Sovrn Commerce Link Check API

Check whether a destination URL can be monetized by Sovrn Commerce, get its estimated earnings per click, and receive the optimized affiliate URL to use in its place. Supports a geo override for affiliation testing plus a fallback URL and bid floor.

OpenAPI Specification

sovrn-commerce-link-check-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Sovrn Commerce Link Check API
  version: '1.0'
  description: Harvested verbatim from the OpenAPI definitions Sovrn publishes inside its Sovrn Developer
    Center reference pages at https://developer.sovrn.com/. Operations sharing this info/servers block
    were merged into one document by API Evangelist; operation content is unmodified.
  x-source-title: api
servers:
- url: https://api.viglink.com/api
security:
- {}
paths:
  /link/:
    get:
      summary: Link check API
      description: Get information on whether a specific URL can be monetized
      operationId: link
      parameters:
      - name: out
        in: query
        description: The URL to be tested for monetization
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: key
        in: query
        description: Commerce Api Key. This is found by logging into your account at https://commerce.sovrn.com
          and navigating to Sites. The API key field for the domain you wish to use should be entered
          here.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: optimize
        in: query
        description: Option on if the link can be optimized
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: true
      - name: format
        in: query
        description: We should always use `json`
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: geo
        in: query
        description: Country code that can be passed in for affiliation testing
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: fbu
        in: query
        description: Fallback url to go if out url can't beat the bid floor
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: bf
        in: query
        description: Bid floor for the fallback url
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '200'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: "{\n    \"url\": \"https://www.walmart.com/ip/105218827\",\n    \"optimized\"\
                    : \"https://redirect.viglink.com?key={YOUR API KEY&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2F105218827&prodOvrd=RAL\"\
                    ,\n    \"affiliatable\": false,\n    \"competitive\": null,\n    \"optimizable\":\
                    \ null,\n    \"eepc\": 0.0702\n}"
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  url:
                    type: string
                    example: https://www.walmart.com/ip/105218827
                  optimized:
                    type: string
                    example: https://redirect.viglink.com?key={YOUR API KEY&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2F105218827&prodOvrd=RAL
                  affiliatable:
                    type: boolean
                    example: false
                    default: true
                  competitive: {}
                  optimizable: {}
                  eepc:
                    type: number
                    example: 0.0702
                    default: 0
        '400':
          description: '400'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                Result:
                  value: "{\n    \"status\": 400,\n    \"message\": \"Parameter 'key' is required.\",\n\
                    \    \"error\": \"Bad Request\",\n    \"exception\": \"com.viglink.common.exception.ValidationException\"\
                    ,\n    \"timestamp\": 1608665790151\n}"
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: integer
                    example: 400
                    default: 0
                  message:
                    type: string
                    example: Parameter 'key' is required.
                  error:
                    type: string
                    example: Bad Request
                  exception:
                    type: string
                    example: com.viglink.common.exception.ValidationException
                  timestamp:
                    type: integer
                    example: 1608665790151
                    default: 0
      deprecated: false