API Documentation - Create content locker

API Endpoint:

POST https://publishers.ad-maven.com/api/public/content_locker

Description:

This endpoint allows you to create a link shortener.
The endpoint supports both POST and GET requests

Request Body:

Field Name	Field Description	Field Mandatory	Validation
title	The title of the link.	Mandatory	String value, Max 30 characters.
url	The final destination of the content monetizer, this is the link you're locking.	Mandatory	String Needs to be a valid link. To avoid problems with specials chars such as $,£ , # and etc' It's reccomended to encode the url (examples below)
background	Background is another name for our background, it's the little image/video in the link	Optional	Needs to be a valid link. Could be a link of any image format or a YouTube link.
sub_id	sub_id is a feature allowing you to track separately different traffic sources.	Optional	A new sub_id needs to be first configured through the manual upload in publisher panel. In the form of new link creation on publisher panel you can see a list of your ready to use sub_id's. Could be any string up to 7 chars.

POST REQUESTS

Authorization:

When making POST requests to this API endpoint, you should include your API token in the "Authorization" header of your HTTP request. Set the header as follows:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN

Replace YOUR_API_TOKEN with your actual API token obtained from The AdMaven Panel Under API.

Response:

If the request is successful, the API will respond with a success message and the details of the created link shortener.

Example POST Request:

POST https://publishers.ad-maven.com/api/public/content_locker
{
"title": "hello",
"url": "https://yourlinkhere.com",
"background": "https://example.com/background.jpg"
}

Example Successfull Response:

{
"type": "created",
"request_time": 556,
"message": {
            "title": "test",
            "url": "https://yourlinkhere.com",
            "background": "https://example.com/background.jpg",
            "short": "xxxx",
            "desturl": "https://onepiecered.co/s?xxxx"
        }
}

Example Failed Response:

{
"type": "error",
"request_time": 3926,
"message": "Missing mandatory field: url"
}

GET REQUEST

We also support passing parameters in the query parameters GET request using the following syntax:

Authorization

Authorization is checked using the GET request with the query parameter called api_token=<YOURTOKEN> be sure to change yourtoken to the API token you generate in the panel.

Example GET Request:

GET https://publishers.ad-maven.com/api/public/content_locker?api_token=<YOURTOKEN>&title=title&url=url.com&background=imageurl.jpg

Example Successfull Response:

{
  "type": "fetched",
  "request_time": 1519,
  "message": [
    {
      "title": "title",
      "url": "url.com",
      "background": "https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/beautiful-smooth-haired-red-cat-lies-on-the-sofa-royalty-free-image-1678488026.jpg",
      "short": "nj2v",
      "desturl": "https://onepiecered.co/s?nj2v"
    }
  ]
}

Example Failed Response:

{

"type":"error",

"request_time":572,

"message":"Internal Server Error"
}

API endpoint exmaples

Python GET request

import requests
from urllib.parse import quote

endpoint_url = "https://publishers.ad-maven.com/api/public/content_locker"
api_token = "YOUR_API_TOKEN"
headers = {}  # No Authorization header needed for GET requests parameter api_token

destination_url = "https://url.com"
encoded_destination_url = quote(destination_url)

params = {
    "api_token": api_token,
    "title": "title",
    "url": encoded_destination_url,
    "background": "imageurl.jpg"
}

response = requests.get(endpoint_url, params=params, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

Python POST request

import requests
from urllib.parse import quote

endpoint_url = "https://publishers.ad-maven.com/api/public/content_locker"
api_token = "YOUR_API_TOKEN"
headers = {
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_token}"
}

destination_url = "https://url.com"
encoded_destination_url = quote(destination_url)

params = {
    "title": "title",
    "url": encoded_destination_url,
    "background": "imageurl.jpg"
}

response = requests.post(endpoint_url, params=params, headers=headers)

print(response.json())

Javascript GET request

const apiToken = "YOUR_API_TOKEN";
        const title = "title";
        let urlValue = "url.com";
        urlValue = encodeURIComponent(urlValue);
        const background = "imageurl.jpg";

// Construct the URL with query parameters
        const url = https://publishers.ad-maven.com/api/public/content_locker?api_token=${apiToken}&title=${title}&url=${urlValue}&background=${background};

// Send GET request
        fetch(url)
            .then(response => response.json())
            .then(data => console.log(data))
            .catch(error => console.error("Error:", error));

Javascript POST request

// API Endpoint
        const url = "https://publishers.ad-maven.com/api/public/content_locker";
        let urlValue = "https://yourlinkhere.com"
        urlValue = encodeURIComponent(urlValue);
        
// Request body data
        const requestBody = {
            title: "hello",
            url: urlValue,
            background: "https://example.com/background.jpg"
        };

// Send POST request
        fetch(url, {
            method: 'POST',
            headers: {
                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                'Authorization': Bearer ${apiToken}
            },
            body: JSON.stringify(requestBody)
        })
            .then(response => response.json())
            .then(data => console.log(data))
            .catch(error => console.error("Error:", error));

Updated on: 29/10/2024