Add a New Provider (Server)
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For Server-side configuration, all the information is fetched from the server.
To add a new Provider on Ingest Labs, perform the following steps:
From the left navigation panel, select Providers.
Select Add Provider -> For Server on the top-right corner of the screen.
Select a Provider Template.
To add a custom image provider, select Custom Image Provider from the Provider Template box.
Let's take an example of the Facebook Conversion API provider template.
Ingest Labs configures the Provider Name and Base URL.
The values such as the API version and the Pixel Id are specific to every provider. You need the API version, Pixel ID, and Access token before you add a Facebook Conversion API template.
To add a Facebook Conversion API Template, perform the following steps:
a. Navigate to the following URL to generate a Pixel Id, and an Access Token for the API version. Generate Pixel Id and Access Token
b. Follow the steps mentioned on the webpage.
Add Attributes The Attributes section consists of the following two sub-sections:
User Data
Custom Data
Under the Attributes section, click Add Attribute at the bottom to add a new attribute. The Name, Value, and Settings information is visible.
Note: You can set the attribute to Mandatory, Ignore If Empty, Fatal, Hash (SHA256).
Mandatory: This value is mandatory.
Fatal: This value is mandatory.
Ignore If Empty: This may be ignored if the value is not set.
HASH (SHA256): The value is converted to HASH format.
You can add additional attributes from FacebookCAPIParameters
You can see a list of parameters here:
To add a new parameter from the Customer Information Parameters, for example, the subscription Id, perform the following steps:
a. In the JSON section, click Add Attribute.
b. Add the exact field name under User Data and configure it with a data element that returns a subscription Id.
To modify the settings, click the Settings icon on the bottom-right corner of the screen.
Enter the Attribute Settings and click Confirm to save the changes.
The following are the Data Type Conversions for the attributes.
No Conversion
Indicates that there is no conversion required for the data type.
Convert to Boolean
Converts the input data to Boolean.
Convert to Number
Converts the input data to a number.
Convert to Array
Converts the input data to Array.
Convert to Object Spread
Converts the JSON attributes under a parent level attribute to the root level attributes.
To delete the attribute, click the Delete icon.
Enter the fields in the HTTP Headers section. This section is optional.
Enter the fields in the Connectors section and click Save to save the changes.
Note: Similarly, while adding any other provider template, for example, TikTok Event API Provider, click TikTok Event API Provider to create a Pixel Id and Access Token and proceed as given above.
