Introducing DFA API v1.15

A new version of the DoubleClick for Advertisers (DFA) API has arrived: v1.15. This release focuses on fixing some bugs that were present in the API. Some of the fixes included in v1.15 are:

• Placement End Date Validation - As previously mentioned on our forum, both campaign and placement end dates always use midnight in the Eastern Time Zone as their ending time. When saving a placement, the placement’s end date was checked against its campaign’s end date before the time of day was converted. This resulted in the API erroneously informing users in certain time zones that their placement end dates were past the end dates of their campaign. Placement end dates will now be converted before they are validated.


• “getAssignedCreativeGroupsToCreative” operation - This operation, located in the creative service, was never returning results. It will now do so.


• Clearing Remarketing Lists - Users were able to set and modify Remarketing lists targeting via the userListExpression field of a targetable ad through the API, but it was not possible to clear them once one had been set. You may now clear these lists.

Deprecation of v1.13

The version from two releases ago, v1.13, is now considered to be deprecated. As previously announced, v1.13 will be removed from service on October 1st, 2011. Be sure to migrate any applications currently using v1.13 by this time. Consider it an opportunity to move to v1.15!

Sunset of v1.14 in Early January

With this release we are announcing the planned end of v1.14 far in advance of its early January sunset date. Please use this time window to make arrangements for migrating any v1.14 implementations before it is retired.

We have updated our release notes page to reflect the addition of v1.15. Please bring any feedback or questions you may have to our forum.

– Joseph DiLallo, the DFA API Team

Introducing DFA API v1.14

A new version of the DoubleClick for Advertisers (DFA) API has arrived: v1.14. This release consists entirely of security and performance enhancements. It does not alter the objects exposed by the API.

Deprecation of v1.12

The version from two releases ago, v1.12, is now considered to be deprecated. As previously announced, v1.12 will be removed from service on July 9th, 2011. Be sure to migrate any applications currently using v1.12 by this time. Consider it an opportunity to move to v1.14!

Sunset of v1.13 in Early October

With this release we are announcing the planned end of v1.13 far in advance of its early October sunset date. Please use this time window to make arrangements for migrating any v1.13 implementations before it is retired.

With the release of v1.14, we have updated our release notes page. Please bring any feedback or questions you may have to our forum.

- Joseph DiLallo, the DFA API Team

Introducing v1.13 and the Report Service

Today we’re announcing the next version of the DoubleClick for Advertisers (DFA) API, v1.13. The main highlight of this release is the new report service, which allows you to to generate and retrieve reports.

Reporting Comes to the Web Services

The report service brings the ability to generate reports from predefined queries, check on them periodically to see when they have finished being compiled, and retrieve a URL where you can download the completed report. You can’t create a query through the DFA API, instead you must use the website interface or the Java DART API. A query only has to be created and saved through these tools once, and then you can generate reports from your query via the DFA API for as long as it remains useful. Please see the updated DFA API vs Java DART API page for direction on how to migrate to the new service.

Reminder About Sunset of v1.11

As previously announced, v1.11 will be removed from service on April 16th, 2011. Be sure to migrate any applications currently using v1.11 to one of the two supported versions by this time.

Sunset of v1.12 in Early July

With this release we are announcing the planned end of v1.12 far in advance of its early July sunset date. Please use this time window to make arrangements for migrating any v1.12 implementations before it is retired. Support for v1.12 will continue for the standard length of time; we are merely announcing the end earlier to give you more time to prepare.

Complete Release Notes

With the release of v1.13, we have updated our release notes page to give you a more in-depth breakdown of what has changed since the previous version. Please refer to this page when upgrading your applications.

Adding reporting functionality to the web services has been a highly anticipated feature. Please bring any feedback or questions you may have about both the report service and the release to our forum.

– Joseph DiLallo, the DFA API Team

WebServices API v1.12

We are pleased to announce the release of the DoubleClick for Advertisers API Version 1.12.

v1.12 introduces a few additions to the DoubleClick for Advertisers API. This announcement highlights only a portion of the changes in this release. For complete details on all v1.12 changes, please see our Release Notes.

V1.12 HIGHLIGHTS

• Override Rich Media exit links: You can now override the exit URLs of a rich media creative in any ad associated with that creative. Previously, the API could only accomplish this for non-rich media creatives.

V1.10 SUNSET IN JANUARY 2011

• In accordance with our versioning policy, v1.10 will soon be retired. Therefore, please make sure that you upgrade any v1.10 applications before January 8th, 2011.

As with every new version, we strongly urge you to review the Release Notes section of the DFA API site. Please feel free to share any questions or feedback on our forum.

-- Joseph DiLallo, The DFA API Team

WebServices API v1.11 September 11, 2010 Release

DoubleClick is pleased to announce the latest production release of DFA6 WebServices API version 1.11 on September 11,2010.

Read the release notes (DFA sign-in required) for the September WebServices API version 1.11 release to see details of the new features and enhancements available to you.

-- Ruben Perez, The DoubleClick for Advertisers API Team

WebServices API v1.10 June 12, 2010 Release

DoubleClick is pleased to announce the latest production release of DFA6 WebServices API version 1.10 on Jun 12,2010.

Read the release notes (DFA sign-in required) for the June WebServices API version 1.10 release to see details of the new features and enhancements available to you.

-- Ruben Perez, The DoubleClick for Advertisers API Team

DFA WebServices v1.10 API Beta Release on May 8

The latest beta release of the DFA WebServices API, version 1.10.2, will be released on May 8, 2010. Read the release notes (DFA sign-in required).

-- Ruben Perez, The DoubleClick for Advertisers API Team