Introducing v201010 and Geographical Targeting

Today, we are pleased to announce the launch of the latest version of the DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) API. The latest version of the API (v201010) includes several exciting new features including geographical targeting. To learn how to use geographical targeting in the DFP API, please review the instructions below.

Geographical targeting

You can find geographical targeting as a new field of the LineItem.targeting property. Note that this field was added as part of the new version in a way that backwards compatibility is maintained. As we release new features, we will continue to do so in a backwards compatible manner.

The geographical targeting API is very similar to what you may have seen in the DFP UI, ranging form countries to cities which can be included or excluded as criteria. The rules for how these locations can be targeted are present in the description of the GeoTargeting class. Below is an example of how you would target the United States and Quebec, Canada, but exclude Chicago and the New York metro area.

// Get the LineItemService.
LineItemServiceInterface lineItemService =
    user.getService(DfpService.V201010.LINEITEM_SERVICE);

// Create geographical targeting.
GeoTargeting geoTargeting = new GeoTargeting();

// Include the US and Quebec, Canada.
CountryLocation countryLocation = new CountryLocation();
countryLocation.setCountryCode("US");
RegionLocation regionLocation = new RegionLocation();
regionLocation.setRegionCode("CA-QC");
geoTargeting.setTargetedLocations(
    new Location[] {countryLocation, regionLocation});

// Exclude Chicago and the New York metro area.
CityLocation cityLocation = new CityLocation();
cityLocation.setCityName("Chicago");
cityLocation.setCountryCode("US");
MetroLocation metroLocation = new MetroLocation();
metroLocation.setMetroCode("501");
geoTargeting.setExcludedLocations(
    new Location[] {cityLocation, metroLocation});

// Create the line item.
LineItem lineItem=new LineItem();
lineItem.setName("Geo targeted line item");
lineItem.setTargeting(
    new Targeting(geoTargeting, inventoryTargeting));

// Finish setting line item properties...

// Create the line items on the server.
lineItem = lineItemService.createLineItem(lineItem);

Note that some locations use ISO codes, while some use friendly names. These codes can be found on the geographical targeting code list page and can also be downloaded as CSVs from the links at the top of that page.

What else is new?

In addition to geographical targeting, v201010 includes several other changes and improvements. All of these changes can be found here.

As we continue to release new features to our API, we look forward to receiving your feedback on our forum.

-- Adam Rogal, DFP API Team