can leverage this information.

Regards,

Chris Feldman
IMA SDK Team

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[Scott B]

Chris,

Thank you for the note.  I am on the Ad Ops team that is troubleshooting this.  We are seeing this issue across the board with multiple partners (Campaign Manager - formerly DCM, MOAT, DoubleVerify, Innovid, Rubicon, & SpotX).

I have previously reached out to Campaign Manager (DCM) Support and they confirmed the DCM tags we are using were built properly and were functioning correctly.  I have taken these same DCM creative tags, tied them to a Google Ad Manager (formerly DFP) ad tag/ad unit, input that ad tag/ad unit into Google's VAST inspector and the proper domain appeared in reporting.  However, those same DCM tags that are tied to a DFP ad unit/ad tag and implemented on our player return the iframe URL.  Can you help shed any light into why this is happening across the board/across many different partners?  Thank you in advance for your help!

[ima-sdk-adv...@google.com]

Hi Scott,

Thank you for coming to the forum for support. For these ad tags, is the SDK setting the 'url' parameter incorrectly or the referrer URL? The IMA SDK will always report googleapis as the referrer URL, but the 'url' parameter should be set correctly. If the 'url' parameter isn't being set correctly, please share the ad tag so I can test myself and confirm.

Regards,

Chris Feldman
IMA SDK Team

[Scott B]

Chris,

I appreciate the follow up.  The ad tag is below:

https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640x480&iu=/32984737/YY_Updated_SDKTesting/A_VOD/VOD_Player6&impl=s&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=vast&unviewed_position_start=1&description_url=VOD_Player6&ad_rule=1

The first ad that will appear across all browsers is a GAM hosted asset with a DCM impression tracker with a 1x10 min frequency cap.  There are 4 different ads remaining depending on the browsers, however all are VAST 3.0 Campaign Manager tags.  I hope this information helps.

[ima-sdk-adv...@google.com]

Hi Scott,

Chris is OOO today and I'll be assisting you with your issue here.

Thanks for sharing the Ad tag. I notice that the URL parameter is indeed being set properly by the SDK. Here is the URL that was pinged by the SDK and you can notice that the URL tag was properly formed. Can you confirm the URL parameter while using the VSI and then let us know?

Regards,

Deepika Uragayala

IMA SDK Team

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[Scott Bobo]

Deepika,

Thank you very much for the follow up note, I hope your day is going well!  Can you please confirm that you used the Google Ad Manager (DFP) ad tag in the Video Suite Inspector?  I believe that is what you meant by VSI?

If so, we have already confirmed that all GAM (DFP) ad tags that contain the DCM creative tags pass the proper URL and record the proper URL in Campaign Manager (DCM) reporting when used in the VSI.  They do not work when they are used in our Video.js player and I am trying to figure out why there are two different experiences.  As I mentioned to Chris we are seeing this across multiple 3rd & 4th party partners and I have confirmed with Campaign Manager (DCM) support that all of our tags are built/working properly.

Please let me know if you have any questions or need any clarification.

Scott

Scott Bobo
Ad Operations Manager | Stadium

1901 W. Madison St, 5th Fl Chicago, IL 60612

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[ima-sdk-adv...@google.com]

Hi Scott,

I'd like to take a look. Do you have a link to a page with your player? 

Please be aware, however, that if you're using the videojs-ima plugin we do not provide support on this forum. Support for the plugin can be found on the videojs-ima GitHub Issue Tracker.

Regards,

Chris Feldman
IMA SDK Team

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[monyiliev]

Hi Chris,

Thank you for taking the time to look into this. There is a test player that could be found here:  https://player.stg.watchstadium.com/videojs-ima/VOD_Player6/examples/autoplay/index.html

We do use videojs-ima plugin and the example above is taken directly from their repository with no modifications except for replacing the ad tag. This was done to avoid any and all added complexity by our internal implementation.

Prior to posting here, I opened an issue as you suggested on their Github Issue Tracker: https://github.com/googleads/videojs-ima/issues/712

The response we received did not necessarily lead us in any other direction but as you will see it was suggested that we post on this board as we did.

Once again, your help is highly appreciated.

Simeon

[ima-sdk-adv...@google.com]

Hi,

The ad request on the page that you shared is properly setting the url parameter:

https://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/ads?sz=640x480&iu=%2F32984737%2FYY_Updated_SDKTesting%2FA_VOD%2FVOD_Player6&gdfp_req=1&env=vp&output=xml_vast3&unviewed_position_start=1&description_url=VOD_Player6&ad_rule=1&sdkv=h.3.225.0&sdki=3c0d&correlator=1899670938050442&scor=3240568153289010&adk=195590520&media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommondatastorage.googleapis.com%2Fgtv-videos-bucket%2Fsample%2FBigBuckBunny.mp4&u_so=l&osd=2&frm=0&sdr=1&is_amp=0&adsid=AGKtvMo7cH7ghQk7R0ESWynF_MhYcNoC0OGLaauzMhroLfwSnFPwvQvIy2YrEGBEhuGw&pucrd=CgYgASgBOAF4Aw&jar=2018-08-06-19&vpa=auto&vpmute=0&mpt=videojs-ima&mpv=1.5.1&cookie_enabled=1&afvsz=200x200%2C250x250%2C300x250%2C336x280%2C450x50%2C468x60%2C480x70&url=https%3A%2F%2Fplayer.stg.watchstadium.com%2Fvideojs-ima%2FVOD_Player6%2Fexamples%2Fautoplay%2Findex.html&ged=ve4_td1_tt0_pd1_la1000_er0.0.0.0_vi0.0.759.709_vp0_eb16491

From your GitHub post, I now realize that you're only seeing this as a reporting issue. If that's the case, you should reach out to your reporting provider. We're only able to support client-side SDK issues on this forum. We do not deal with reporting. As long as the url parameter is set correctly, it is up to the reporting provider to compile that information correctly.

Regards,

Chris Feldman
IMA SDK Team 

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[Scott B]

Hey Chris,

Thanks for the note.  As I mentioned previously we have reached out to the other partners.  Google Campaign Manager has verified our tags are working properly.  We are seeing this issue with the below partners with our current setup:

Campaign Manager (DCM)

MOAT

DoubleVerify

Innovid

SpotX

Rubicon

I have taken the Google Ad Manager tags and input them into the VSI.  When I do this the url is properly recorded in Google Campaign Manager by the Campaign Manager tags, however it does not properly record when used with our setup.  Can you speak to why we are seeing two different experiences with the same GAM (DFP) Ad tag/Ad unit and the same Campaign Manager (DCM) creative tags?  Once again the Campaign Manager tags have confirmed to have been built/are working properly.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

[ima-sdk-adv...@google.com]

Hi,

Can you please clarify the point below? Does this refer to the 'url' parameter on your ad request or in your reporting?

however it does not properly record when used with our setup

You previously mentioned that your player is setting the 'url' parameter correctly. This was also my experience when I tested your page. Assuming that is still true, we won't be able to provide more support on this forum. Our team is only able to provide support for the IMA SDK, and in this instance, the IMA SDK is working correctly. 

If you're only seeing these discrepancies in your reporting, you'll need to continue working with your reporting provider to resolve your issues. I can't speak to why you're seeing unexpected information in your reporting.

Regards,

Chris Feldman
IMA SDK Team 

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