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Outbrain IAB category Targeting API

IAB category Targeting gives you the abillity to select your preferred IAB categories in your campaign setup. The IAB category Targeting object has the following attributes: Property Type Semantic Example categoryId String IAB category id IAB1-1 categoryName String IAB category name Books & Literature parentId String Parent IAB Category (if exists) IAB1 pageViews Number The number of page views for this category 55115277 children Array of IAB category Will appear if this category has more specific sub categories

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GET /iabcategories/all Retrieve all available IAB categories #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Outbrain Amplify IAB category Targeting API
  version: '0.1'
  description: This API describes the interfaces for interacting with the Outbrain Amplify product.
  contact:
    name: Outbrain Developer Center
    url: https://developer.outbrain.com
servers:
- url: https://api.outbrain.com/amplify/v0.1
  description: Production Server
security:
- OBTokenAuth: []
tags:
- name: IAB category Targeting
  description: IAB category Targeting gives you the abillity to select your preferred IAB categories in your campaign setup.
paths:
  /iabcategories/all:
    get:
      operationId: getIabcategoriesAll
      summary: Retrieve all available IAB categories
      description: Returns all available IAB categories.
      tags:
      - IAB category Targeting
      responses:
        '200':
          description: All available IAB categories.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
              example:
                categories:
                - categoryId: IAB1
                  categoryName: Arts & Entertainment
                  children:
                  - categoryId: IAB1-1
                    categoryName: Books & Literature
                    parentId: IAB1
                    pageViews: 55115277
                    children: []
                  - categoryId: IAB1-2
                    categoryName: Celebrity Fan/Gossip
                    parentId: IAB1
                    pageViews: 399550717
                    children: []
                  - categoryId: IAB1-3
                    categoryName: Fine Art
                    parentId: IAB1
                    pageViews: 48977486
                    children: []
                - categoryId: IAB10
                  categoryName: Home & Garden
                  children:
                  - categoryId: IAB10-1
                    categoryName: Appliances
                    parentId: IAB10
                    pageViews: 17408283
                    children: []
        '400':
          description: Bad Request - the request could not be understood or was missing required parameters
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized - authentication failed or the user lacks permission for the requested operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden - access denied
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '404':
          description: Not Found - resource was not found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '429':
          description: Too Many Requests - request exceeded rate limits; see the rate-limit-msec-left header
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      description: Error envelope returned on 400/401/403/404/429 responses.
      properties:
        moreInfo:
          type: string
          description: Short machine-readable hint identifying the failing operation.
        errorMessage:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error message.
      examples:
      - moreInfo: get-budget
        errorMessage: access denied
  securitySchemes:
    OBTokenAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: OB-TOKEN-V1
      description: Token obtained from GET /login (HTTP Basic) or from https://my.outbrain.com/create-token. Valid for 30 days.
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic credentials used only on GET /login to obtain an OB-TOKEN-V1 token.