Permutive

Permutive Contextual API

Retrieve contextual cohort targeting values for a page URL without processing any user data, for ad-server integration. Returns cohort codes, per-destination activation mappings and content classifications (categories, keywords, entities, sentiment, emotion, concepts) against IAB 2.0/2.2/3.0 or custom taxonomies. Safe to call for unconsented users.

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POST /ctx/v1/segment Get contextual segments #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Permutive Cohorts Contextual API
  version: '2.0'
  description: Permutive is an agentic data collaboration and activation platform for premium publishers, advertisers and agencies. This OpenAPI description was DERIVED by API Evangelist from Permutive's public developer documentation (https://developer.permutive.com/) — the operation set, paths, HTTP methods, titles and descriptions are taken verbatim from the published API reference; request/response schemas are lightly modeled where the docs do not publish a machine-readable spec. It is a discovery aid, not the authoritative Permutive contract.
  contact:
    name: Permutive Developer Support
    url: https://developer.permutive.com/
  x-apievangelist-generated: '2026-07-20'
  x-apievangelist-method: derived
  x-apievangelist-source: https://developer.permutive.com/
servers:
- url: https://api.permutive.com
  description: Permutive API host
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Contextual
  description: Retrieve contextual cohort targeting values for ad-server integration.
paths:
  /ctx/v1/segment:
    post:
      tags:
      - Contextual
      operationId: getContextualSegments
      summary: Get contextual segments
      description: Retrieve contextual cohort targeting values for ad-server integration.
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/OK'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid API key.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    OK:
      description: Successful response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
    ServerError:
      description: An unexpected error occurred on Permutive's side.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
    BadRequest:
      description: The request was malformed or failed validation.
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Problem'
  schemas:
    Problem:
      type: object
      description: Error payload.
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
        title:
          type: string
        status:
          type: integer
        detail:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Permutive workspace API key supplied as a bearer token. See https://developer.permutive.com/api/authentication for the exact header and key-provisioning details.