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Open Auction Line Items

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Getting Started

Learn more about how open auction line items work with our API Here!

 

Endpoints

VerbEndpointDescription
GET/campaigns/{campaignId}/auction-line-itemsGet all Open Auction Line items from a specific Campaign
POST/campaigns/{campaignId}/auction-line-itemsCreates an Open Auction Line item
GET/auction-line-items/{lineItemId}Get a specific Open Auction Line item
PUT/auction-line-items/{lineItemId}Updates a specific Open Auction Line item

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Info

  • Create operations using the POST method except every Required (R) field; omitting Optional (O) fields will set those fields to Default values
  • Update operations using the PUT method expect every Write (W) field; omitting these fields is equivalent to setting them to null, if possible

 

 

Line Item Attributes

id

    Data Type: string

    Description: Line Item ID

    Accepted Value: int64

    Default Values: None

    Write? No

    Nullable? No


campaignId Required

    Data Type: string

    Description: Campaign ID

    Accepted Value: int64

    Default Value: None

    Write? No

    Nullable? No


name Required

    Data Type: string

    Description: Line item name; must be unique within a campaign

    Accepted Value: 255 char limit

    Default Value: None

    Write? Yes

    Nullable? No


targetRetailerId Required

    Data Type: string

    Description: ID of the retailer the line item serves on

    Accepted Value: int64

    Default Value: None

    Write? No

    Nullable? No


startDate Required

    Data Type: date

    Description: Line item start date in the account timeZone

    Accepted Value: YYYY-MM-DD

    Default Value: None

    Write? Yes

    Nullable? No


endDate Optional

    Data Type: date

    Description: Line item end date in the account timeZone; serves indefinitely if omitted or set to null

    Accepted Value: YYYY-MM-DD

    Default Value: null

    Write? Yes

    Nullable? Yes


budget Optional

    Data Type: number

    Description: Line item lifetime spend cap; uncapped if omitted or set to null

    Accepted Value: at least 0

    Default Value: null

    Write? Yes

    Nullable? Yes


budgetSpent

    Data Type: number

    Description: Amount the line item has already spent

    Accepted Value: at least 0

    Default Value: 0.0

    Write? No

    Nullable? No


budgetRemaining

    Data Type: number

    Description: Amount the line item has remaining until cap is hit; null if budget is uncapped

    Accepted Value: between 0 and budget

    Default Value: null

    Write? No

    Nullable? Yes


monthlyPacing Optional

    Data Type: number

    Description: Amount the line item can spend per calendar month in the account timeZone; resets each calendar month; uncapped if omitted or set to null

    Accepted Value: at least 0

    Default Value: null

    Write? Yes

    Nullable? Yes


dailyPacing Optional

    Data Type: number

    Description: Amount the line item can spend per day in the account timeZone; resets each day; overwritten by a calculation if isAutoDailyPacing is configured; uncapped if omitted or set to null

    Accepted Value: at least 0

    Default Value: null

    Write? Yes

    Nullable? Yes


isAutoDailyPacing Required

    Data Type: boolean

    Description: To activate, either line item endDate and budget, or monthlyPace, must be specified; overwrites dailyPacing with a calculation if not set prior

    Accepted Value: true, false

    Default Value: false

    Write? Yes

    Nullable? No


bidStrategy Optional

    Data Type: enum

    Description: Bid algorithm optimizing for sales conversions, sales revenue, or clicks

    Accepted Value: conversion, revenue, clicks

    Default Value: conversion

    Write? Yes

    Nullable? No


targetBid Required

    Data Type: number

    Description: If optimizing for conversion or revenue, a target average amount to bid because each bid is modulated up or down by our optimization algorithm; bids stay constant if optimizing for clicks; must meet minBid for line item to serve; minBid depends on selected products and is retrieved through the catalog; input excludes platform fees

    Accepted Value: at least the greatest value of minBid across all products on the line item

    Default Value: 0.3

    Write? Yes

    Nullable? No


maxBid Optional

    Data Type: number

    Description: If optimizing for conversion or revenue, the maximum amount allowed to bid for each bid; respected regardless of targetBid; must meet minBid for line item to serve; minBid depends on selected products and is retrieved through the catalog; bidding is uncapped if omitted or set to null; does not apply if optimizing for clicks; input excludes platform fees

    Accepted Value: at least 0.01

    Default Value: null

    Write? Yes

    Nullable? Yes


status

    Data Type: enum

    Description: Line item status; can only be updated by a user to active or paused; all other values are applied automatically depending on flight dates, financials, or missing attributes required for line item to serve. To understand the conditions that will cause a status to change, check out our status page.

    Accepted Value: active, paused, scheduled, ended, budgetHit, noFunds, draft, archived

    Default Value: None

    Write? No

    Nullable? No


createdAt

    Data Type: timestamp

    Description: Timestamp in UTC of line item creation

    Accepted Value: ISO-8601

    Default Value: None

    Write? No

    Nullable? No


updatedAt

    Data Type: timestamp

    Description: Timestamp in UTC of last line item update

    Accepted Value: ISO-8601

    Default Value: None

    Write? No

    Nullable? No


Create an Open Auction Line Item

This endpoint creates a new open auction line item in the specified campaign.

https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/campaigns/{campaignId}/auction-line-items

Sample Request

curl -L -X POST 'https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/campaigns/405429491681951744/auction-line-items' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>' \
--data-raw '{
	"data": {
		"type": "405429491681951744",
		"attributes": {
			"name": "API Campaing",
			"startDate": "2023-01-23",
			"targetRetailerId": "299",
			"endDate": "2023-01-31",
			"status": "active",
			"budget": "1.00",
			"targetBid": "5",
			"maxBid": "5",
			"monthlyPacing": "50",
			"dailyPacing": "5",
			"isAutoDailyPacing": false,
			"bidStrategy": "conversion"
		}
	}
}'
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.criteo.com")
payload = json.dumps({
  "data": {
    "type": "405429491681951744",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "API Campaing",
      "startDate": "2023-01-23",
      "targetRetailerId": "299",
      "endDate": "2023-01-31",
      "status": "active",
      "budget": "1.00",
      "targetBid": "5",
      "maxBid": "5",
      "monthlyPacing": "50",
      "dailyPacing": "5",
      "isAutoDailyPacing": False,
      "bidStrategy": "conversion"
    }
  }
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>'
}
conn.request("POST", "/2023-04/retail-media/campaigns/405429491681951744/auction-line-items", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n\t\"data\": {\n\t\t\"type\": \"405429491681951744\",\n\t\t\"attributes\": {\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"API Campaing\",\n\t\t\t\"startDate\": \"2023-01-23\",\n\t\t\t\"targetRetailerId\": \"299\",\n\t\t\t\"endDate\": \"2023-01-31\",\n\t\t\t\"status\": \"active\",\n\t\t\t\"budget\": \"1.00\",\n\t\t\t\"targetBid\": \"5\",\n\t\t\t\"maxBid\": \"5\",\n\t\t\t\"monthlyPacing\": \"50\",\n\t\t\t\"dailyPacing\": \"5\",\n\t\t\t\"isAutoDailyPacing\": false,\n\t\t\t\"bidStrategy\": \"conversion\"\n\t\t}\n\t}\n}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/campaigns/405429491681951744/auction-line-items")
  .method("POST", body)
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>")
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/campaigns/405429491681951744/auction-line-items');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
$request->setHeader(array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>'
));
$request->setBody('{\n	"data": {\n		"type": "405429491681951744",\n		"attributes": {\n			"name": "API Campaing",\n			"startDate": "2023-01-23",\n			"targetRetailerId": "299",\n			"endDate": "2023-01-31",\n			"status": "active",\n			"budget": "1.00",\n			"targetBid": "5",\n			"maxBid": "5",\n			"monthlyPacing": "50",\n			"dailyPacing": "5",\n			"isAutoDailyPacing": false,\n			"bidStrategy": "conversion"\n		}\n	}\n}');
try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

Sample Response

{
    "data": {
        "attributes": {
            "name": "API Line Item",
            "startDate": "2023-01-23",
            "endDate": "2023-01-31",
            "maxBid": 5.00000000,
            "budget": 1.00000000,
            "monthlyPacing": 50.00000000,
            "dailyPacing": 5.00000000,
            "bidStrategy": "conversion",
            "targetRetailerId": "299",
            "status": "draft",
            "targetBid": 5.00000000,
            "isAutoDailyPacing": false,
            "campaignId": "405429491681951744",
            "budgetSpent": 0.00000000,
            "budgetRemaining": 1.00000000,
            "createdAt": "2023-01-23T22:02:42+00:00",
            "updatedAt": "2023-01-23T22:02:42+00:00",
            "id": "405482503263227904"
        },
        "id": "405482503263227904",
        "type": "RetailMediaAuctionLineItem"
    },
    "warnings": [],
    "errors": []
}

Get All Open Auction Line Items

This endpoint lists all open auction line items in the specified campaign. Results are paginated

https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/campaigns/{campaignId}/auction-line-items

Sample Request

curl -X GET "https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/campaigns/8343086999167541140/auction-line-items" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
import requests

url = "https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/campaigns/76216196459831296/auction-line-items"

payload={}
headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>'
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();

MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("text/plain");

RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "");

Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/campaigns/76216196459831296/auction-line-items")
  .method("GET", body)
  .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/campaigns/76216196459831296/auction-line-items');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));

$request->setHeader(array(
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>'
));

try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}

catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

Sample Response

{
    "data": [
        {
            "type": "RetailMediaLineItem",
            "id": "9979917896105882144",
            "attributes": {
                "campaignId": "8343086999167541140",
                "name": "Line Item 123",
                "targetRetailerId": "3239117063738827231",
                "startDate": "2020-04-06",
                "endDate": null,
                "budget": null,
                "budgetSpent": 2383.87,
                "budgetRemaining": null,
                "monthlyPacing": null,
                "dailyPacing": null,
                "isAutoDailyPacing": false,
                "bidStrategy": "conversion",
                "targetBid": 1.50,
                "maxBid": 2.50,
                "status": "active",
                "createdAt": "2020-04-06T17:29:11+00:00",
                "updatedAt": "2020-04-06T17:29:11+00:00"
            }
        },
 
        // ...
 
        {
            "type": "RetailMediaLineItem",
            "id": "6854840188706902009",
            "attributes": {
                "campaignId": "8343086999167541140",
                "name": "Line Item 789",
                "targetRetailerId": "18159942378514859684",
                "startDate": "2020-04-08",
                "endDate": null,
                "budget": 8000.00,
                "budgetSpent": 1921.23,
                "budgetRemaining": 6078.77,
                "monthlyPacing": 1000.00,
                "dailyPacing": 33.33,
                "isAutoDailyPacing": true,
                "bidStrategy": "conversion",
                "targetBid": 0.75,
                "maxBid": 1.25,
                "status": "paused",
                "createdAt": "2020-04-06T23:42:47+00:00",
                "updatedAt": "2020-06-03T03:01:52+00:00"       
            }
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "totalItemsAcrossAllPages": 105,
        "currentPageSize": 25,
        "currentPageIndex": 0,
        "totalPages": 5,
        "nextPage": "https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/campaigns/8343086999167541140/line-items?pageIndex=1&pageSize=25",
        "previousPage": null
    }
}

Get a Specific Open Auction Line Item

This endpoint retrieves the specified open auction line item

https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/auction-line-items/{lineItemId}

Sample Request

curl -X GET "https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/auction-line-items/2465695028166499188" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>"
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();

  MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("text/plain");

  RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "");

  Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/auction-line-items/358669652976373760")
  .method("GET", body)
  .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>")
  .build();

  Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();

MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("text/plain");

RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "");

Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/auction-line-items/358669652976373760")
  .method("GET", body)
  .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>")
  .build();

Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/auction-line-items/358669652976373760');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
$request->setHeader(array(
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>'
));

try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}

catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

Sample Response

{
    "data": { 
        "type": "RetailMediaLineItem",
        "id": "2465695028166499188",
        "attributes": {
            "campaignId": "8343086999167541140",
            "name": "My New Line Item",
            "targetRetailerId": "18159942378514859684",
            "startDate": "2020-04-06",
            "endDate": null,
            "budget": null,
            "budgetSpent": 0.00,
            "budgetRemaining": null,
            "monthlyPacing": null,
            "dailyPacing": null,
            "isAutoDailyPacing": false,
            "bidStrategy": "conversion",
            "targetBid": 0.30,
            "maxBid": null,
            "status": "draft",
            "createdAt": "2020-04-06T06:11:23+00:00",
            "updatedAt": "2020-04-06T06:11:23+00:00"
        }
    }
}

Update a Specific Open Auction Line Item

This endpoint updates the specified open auction line item. In this example, we enable auto daily pacing by setting a monthly pace simultaneously. Note that with auto daily pacing enabled, daily pacing is automatically calculated and overwrites its previous value, if any. Also, note the draft state of the line item because products to be promoted have not yet been added.

https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/auction-line-items/{lineItemId}

Sample Request

curl -X PUT "https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/auction-line-items/2465695028166499188" \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{
            "data": {
                "type": "RetailMediaLineItem",
                "id": "2465695028166499188",
                "attributes": {
                    "name": "My New Line Item",
                    "startDate": "2020-04-06",
                    "endDate": null,
                    "budget": null,
                    "monthlyPacing": 30.00,
                    "dailyPacing": null,
                    "isAutoDailyPacing": true,
                    "bidStrategy": "conversion",
                    "targetBid": 0.30,
                    "maxBid": null,
                    "status": "active"
                }
            }
        }'
import requests
import json

url = "https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/auction-line-items/358669652976373760"

payload = json.dumps({
  "data": {
    "id": "358669652976373760",
    "type": "RetailMediaCampaignUpdate",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "API Campaign Updated new name",
      "startDate": "2022-09-16",
      "targetRetailerId": "299",
      "endDate": "2022-09-18",
      "status": "draft",
      "budget": "35",
      "targetBid": "0.3",
      "maxBid": "0.10",
      "monthlyPacing": "50",
      "isAutoDailyPacing": True,
      "bidStrategy": "conversion"
    }
  }
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>'
}

response = requests.request("PUT", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();

MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");

RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"id\": \"358669652976373760\",\n    \"type\": \"RetailMediaCampaignUpdate\",\n    \"attributes\": {\n      \"name\": \"API Campaign Updated\",\n      \"startDate\": \"2022-09-16\",\n      \"targetRetailerId\": \"299\",\n      \"endDate\": \"2022-09-18\",\n      \"status\": \"active\",\n      \"budget\": \"15\",\n      \"targetBid\": \"0.3\",\n      \"maxBid\": \"0.10\",\n      \"monthlyPacing\": \"50\",\n      \"isAutoDailyPacing\": true,\n      \"bidStrategy\": \"conversion\"\n    }\n  }\n}");

Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/auction-line-items/358669652976373760")
  .method("PUT", body)
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>")
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('https://api.criteo.com/2023-04/retail-media/auction-line-items/358669652976373760');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_PUT);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));

$request->setHeader(array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer <MY_ACCESS_TOKEN>'
));

$request->setBody('{\n  "data": 
{\n    "id": "358669652976373760",
\n    "type": "RetailMediaCampaignUpdate",
\n    "attributes": {
          \n      "name": "API Campaign Updated",
          \n      "startDate": "2022-09-16",
          \n      "targetRetailerId": "299",
          \n      "endDate": "2022-09-18",
          \n      "status": "active",
          \n      "budget": "15",
          \n      "targetBid": "0.3",
          \n      "maxBid": "0.10",
          \n      "monthlyPacing": "50",
          \n      "isAutoDailyPacing": true,
          \n      "bidStrategy": "conversion"
          \n    }
		\n  }
\n}');
try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}

catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

Sample Response

{
    "data": { 
        "type": "RetailMediaLineItem",
        "id": "2465695028166499188",
        "attributes": {
            "campaignId": "8343086999167541140",
            "name": "My New Line Item",
            "targetRetailerId": "18159942378514859684",
            "startDate": "2020-04-06",
            "endDate": null,
            "budget": null,
            "budgetSpent": 0.00,
            "budgetRemaining": null,
            "monthlyPacing": 3000.00,
            "dailyPacing": 120.00,
            "isAutoDailyPacing": true,
            "bidStrategy": "conversion",
            "targetBid": 0.30,
            "maxBid": null,
            "status": "draft",
            "createdAt": "2020-04-06T06:11:23+00:00",
            "updatedAt": "2020-04-06T06:17:48+00:00"
        }
    }
}

Responses

ResponsesDescription
:large-blue-circle: 200Call completed with success
:large-blue-circle: 201Line item created with success
:red-circle: 400Bad request leading to a validation error

Common validation errors
- Invalid is auto daily pacing - Cannot turn on IsAutoDailyPacing and add a DailyPacing value. Only one of the two options can be used