Web beacons or pixel URL will allow ATDW to collect the consumer pageviews generated through the distribution channels. The pageview statistics are passed onto the listing owners to showcase the value you as a distributor are providing their business.

The pixel URL is a transparent 1x1 pixel that all the ATDW licensed distributors consuming the distribution (Atlas) API are contracted to implement into their digital assets.

The pixel URL for each listing is returned within the Search API, getProduct API and getService API response.

The pixel URL must be implemented when loading the detailed information of the specific listing and/or service but not when loading the search results. This is to ensure that the consumer pageviews are tracked only when accessing a specific listing.

Please note that the getService API response contains only the product ID parameter in the pixel API endpoint and not the service ID. This is due to the pageviews statistics are collected per listing basis only. As per the content standards, service(s) are a subset of the listings.

Pixel API endpoint:
https://atlas.atdw-online.com.au/pixel?productId={{product_ID}}&distributorId={{distributor_ID}}&language={{language_code}}&syndicationMethod=API

Parameters of the pixel endpoint (/pixel?):
All the parameters of the pixel endpoint are dynamically generated by the system based on the API request being made. The distributors are required to implement the pixel URL (web beacon) "as-is" without making any changes.

• Product ID - Reference to the listing for which the pageviews are being sent to the ATDW. Each listing will have a unique product ID that are dynamically generated.
• Distributor ID - Reference to the distributor organisation sending the pageviews to the ATDW. The distributor ID is dynamically generated based on the API key being used.
• Note:The distributor ID is different to the API key. Please do not use your API key as the distributor ID as it may result in data breach.
• Language - When sending the pageviews to ATDW, the language code will be used to group the listing pageviews based on the translated content viewed by the consumers via the distributors digital channels.
• Syndication Method - This is used to identify if the pageviews are generated by the implementation of the API or the distribution Widgets or the myEvents White Label.

Example pixel URL returned in the API response:

JSON response:
"productPixelURL": "https://atlas.atdw-online.com.au/pixel?productId=56b27631d615f664185392da&distributorId=56b1eb9344feca3df2e320c6&language=en&syndicationMethod=API"

XML response:
<product_pixel_url>https://atlas.atdw-online.com.au/pixel?productId=56b27631d615f664185392da&distributorId=56b1eb9344feca3df2e320c6&language=en&syndicationMethod=API</product_pixel_url>

Implementation:
Distributors can use the typical web approach of triggering the pixel URL with a HTTP call in the form of an <img> tag when rendering the HTML product page.

Format:
<img src="INSERT THE PIXEL URL HERE" width=1 height=1 border=0 />

Example:
<img src="https://atlas.atdw-online.com.au/pixel?productId=56b27631d615f664185392da&distributorId=56b1eb9344feca3df2e320c6&language=en&syndicationMethod=API" width=1 height=1 border=0 />

Please ensure the request header contains the 'Referer' value to record the hostname of the digital assets sending the pageviews to the ATDW.

Implementation on Mobile Apps:
If a mobile app uses web views, Distributors can use the typical web approach of triggering the pixel URL with a HTTP call in the form of an <img> tag when rendering the HTML product page. However, native mobile apps with no web views require the pixel URL to be sent where the mobile app name to be specified in the 'Referer' request header.

Example jQuery code:

var settings = {
	"async": true,
	"crossDomain": true,
	"url": "http://atlas.atdw-online.com.au/pixel?productId=56b27631d615f664185392da&distributorId=56b1eb9344feca3df2e320c6&language=en&syndicationMethod=API",
	"method": "GET",
	"headers": {
		"referer": "http://ENTER_YOUR_MOBILE_APP_NAME_HERE/Page_Title/"
	}
}

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