AdUnit defined native template

[EskelCz]

Type of issue

Question

Description

I'm trying to set up native ads, using adUnit defined templates, without a custom renderer
https://docs.prebid.org/prebid/native-implementation.html#42-implementing-an-adunit-defined-template
Using literally this example from the documentation:
https://docs.prebid.org/prebid/native-implementation.html#421-prebidjs-adunit-setup

I'm getting bids from magnite, which have all the native data in native key, on the bid response.
The issue is, it doesn't have an ad key, which means when I render it with pbjs.renderAd, this means that it fails with Error trying to write ad., here:

Prebid.js/src/prebid.js

Line 583 in 5199712

const message = `Error trying to write ad. No ad for bid response id: ${id}`;

I don't see where the native template rendering should kick in for this scenario. My template is there (in the mediaTypes.native), native data on the bidResponse is there, but renderAd doesn't seem to be made for that purpose. What am I missing?

Thanks

Expected results

Native ad being rendered

Actual results

MESSAGE: Calling renderAd with adId :7e523379a1127f
ERROR: Error trying to write ad. No ad for bid response id: 7e523379a1127f

Platform details

Mac OS, Chrome

Other information

Prebid 7.39.0

[dgirardi]

Native rendering currently works only with prebid universal creative - not renderAd. I think the docs say so but maybe not explicitly enough. We have several open issues about improving rendering - with this one I'd like to get rid of most of the inconsistencies between renderAd and PUC, including native rendering, but currently your options are to use PUC or reimplement it in your bidsBackHandler.

[EskelCz]

@dgirardi I see, thanks for the clarification. We'd rather not use the PUC, so I'll watch the proposal. Any idea on the timeframe? I'm wondering whether to do the bidsBackHandler, figure out how to trigger the event of the ad being rendered (to trigger analytics adapters etc) and rework it once it becomes a feature... or just wait for it for a few weeks. :)

[dgirardi]

@EskelCz I can't make any promises, but my best guess is in the order of a few months.

[EskelCz]

@dgirardi That's ok, thanks a lot. One question about the workaround though. Is there a way to trigger the emitAdRenderSucceeded from outside of Prebid? I'm going to do the custom rendering in the bidsBackHandler, but I need to trigger all the correct responses from bid adapters, analytics modules etc.

[dgirardi]

@EskelCz in your situation I'd probably use the same API that PUC uses, which is based on postMessage. If you craft messages in a particular way you can trigger adRenderSucceded / failed / bidWon and so on. I'm afraid you'll have to do some reading of the codebase though; there's no documentation outside of it since it's not public (but it's likely to remain stable because of how difficult it is for us to push PUC updates).

[EskelCz]

@dgirardi One more question if you don't mind, so I don't have to open a new issue for a similar thing:

For the direct/custom native rendering I used this postMessage, which works well:
{ message: 'Prebid Native', adId: winningBid.adId }

I ran into another use case for a custom rendering (rendering without an iframe), this time of a regular banner and I can't figure out how to trigger the same adRenderSucceded event in prebid.
I tried these messages:

{ message: 'Prebid Native', adId: winningBid.adId } // fails because regular banner doesn't have .native
{ message: 'Prebid Banner', adId: winningBid.adId } // nothing, doesn't trigger analytics
{ adId: winningBid.adId } // the same thing, doesn't work
{ message: 'Prebid Event', adId: winningBid.adId, event: 'adRenderSucceeded' } // nope

Is there some other message that would work?
Thanks a lot.

[dgirardi]

Take a look at this PR: https://github.com/prebid/Prebid.js/pull/9647/files Esp. "crossDomain.js"; I am out of office currently so I won't get into more details, but I believe you are asking for something very similar. Good luck!

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On Wed, Jun 21, 2023, 8:23 AM David Spohr ***@***.***> wrote: @dgirardi <https://github.com/dgirardi> One more question if you don't mind, so I don't have to open a new issue for a similar thing: For the direct/custom native rendering I used this postMessage, which works well: { message: 'Prebid Native', adId: winningBid.adId } I ran into another use case for a custom rendering (rendering without an iframe), this time of a regular *banner* and I can't figure out how to trigger the same adRenderSucceded event in prebid. I tried these messages: { message: 'Prebid Native', adId: winningBid.adId } -- fails because regular banner doesn't have .native { message: 'Prebid Banner', adId: winningBid.adId } -- nothing, doesn't trigger analytics { adId: winningBid.adId } -- the same thing, doesn't work Is there some other message that would work? Thanks a lot. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#10006 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACNOLVKD3QSHTQ3IVWN6OZTXML7XLANCNFSM6AAAAAAYQMIHM4> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>