@frontity/smart-adserver

Smart Adserver is an ad serving network and they provide an API for displaying the ads which is described here.
The @frontity/smart-adserver package will load a third-party Smart Adserver library which adds certain properties on the global window object. Then you as the developer can render the exposed <SmartAd> component, which will use those properties to make the "ad call" (which are basically API calls to the Smart Adserver).
In response, the Smart Adserver dynamically loads some code which will modify the DOM to insert the ad in the place that the <SmartAd> component was rendered.
The package has 3 main components:
The "Root" component. It includes the <Head> that loads the Smart Adserver library. When the user adds the @frontity/smart-adserver to their frontity.settings.js file, this library will be loaded automatically.
The SmartAd component. This component is exposed in libraries.fills.SmartAdserver.SmartAd. The users can just use this component directly to display ads by passing it relevant props. The component takes care of calling the Smart Adserver API and injecting the ad into the DOM in the relevant place
Ability to specify the ads in fills in the frontity.settings.js file. Ads can be placed in specific slots in a theme by using that approach.
Table of Contents
​Installation​
​Settings​
​Object properties​
​The props property​
​Examples​
​Usage​
​Using the Slot & Fill pattern​
​Using the Ad component directly​
Installation
The package can be installed like:
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npm i @frontity/smart-adserver
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Settings
This package can be included in your frontity.settings.js file as one of the packages that will be part of your Frontity project.
The namespace for this package is smartAdserver. To use the Slot and Fill pattern with this package we should add a settings object to state.fills under the smartAdserver namespace.
Each fill in the smartAdserver namespace is an object which should be assigned to an arbitrarily named key. The structure should be as follows:
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export default {
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  packages: [
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    {
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      name: "@frontity/smart-adserver",
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      state: {
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        fills: {
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          smartAdserver: {
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            arbitrary_fill_name: {
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              // Object properties
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            },
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          },
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        },
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      },
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    },
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  ],
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};
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Object properties
To define a SmartAd using the Slot & Fills pattern we use the standard FilL properties​
Name
Type
Required
Description
slot
string
yes
The name of the slot as defined in your theme where you want the ad to go.
library
string
yes
The React component used to display the Ad. We can set this value to "smartAdserver.SmartAd" (SmartAd component available in the smartAdserver package).
priority
int
no
Assigns a priority in case more than one fill is assigned to that slot.
props
obj
yes
Props that will be passed to the <Slot> component (see table below)
The props property
An object with props that will be passed to the <Slot> component.
Name
Type
Required
Description
siteId
number
yes
The id of the site as defined in SmartAds; represents a website or mobile application; more info​
pageId
number
yes
The id of the page as defined in SmartAds; represents a website or mobile application; more info​
formatId
number
yes
The id of the format as defined in SmartAds; represents an ad slot on a page (medium rectangle, skyscraper...); more info​
callType
string
yes
The type of the ad call. Possible values: iframe or std
tagId
string
no
The id of the container that will contain the ad. Default Value: sas_${formatId}"
width
number
no
The width of the ad. Used with callType iframe.
height
number
no
The height of the ad. Used with callType iframe.
minHeight
number
no
Minimum height of the container for the ad. Used with callType std.
css
​style object​
no
The optional styles that can be passed to the SmartAd component via css prop. They will be merged with the default styles of the SmartAd component. more info​
target
string
no
Keyword targeting allows you to display ads only when specific keywords or key/value pairs are passed in the ad request. more info​
Examples
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module.exports = {
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  packages: [
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    ...,
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    {
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      name: "@frontity/smart-adserver",
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      state: {
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        // Global settings.
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        smartAdserver: {
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          networkId: 620,
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          subdomain: "www8",
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        },
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        fills: {
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          smartAdserver: {
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            // This ad is using the 'std' call: https://support.smartadserver.com/s/article/Tagging-guide
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            stdAd: {
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              slot: "header",
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              library: "smartAdserver.SmartAd",
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              props: {
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                callType: "std",
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                siteId: 103409,
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                pageId: 659846,
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                formatId: 14968,
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                tagId: "below-header-14968", // The id of the container where we render the ad.
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                minHeight: 100, // In px, optional.
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              },
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            },
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            // This ad is using the 'iframe' call: https://support.smartadserver.com/s/article/Tagging-guide
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            iframeAd: {
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              slot: "content",
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              library: "smartAdserver.SmartAd",
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              props: {
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                siteId: 103409,
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                pageId: 659846,
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                formatId: 14968,
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                tagId: "below-content-14968",
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                width: 300, // Should be specified if callType === 'iframe'.
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                height: 600, // Should also be specified if callType === 'iframe'.
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              },
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            },
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          },
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        },
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      },
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    },
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  ],
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};
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Usage
Using the Slot & Fill pattern
The recommended usage of this component is using the Slot and Fill pattern. The configuration of the fill(s) is done in the state.fills.smartAdserver namespace in frontity.settings.js as explained above.
With this configuration we can then insert the Slots representing the Ads in any React component.
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import { Slot, ... } from "frontity";
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const MyComponent = () => {
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​
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  return (
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    <>
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      ...
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      <Slot name="header" />
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      ...
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      <Slot name="content" />
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      ...
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    </>
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  );
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};
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​
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...
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​
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export default MyComponent;
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Using the Ad component directly
Alternatively, since the Ad component is exposed in libraries, you can get the SmartAd component from libraries and render it wherever you wish.
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const MyComponent = ({ libraries, ...props }) => {
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  const MySmartAd = libraries.fills.smartAdserver.SmartAd;
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  const {siteId, pageId, formatId} = props
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    return (
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      <MySmartAd
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        callType="std"
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        siteId={siteId}
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        pageId={pageId}
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        formatId={formatId}
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        tagId="test-smartad"
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        css={css`
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          border: 5px solid dotted;
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        `}
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      />
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    );
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};
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​
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export connect(MyComponent);
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