Google IMA HTML5 SDK: How to know if the current ad is a Flash VPAID

[Marko Ristic]

Hi everyone,

I was wandering if there is any way to know if the currently displayed ad is a Flash VPAID ad, when using IMA HTML5 SDK?

Thank you,
Marko Ristic.

[Tyler Sidell (IMA SDK Team)]

HI Marko,

There are a couple of ways that you can determine if the ad returned is a Flash VPAID ad.  The simple solution is to right-click on the ad while playing.  If you see About Adobe Flash, then you can be assured that the ad playing is a Flash ad (although it won't necessarily verify that it is VPAID).

Another solution in Chrome would be to:

• Open your browser's developer tools (Tools -> Developer Tools)
• Click on "Network" tab
• Request ad
• Filter by ads?
• Click on the ad tag.  This is the tag that got returned.
• Click on Response
• You'll see the VAST XML that gets returned.  From the XML, find the <MedaFile> node. 

Last but not least, you could set up a Charles proxy.  If you are looking to accomplish this from the API, you might be interested in Ad.getContentType().

Thanks,

Tyler Sidell

IMA SDK Team

[Marko Ristic]

Hi Tyler,

 

The simple solution is to right-click on the ad while playing.  If you see About Adobe Flash, then you can be assured that the ad playing is a Flash ad (although it won't necessarily verify that it is VPAID).

:D ;)

If you are looking to accomplish this from the API, you might be interested in Ad.getContentType().

I expected this solution to work, but it just returns an empty string for this Ad Tag:
 https://bs.serving-sys.com/BurstingPipe/adServer.bs?cn=is&c=23&pl=VAST&pli=8555799&PluID=0&pos=9590&ord=[timestamp]&cim=1

and other Flash VPAID ads I tested.

Is this implementation correct:
adEvent.getAd().getContentType();

I try to get this on the START event.

Thank you,
Marko.

 

[Tyler Sidell (IMA SDK Team)]

Hi Marko,

As of 3.101.17, this information becomes available after the LOADED event. However, we're noticing that it is only returning a value when the media type is video/mp4.  I have let the rest of the team know and we will keep you updated.

Thanks,
Tyler Sidell
IMA SDK Team

[Arnaud Leyder]

Hi IMA SDK Team,

Do you have an update on getContentType() mehod for Flash VPAID in HTML5 SDK? I can see it is still returning null.

Thanks

Arnaud

[Tyler Sidell (IMA SDK Team)]

Hi Arnaud,

There are currently no updates on this issue at the time.  I will continue to see if I can get any further information and will update this thread accordingly, if so.

Thanks,
Tyler Sidell

IMA SDK Team

[Tyler Sidell (IMA SDK Team)]

Hi Arnaud,

Good news as you can call the getContentType() method for Flash VPAID in HTML5.  Please let us know if you are seeing anything different.

Thanks,

Tyler Sidell

IMA SDK Team

[Arnaud Leyder]

Hi Tyler,

Yes I can see now "application/x-shockwave-flash" being returned for ad.getContentType() with a Flash VPAID in HTML5 IMA SDK.

Thanks

Arnaud

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