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Outbrain Interest Targeting API

Interest Targeting gives you the abillity to select your preferred interests categories in your campaign setup. Then, using our powerful interest insights and predictive technology, we’ll match you with audiences we know are interested in your desired categories and will surface your content to the people who are most likely to take action. The Interest Targeting object has the following attributes: Property Type Semantic Example id String interest id 00b56c21f2ca684e42908474d4bbfe9bf0 name String interest name Animals canBeTargeted Boolean determines whether this interest can be targeted or not (some interests exist just to provide the context / hirarchy of other interests from the same concept) true reachEstimationCount Number The estimated daily impressions within this interest for the last 7 days 4173698 subConcepts Array of Interest Targeting Will appear if the interest has m

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Operations 2

GET /interests/search Search Interests by term #

GET /interests/all Retrieve all available interests #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Outbrain Amplify Interest 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: Interest Targeting
  description: Interest Targeting gives you the abillity to select your preferred interests categories in your campaign setup.
paths:
  /interests/search:
    get:
      operationId: getInterestsSearch
      summary: Search Interests by term
      description: 'Returns all interests which complies to a given search term.

        Results can be filtered by supplying additional query parameters.'
      tags:
      - Interest Targeting
      parameters:
      - name: term
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: The search term
      - name: limit
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: number
        description: The limit of the search query.
        example: '100'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: All available interests which complies to the search
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
              example:
                interests:
                - id: 008e78c8c0fb3ed17d00baec8d2246c957
                  name: Dentistry
                  canBeTargeted: true
                  reachEstimationCount: 283788
                - id: 00f076b1618fe14032fea2b5427dd48a8e
                  name: Cold and Flu
                  canBeTargeted: true
                  reachEstimationCount: 524168
                - id: 00a389a8d7dbfa1f45cf86350a050e42d1
                  name: Aging
                  canBeTargeted: true
                  reachEstimationCount: 5171084
                count: 3
        '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'
  /interests/all:
    get:
      operationId: getInterestsAll
      summary: Retrieve all available interests
      description: Returns all available interests.
      tags:
      - Interest Targeting
      responses:
        '200':
          description: All available interests.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: string
              example: "{\n\"interests\": [\n   {\n        \"id\": \"00b4a4206b4700dc7f31859f25bf1b9171\",\n        \"name\": \"Home and Lifestyle\",\n        \"canBeTargeted\": false,\n        \"subConcepts\": [\n        {\n            \"id\": \"003a88d4853aa884699d77da749851a023\",\n            \"name\": \"Relationships\",\n            \"canBeTargeted\": true,\n            \"reachEstimationCount\": 16891959\n        },\n        {\n            \"id\": \"00e322b9b8570c0efcf64548aeec138a68\",\n            \"name\": \"Weddings\",\n            \"canBeTargeted\": true,\n            \"reachEstimationCount\": 22487517\n        }\n        ],\n        \"reachEstimationCount\": 760554\n    }\n]\n}\n<a name=\"iabCategory_obj\"></a>\n"
        '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.