Advertisements

Pandora is ad-free for Pandora One users. For all other account types, the playlist returned by Retrieve playlist or User login will contain tracks with adToken values for the advertisements that should be played (if audioUrl is provided) or displayed using imageUrl and bannerAdMap.

Retrieve ad metadata

Method:ad.getAdMetadata

Retrieve the metadata for the associated advertisement token (usually provided by one of the other methods responsible for retrieving the playlist).

Name Type Description
adToken string The adToken to retrieve the metadata for. (see Retrieve playlist)
returnAdTrackingTokens boolean (optional - but the adTrackingTokens are required by Register advertisement )
supportAudioAds boolean audioUrl links for the ads are included in the results if set to ‘True’. (optional)
includeBannerAd boolean bannerAdMap containing an HTML fragment that can be embedded in web pages is included in the results if set to ‘True’. (optional) 
{
    "stat": "ok",
    "result": {
        "clickThroughUrl": "http://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=L&ai=BN-k_Zu53Vsr-F8-MlALj2rngAdjY8PcIAAAAEAEgADgAWPiivbTzAmDJBoIBF2NhLXB1Yi0yMTY0NjIyMzg3Njg3ODgysgEYd3d3LmRjbGstZGVmYXVsdC1yZWYuY29tugEJZ2ZwX2ltYWdlyAEJ2gEgaHR0cDovL3d3dy5kY2xrLWRlZmF1bHQtcmVmLmNvbS-YApNYwAIC4AIA6gIhNDIwNC9wYW5kLmFuZHJvaWQvcHJvZC5ub3dwbGF5aW5n-AKB0h6QA6QDmAOkA6gDAeAEAaAGINgHAA&num=0&sig=AOD64_1dqywjcCPaB_sDzcmIjy7yPRJRbQ&client=ca-pub-2164622387687882&adurl=https://www.att.com/shop/wireless/devices/prepaidphones.html",
        "imageUrl": "http://cont-1.p-cdn.com/images/public/devicead/g/e/3/f/daarv2828725klf3eg_500W_500H.jpg",
        "audioUrlMap": {
            "highQuality": {
                "bitrate": "64",
                "encoding": "aacplus",
                "audioUrl": "http://audio-ch1-t2-1-v4v6.pandora.com/access/4070162610719767146.mp4?version=4&lid=1797938999&token=CQ7xvDEck%2FutSGT4CwBfabSJD9DGqEv%2Bl5etfRYIcRtr6aQHd4ske3UE2%2FqzigYDNXjm6Mnh8CECeE%2F%2BQOGhTLY2zKBF260WCb7gTEgdPyFZOLSWfwV6Pi%2FPkF0BtBFGaCmIRLeo0H%2Fu3gyLDuySYPeIBO36SCttM%2B%2BriDe0IDv8EqoAj6BbM3frQiXF3vh%2BNCQoHBBrhLLaqocNu1pAOajQgyMGHMBy%2BKW8%2BhdRPr656jh81KwV%2FcUz%2BX%2Bri0udeRI8iSWR1bewgJdGtMQe3pzSZ1w3V16DAk%2Bi2hTOJXGCdNOLPQjC1GUBKVhdRJTU0uXk9dE8a%2Bn%2Bp2kuMcnRqaXro9Ya%2Ff4U0676v0JwseMng%2FGQp9ehJlbPzwtx5n0H",
                "protocol": "http"
            },
            "mediumQuality": {
                "bitrate": "64",
                "encoding": "aacplus",
                "audioUrl": "http://audio-ch1-t2-2-v4v6.pandora.com/access/2108163933346668833.mp4?version=4&lid=1797938999&token=CQ7xvDEck%2FutSGT4CwBfabSJD9DGqEv%2Bl5etfRYIcRtr6aQHd4ske3UE2%2FqzigYDNXjm6Mnh8CECeE%2F%2BQOGhTLY2zKBF260WCb7gTEgdPyFZOLSWfwV6Pi%2FPkF0BtBFGaCmIRLeo0H%2Fu3gyLDuySYPeIBO36SCttM%2B%2BriDe0IDv8EqoAj6BbM3frQiXF3vh%2BNCQoHBBrhLLaqocNu1pAOajQgyMGHMBy%2BKW8%2BhdRPr656jh81KwV%2FcUz%2BX%2Bri0udeRI8iSWR1bewgJdGtMQe3pzSZ1w3V16DAk%2Bi2hTOJXGCdNOLPQjC1GUBKVhdRJTU0uXk9dE8a%2Bn%2Bp2kuMcnRqaXro9Ya%2Ff4U0676v0JwseMng%2FGQp9ehJlbPzwtx5n0H",
                "protocol": "http"
            },
            "lowQuality": {
                "bitrate": "32",
                "encoding": "aacplus",
                "audioUrl": "http://audio-sv5-t2-1-v4v6.pandora.com/access/226734167372417065.mp4?version=4&lid=1797938999&token=CQ7xvDEck%2FutSGT4CwBfabSJD9DGqEv%2Bl5etfRYIcRtr6aQHd4ske3UE2%2FqzigYDSj6TIFMvq1a13lVZ0wkrCiMwbctJJs%2BhvJ17tqP3A9ul0dtwC0a%2B6wUWZ2h8MX4gC%2B96puCfQBcEH0hgBBlNTn%2F21lc2gGheE1ls6fAfUXa6P%2FoNRYtruiAJ%2Bne99iqzUCVNGl1Tyolgep7izpcdT4k86qVYiSfhTlXG8HatSCco0hkoqgi8JjFG00WXvx1eWJfBdZQ%2B2h9CBArHUbzIqs59BsFo%2Fq4oFOmAm2dVGZjEnZbQURqPpFFU08iw2tZP2t7lrh%2Bpeqvpe9rpz3g%2BQcC13H0vHTyhrD7esVz3ifAVb5IbjE4tSOCWqkuvRTi9",
