App-Ads.txt API for Android Apps

Get the Authorized Digital Sellers for Android apps. This specification from IAB is designed to protect mobile app ad inventory by allowing apps to list authorized sellers of their app’s ad inventory on their developer website.

Definition

Endpoint:

GET https://data.42matters.com/api/v3.0/android/apps/app_ads_txt.json

Hits per request:

Rate limit:

10 QPS

Required plan:

Large or above.

Parameters

Name	Required	Description	Available Values	Default
access_token	required	Your access token for using this API. You can get it for FREE by signing up .
p	required	The package name identifying an Android application.	Any publicly available Android app package name
include_unpublished	optional	Flag whether to return unpublished apps	true, false	false
callback	optional	If supplied, the response will use the JSONP format with a callback of the given name.

Responses

Status Code

Indication

Content-Type

Body

200

Everything is OK

application/json

Attribute	Type	Description
package_name	String	The app package name (unique identifier)
market_status	String	Status on the market PUBLISHED if the app is present UNPUBLISHED if the app was unpublished
title	String	App title
developer	String	App developer name
website	URL	App website
market_url	URL	A deep link to the app page on Google Play
content_rating	String	Advisory rating of the app content
category	String	The app category (human-readable string)
cat_key	String	The app primary category key. Refer to the Google Play categories for more information.
cat_keys	List of Strings	All app category keys. E.g. family-friendly apps have multiple category keys. Refer to the Google Play categories for more information.
app_ads_txt	Object	The fields of this object are described below
app_ads_txt.domain	String	The domain used to crawl the app-ads.txt file
app_ads_txt.url	String	The complete URL used to crawl the app-ads.txt file
app_ads_txt.raw	String	The raw content of the app-ads.txt file (if existing)
app_ads_txt.content_type	String	The content type of the "app_ads_txt.raw" field
app_ads_txt.supported	Boolean	True if this app supports the app-ads.txt standard by IAB
app_ads_txt.inventorypartnerdomain	List	List of Inventory Partner Domains
app_ads_txt.crawled_timestamp	String	The date when the app-ads.txt was crawled, format "YYYY-MM-DD"
app_ads_txt.authorized_digital_sellers	Array of Objects	List of Authorized Digital Sellers as specified in the app-ads.txt file for this app. Each object contains: ad_domain_name (Domain name of the advertising system), ca_id (Certification Authority), rel (Relationship), pub_acc_id (Publisher’s Account ID).
app_ads_txt.authorized_digital_sellers_from_partner_domain	Array of Objects	List of Authorized Digital Sellers found on inventory partner domains (inventorypartnerdomain line) for this app. Each object contains: ad_domain_name (Domain name of the advertising system), ca_id (Certification Authority), rel (Relationship), pub_acc_id (Publisher’s Account ID), inventorypartnerdomain (Partner domain).

404

The package name is not found

application/json

Error object

402

Your request exceeds what's allowed by your current subscription plan

application/json

Error object

403

Your access token is not valid

application/json

Error object

429

Your request rate is over the limit

application/json

Error object

Example Request

Authorized Digital Sellers for Pandora - Music & Podcasts on Android by its package name:

https://data.42matters.com/api/v3.0/android/apps/app_ads_txt.json?p=com.pandora.android&access_token=YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN

This request can also be imported into Postman. Check out our Postman integration guide.

Example Response

{
  "package_name": "com.pandora.android",
  "title": "Pandora - Music & Podcasts",
  "market_url": "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pandora.android&referrer=utm_source%3D42matters.com%26utm_medium%3Dapi",
  "content_rating": "Teen",
  "category": "Music & Audio",
  "cat_key": "MUSIC_AND_AUDIO",
  "cat_keys": [
    "MUSIC_AND_AUDIO",
    "APPLICATION"
  ],
  "developer": "Pandora",
  "website": "http://www.pandora.com",
  "market_status": "PUBLISHED",
  "app_ads_txt": {
    "supported": true,
    "crawled_timestamp": "2023-09-28T01:15:05+00:00",
    "authorized_digital_sellers": [
      {
        "ad_domain_name": "google.com",
        "rel": "DIRECT",
        "pub_acc_id": "pub-7193423889248675",
        "ca_id": "f08c47fec0942fa0"
      },
      {
        "ad_domain_name": "adswizz.com",
        "rel": "DIRECT",
        "pub_acc_id": "Pandora",
        "ca_id": null
      },
      {
        "ad_domain_name": "indexexchange.com",
        "rel": "DIRECT",
        "pub_acc_id": "188031",
        "ca_id": "50b1c356f2c5c8fc"
      },
      {
        "ad_domain_name": "adswizz.com",
        "rel": "DIRECT",
        "pub_acc_id": "pandora",
        "ca_id": null
      },
      {
        "ad_domain_name": "facebook.com",
        "rel": "DIRECT",
        "pub_acc_id": "10152265089896344",
        "ca_id": "c3e20eee3f780d68"
      },
      {
        "ad_domain_name": "aps.amazon.com",
        "rel": "DIRECT",
        "pub_acc_id": "ed1f651d-c9ea-451e-9879-1b8e00542b36",
        "ca_id": null
      }
    ],
    "unique_sellers": [
    ],
    "url": "https://pandora.com/app-ads.txt",
    "domain": "pandora.com",
    "authorized_digital_sellers_from_partner_domain": [
    ],
    "inventorypartnerdomain": null,
    "raw": "OWNERDOMAIN=pandora.com\n\ngoogle.com,pub-7193423889248675,DIRECT,f08c47fec0942fa0\nadswizz.com,Pandora,DIRECT\nindexexchange.com,188031,DIRECT,50b1c356f2c5c8fc\nadswizz.com,pandora,DIRECT\nfacebook.com,10152265089896344,DIRECT,c3e20eee3f780d68\naps.amazon.com, ed1f651d-c9ea-451e-9879-1b8e00542b36, DIRECT",
    "content_type": "text/plain"
  }
}

Last Modified: 03 May 2023

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