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UI template: VPaid

An interactive banner format displayed in a VAST 2.0 compatible video player before or during the display of main content. Users can close a banner, otherwise, it will be closed automatically after a specified time period. These parameters are set on the player side.

Asset requirements

VPAID creative must be assembled in accordance with the IAB standard for VPAID creatives.
The template allows uploading files that are necessary for VPAID creative’s work and get the code for pasting in a video player.
You may upload a creative as:

  • a single JS file named body.js
  • a ZIP folder with main JS file named body.js in the root of the archive

Main JS file

Requirements:

  • name of the file should be body.js
  • file should comply with IAB standards for VPAID creatives
  • file should contain links to other creative’s files and folders

In case you upload creative files to the template locally (i.e. they are stored on a Platform’s servers), paste to body.js the following script for the location of the correct files (basePath). Click below to expand the script code.

Expand the code
var scripts = document.getElementsByTagName("script");
var base = "";
([]).slice.call(scripts)
	.forEach(function (s) {
	if (/test1.*\.js/.test(s.src)) {
		var match = s.src.match(/(.*\/)(.*\.js)/);
		if (match && match[1]) {
			base = match[1];
			console.log(base);
		}
	}
});

XML file

The Platform generates the code for pasting in video player (Linear VAST URL, NonLinear VAST URL) and XML file which contains the link for the creative and event trackers.
Example of the XML with VPAID creative:

Parameters that are passed in XML

Main

width – creative width.
height – creative height.
Duration – creative display duration in hh:mm:ss format; this parameter may be used by VAST player for creative display during a specified time period.
scalable (true/false) – creative’s scalability.

Additional (Extensions)

skipTime – a period of time, after which it will be possible to skip the creative – Close or Skip button (hh:mm:ss); the Skip ad field, sec., in the creative template in the interface.

Parameters’ values are set in the interface in the creative template.

Chrome will limit the resources a display ad can use before the user interacts with the ad by removing heavy creatives from the page. An ad is considered heavy if the user has not interacted with it (for example, has not tapped or clicked it) and it meets any of the following criteria:
– Uses the main thread for more than 60 seconds in total
– Uses the main thread for more than 15 seconds in any 30-second window
– Uses more than 4 megabytes of network bandwidth
For any questions regarding ad manuals please contact the support manager of your account.
Updated on November 17, 2023