New Relic Prebid Tracker

New Relic monitoring for Prebid.

Requirements

This solution works on top of New Relic's Browser Pro + SPA Agent.

Build

Install dependencies:

$ npm install

And build:

$ npm run build:dev

Or if you need a production build:

$ npm run build

Usage

Include the scripts inside dist folder to your page. See sample folder for examples.

To initialize the tracker, call method init() just when the prebid objejct is ready:

  var pbjs = pbjs || {};
  pbjs.que = pbjs.que || [];
  
  pbjs.que.push(function() {
    // Init Prebid tracker
    nrvideo.PrebidTracker.init(pbjs)

    pbjs.addAdUnits(adUnits);
    pbjs.requestBids({
      bidsBackHandler: initAdserver,
      timeout: PREBID_TIMEOUT
    });
  });

Data Model

Actions

The following event names are sent by the tracker as Browser Agent Custom Events.

Action Name	Description	Prebid Event
BID_AUCTION_INIT	The auction has started.	auctionInit
BID_AUCTION_END	The auction has ended.	auctionEnd
BID_TIMEOUT	A bid timed out.	bidTimeout
BID_REQUESTED	A bid was requested.	bidRequested
BID_RESPONSE	A bid response has arrived.	bidResponse
BID_WON	A bid has won.	bidWon
BID_SET_TARGETING	Targeting has been set.	setTargeting
BID_REQUEST_BIDS	Bids have been requested from adapters.	requestBids
BID_ADD_AD_UNITS	Ad units have been added to the auction.	addAdUnits
BID_AD_RENDER_FAILED	Ad rendering failed.	adRenderFailed
BID_BIDDER_DONE	A bidder has signaled they are done responding.	bidderDone

Check out the following link for more information on Prebid events.

Common Attributes

This is the list of attributes sent along with all BID_ actions.

Attribute	Description	Example
libVersion	Prebid version.	v3.4.0
timeSinceBidAddAdUnits	Time since last BID_ADD_AD_UNITS.	12356784
timeSinceBidRequestBids	Time since last BID_REQUEST_BIDS.	12356784
timeSinceBidAuctionInit	Time since last BID_AUCTION_INIT.	12356784
timeSinceBidAuctionEnd	Time since last BID_AUCTION_END.	12356784
timeSinceBidSetTargeting	Time since last BID_SET_TARGETING.	12356784

Slot Specific Attributes

This attributes are sent along with BID_RESPONSE and BID_WON actions.

Attribute	Description	Example
bidderCode	Bidder code.	appnexus
mediaType	Media type.	banner
adUnitCode	Ad Unit Code.	/19968336/header-bid-tag-0
size	Media size.	100x200
hbBidder	Bidder code.	appnexus
hbFormat	Media format.	banner
hbPb	Price bucket.	0.50
hbSize	Media size.	100x200
placementId	Placement ID.	13144370

Bidder Specific Attributes

This attributes are sent along with BID_REQUESTED and BID_BIDDER_DONE actions.

Attribute	Description	Example
bidderCode	Bidder code.	appnexus
referer	Bid referer.	https://www.example.com/page.html

Slot Specific Time Attributes

These timers are generated per adUnitCode and only sent along with the actions having the same slot code. Sent with actions BID_RESONSE and BID_WON.

Attribute	Description
timeSinceBidResponse	Time since last BID_RESPONSE with the same adUnitCode.
timeSinceBidWon	Time since last BID_WON with the same adUnitCode.

Bidder Specific Time Attributes

These timers are generated per bidderCode and only sent along with the actions having the same bidder. Sent with actions BID_REQUESTED, BID_RESONSE, BID_WON and BID_BIDDER_DONE.

Attribute	Description
timeSinceBidRequested	Time since last BID_REQUESTED with the same bidderCode.
timeSinceBidResponse	Time since last BID_RESPONSE with the same bidderCode.
timeSinceBidWon	Time since last BID_WON with the same bidderCode.
timeSinceBidBidderDone	Time since last BID_BIDDER_DONE with the same bidderCode.

Support

New Relic has open-sourced this project. This project is provided AS-IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OR DEDICATED SUPPORT. Issues and contributions should be reported to the project here on GitHub.

We encourage you to bring your experiences and questions to the Explorers Hub where our community members collaborate on solutions and new ideas.

Contributing

We encourage your contributions to improve New Relic Prebid Tracker! Keep in mind when you submit your pull request, you'll need to sign the CLA via the click-through using CLA-Assistant. You only have to sign the CLA one time per project. If you have any questions, or to execute our corporate CLA, required if your contribution is on behalf of a company, please drop us an email at opensource@newrelic.com.

A note about vulnerabilities

As noted in our security policy, New Relic is committed to the privacy and security of our customers and their data. We believe that providing coordinated disclosure by security researchers and engaging with the security community are important means to achieve our security goals.

If you believe you have found a security vulnerability in this project or any of New Relic's products or websites, we welcome and greatly appreciate you reporting it to New Relic through HackerOne.

License

New Relic Prebid Tracker is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.