Prebid.js
This article explains how you can connect THEOplayer with Prebid.js. Prebid.js is an open-source header bidding solution. On the client-side, you can request bids from multiple ad networks, take a winning bid and select its associated advertisement. You want to configure and play this selected advertisement in THEOplayer.
SDKs
| Web SDK | Android SDK | iOS SDK | tvOS SDK | Android TV SDK | Chromecast SDK | Roku SDK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A was selected because Prebid.js is a separate library.
You can connect Prebid.js with THEOplayer on any platform that supports both Prebid.js and THEOplayer.
Connecting Prebid.js and THEOplayer
Prebid.js allows you to request bids. This request will respond with bids through a callback function. In this callback function, you have to select a winning bid, extract the ad tag URL. You can configure this URL as THEOplayer's ad source.
Code Examples
The code example below is based on the documentation offered by Prebid.org here.
Web SDK
The sample application at https://cdn.theoplayer.com/demos/prebidjs.html is an example of implementing Prebid.js on top of the THEOplayer Web SDK.
The example above schedules advertisements as pre-rolls (or mid-rolls or post-rolls). You can also dynamically schedule advertisements with the Ads API, as explained in How to set up VAST and VMAP ads.
Android (TV) SDK
Refer to https://docs.prebid.org/prebid-mobile/pbm-api/android/code-integration-android.html to integrate on Android SDK. The same THEOplayer API to configure advertisements is available on the Android SDK.
iOS/tvOS SDK
Refer to https://docs.prebid.org/prebid-mobile/pbm-api/ios/code-integration-ios.html to integrate on iOS/tvOS SDK. The same THEOplayer API to configure advertisements is available on the iOS SDK.
Resources
The following resources provide more information: