PAL SDK Roku API Reference

Warning: The PAL SDK for Roku has been deprecated and new Roku applications implementing the PAL SDK for Roku are no longer being certified by Roku for publication. A Google Ad Manager alternative is in development to continue monetizing ads on Roku. Reach out to your account representative if you are interested in being added to the closed beta.

1. 1. ima
   2. ima.NonceLoader
   3. ima.NonceManager
   4. ima.NonceRequest

Class ima

Global functions that control Roku IMA for PAL.

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Class ima.NonceLoader

Methods

createNonceLoader, loadNonceManager

The programmatic access library allows publishers to collect signals that can be used to unlock AdX demand. For each ad request, call the relevant setters as needed followed by a call to loadNonceManager. Publishers can then call NonceManager.getNonce() in order to get the string that should be added to ad requests as the value to the

createNonceLoader()

Returns ima.NonceLoader:

loadNonceManager(request)

Returns ima.NonceManager: A nonce manager for generating a nonce for an ad request.

Parameter	Type	Description
request	ima.NonceRequest	The request containing information about the nonce being requested.

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Class ima.NonceManager

Methods

getNonce, poll, sendAdClick, sendAdImpression, sendAdTouch, sendPlaybackEnd, sendPlaybackStart

Manages a nonce and its event reporting for a single content playback session. The content playback session lifecycle methods, including ima.NonceManager.sendAdClick, ima.NonceManager.sendAdTouch, ima.NonceManager.sendPlaybackStart, and sendPlaybackEnd must be called as these respective events occur in order to enable programmatic monetization.

getNonce()

Returns String: The nonce generated for this manager when it was loaded. This value will never change for a given NonceManager instance. This nonce value is only valid for a single content playback session up to a maximum duration of 6 hours.

poll()

Updates the manager state so that it can keep track of playback progress.

sendAdClick()

Notifies Google ad servers that a clickthrough on an ad has occurred during the given content playback session.

sendAdImpression()

Deprecated. Use ima.NonceManager.sendPlaybackStart and ima.NonceManager.sendPlaybackEnd/code>.


sendAdTouch(touch)

Notifies Google ad servers that a user touch or click on the ad other than a clickthrough (for example, skip, mute, tap, etc.) has occurred during the given content playback session.

Parameter	Type	Description
touch	roInputEvent|String	The key received from onKeyEvent (if using SceneGraph), or the roInputEvent otherwise.

sendPlaybackEnd()

Notifies Google ad servers that playback for the given content playback session has ended. This should be called when playback ends (for example, when the player reaches end of stream, or when the user exits playback mid-way, or when the user quits the channel, or when advancing to the next content item in a playlist setting). This method ends the asynchronous calls to Google servers started in sendPlaybackStart.

sendPlaybackStart()

Notifies Google ad servers that playback for the given content playback session has started. This should be called on "video player start". This may be in response to a user-initiated action (click-to-play) or a channel initiated action (autoplay). This method will start asynchronous calls to Google servers to collect signal needed for IVT monitoring and detection.

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Class ima.NonceRequest

Fields

adWillAutoPlay, adWillPlayMuted, continuousPlayback, descriptionUrl, directedForChildOrUnknownAge, iconsSupported, ppid, sessionId, storageAllowed, supportedApiFrameworks, videoHeight, videoWidth

Methods

createNonceRequest

Information a publisher can provide when requesting a PAL nonce.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
adWillAutoPlay		Set to true if the ad will be auto played without waiting for user interaction. Set to false if the ad will wait for user interaction before being played.
adWillPlayMuted		Set to true if the ad will be played while muted. Set to false if the ad will play unmuted.
continuousPlayback		Set to true if the player intends to continuously play the content videos one after another similar to TV broadcast or video playlist. Set to false otherwise.
descriptionUrl		The description URL of the content during which the ad will be played. Any description URL string longer than 500 characters will be ignored and excluded from the nonce.
directedForChildOrUnknownAge		Whether the ad request is directed to a child or user of an unknown age (TFCD or TFUA). Default value is false.
iconsSupported		Whether VAST icons are supported by the video player. On Roku this value should always be false.
ppid		The publisher provided ID. Any PPID longer than 200 characters will be ignored. Note: The PPID will not be used in personalisation. If it is appropriate to use a ppid for personalization, include it separately in clear text in your ad request.
sessionId		Session ID is a temporary random ID. It is used exclusively for frequency capping. A session ID must be a UUID.
storageAllowed		Whether storage consent (purpose 1 consent) from the IAB TCF V2 spec has been granted by the user. Defaults to true.
supportedApiFrameworks		Accepts an array of strings representing API framweworks supported by the player as defined in AdCOM 1.0 "API Frameworks" list https://github.com/InteractiveAdvertisingBureau/AdCOM/blob/master/AdCOM%20v1.0%20FINAL.md#list--api-frameworks-. Example: ["2","7","9"] indicates this player supports VPAID 2.0, OMID 1.0, and SIMID 1.1.
videoHeight		The height of the ad video element.
videoWidth		The width of the ad video element.

createNonceRequest()

Returns ima.NonceRequest:

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