pass additional data to sync url

[jney]

Hi,

Is there a way to add additional data to macros.UserSyncPrivacy to pass it to sync url, I'd like to add so extra id.
thank you

[bretg]

@jney - no, there's no way to define an arbitrary macro to pass arbitrary data to a sync endpoint. Unclear what that even mean. Please note that sync requests don't have much context: there's no auction request, it's in a 3rd party domain so has no access to any type of ID, it doesn't utilize any vendor-specific code.

Please help us understand exactly what you're trying to do.

[jney]

hi bret, for some reason we need the publisher to pass its api key to the sync system.
it looks like we aren't the only one with the issue https://github.com/prebid/prebid-server/blob/master/static/bidder-info/zeta_global_ssp.yaml#L18

[bretg]

we need the publisher to pass its api key to the sync system

I would recommend changing that requirement to allow the PBS host-company to have the API key rather than having a different key per publisher account in a multi-tenant environment.

If you insist on per-account, a community member will need to contribute the feature. It's not a priority for the core development team.

1. The /cookie_sync endpoint doesn't require the account ID.
2. If the account ID is provided, it will do a lookup to get the account config
3. There's no current place in the account config to put account-specific sync macros

If you want to add this feature, go ahead and add an account config like:

cookie-sync:    // in PBS-Go, use underscore instead of dash
  url-macros:
    bidderAsynckey: abc123

Update the /cookie_sync endpoint to resolve macros in the sync URLs something like

url: https://HOST/redirectuser?apikey={{MACRO:bidderAsynckey}}&gdpr={{.GDPR}}

There are details to work out with this. If someone really wants to build this, we'll help you dot-the-i's and cross-the-t's.

looks like we aren't the only one with the issue

This example is global to the PBS host, not per-account.

[bretg]

@jney - are you volunteering to build this feature?