                "protocol": "http"
            }
        },
        "adTrackingTokens": [
            "ADU-1797938999-42-232-pod/1/1/0--0-1450700391437",
            "ADU-1797938999-42-232-pod/1/1/0--1-1450700391437"
        ],
        "bannerAdMap": {
            "html": "\n\t\t<!-- xplatformAudioAdWith300x250Banner -->\n\t\t<body style=\"padding:0px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;background-color:transparent;text-align:center\">\n\t\t\t<script type='text/javascript'>\n\t\t\t\tvar withoutBorderWeb = '<a href=\"http://adclick.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=L&ai=BN-k_Zu53Vsr-F8-MlALj2rngAdjY8PcIAAAAEAEgADgAWPiivbTzAmDJBoIBF2NhLXB1Yi0yMTY0NjIyMzg3Njg3ODgysgEYd3d3LmRjbGstZGVmYXVsdC1yZWYuY29tugEJZ2ZwX2ltYWdlyAEJ2gEgaHR0cDovL3d3dy5kY2xrLWRlZmF1bHQtcmVmLmNvbS-YApNYwAIC4AIA6gIhNDIwNC9wYW5kLmFuZHJvaWQvcHJvZC5ub3dwbGF5aW5n-AKB0h6QA6QDmAOkA6gDAeAEAaAGINgHAA&num=0&sig=AOD64_1dqywjcCPaB_sDzcmIjy7yPRJRbQ&client=ca-pub-2164622387687882&adurl=https://www.att.com/shop/wireless/devices/prepaidphones.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http://www.pandora.com/util/mediaserverPublicRedirect.jsp?type=file&file=ads/d/2015/12/5/2/7/828725/asset_750814.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" border=\"0\" /></a>';\n\t\t\t\t\tvar withoutBorderMobile = withoutBorderWeb;\n\t\t\t\tvar withBorderMobile = '<table width=\"320\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><img src=\"http://www.pandora.com/static/ads/mobile_300x250_template/shell300x250_01_top.png\" name=\"BorderTop\" width=\"320\" height=\"11\" id=\"BorderTop\" /></td></tr><tr><td width=\"10\"><img src=\"http://www.pandora.com/static/ads/mobile_300x250_template/shell300x250_02_left.png\" name=\"BorderLeft\" width=\"10\" height=\"250\" id=\"BorderLeft\" /></td><td>' + withoutBorderMobile + '</td><td width=\"10\"><img src=\"http://www.pandora.com/static/ads/mobile_300x250_template/shell300x250_04_rght.png\" name=\"BorderRight\" width=\"10\" height=\"250\" id=\"BorderRight\" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"3\"><img src=\"http://www.pandora.com/static/ads/mobile_300x250_template/shell300x250_05_bttm.png\" name=\"BorderBottom\" width=\"320\" height=\"11\" id=\"BorderBottom\" /></td></tr></table>';\n\t\t\t\tif (typeof PandoraApp == \"object\") {\n\t\t\t\t\tvar isIPad =navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i);\n\t\t\t\t\tif (isIPad) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.write(withoutBorderMobile);\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPandoraApp.setViewportHeight(250);\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.write(withBorderMobile);\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPandoraApp.setViewportHeight(272);\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t} else {\n\t\t\t\t\tmedium_rectangle();\n                    if(parent.setActiveStyleSheet) parent.setActiveStyleSheet(\"default\");\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.write(withoutBorderWeb);\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t</script>\n\t\t</body>\n                            "
        },
        "companyName": "",
        "trackGain": "0.0",
        "title": ""
    }
}

Register advertisement

Method:ad.registerAd

Register the tracking tokens associated with the advertisement. The theory is that this should be done just as the advertisement is about to play.

Name Type Description
stationId string The ID of an existing station (see Retrieve extended station information) to register the ads against (optional)
adTrackingTokens string The tokens of the ads to register (see Retrieve ad metadata) 
{
    "stat": "ok"
}