Ad Decision Server (ADS) Interactions

MediaTailor uses the creative id attribute value from the VAST response as a value in the ad ID signaling. If the id attribute value is empty or not present in the VAST response, MediaTailor places an empty value in the ad ID signaling.

Example VAST response:

The following sample VAST response includes an id attribute value for the inline linear Creative. MediaTailor extracts the value from the custom VAST Extension element and places that value in the creative metadata of the manifest.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<VAST version="3.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <Ad sequence="3">
        <InLine>
            <AdSystem>2.0</AdSystem>
            <AdTitle>AD-caribbean2-15</AdTitle>
            <Impression><![CDATA[https://n8ljfs0xxx.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/v1/impression]]></Impression>
            <Creatives>
                <Creative sequence="3" apiFramework="inLine" id="1234">
                    <Linear>
                        <Duration>00:00:15</Duration>
                        <MediaFiles>
                            <MediaFile id="00002" delivery="progressive" type="video/mp4" width="1280" height="720"><![CDATA[https://d3re4i3vgppxxx.cloudfront.net/Media/Bumpers/AD-caribbean2-15-HD.mp4]]></MediaFile>
                        </MediaFiles>
                    </Linear>
                </Creative>
            </Creatives>
          <Extensions>
            <Extension type="creative_signaling"><![CDATA[999999|TVNlDDNpFTchtpRj,E5TfTtcYd5IEzvEt,ChA05OHcvWRGFY6Zp5VSSlxUEJ2B9p8GGhQIDzIQkFeQC-Ho67FR3P9qNa6khSAGKgAyAA]]></Extension>
          </Extensions>
        </InLine>
    </Ad>
</VAST>