THEOplayer React-Native AdScript Connector

A Nielsen AdScript analytics connector for @theoplayer/react-native.

Installation

npm install @theoplayer/react-native-analytics-adscript
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Prerequisites

Android

On Android, the connector requires downloading the private AdScript client library module into the app's libs/ folder. Pass the SDK location to the connector by setting the adScriptSdkDir in your app's gradle.properties file:

# Location of the AdScript SDK
adScriptSdkDir=./app/libs/
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iOS & tvOS

On Apple platforms, the connector requires downloading the private AdScriptAPIClient archive.

Create a Frameworks folder in your app's ios folder, copy the Adscript SDK XCFramework in it and add this AdScriptApiClient.podspec file inside, which describes the structure and metadata of Adscript's CocoaPod:

Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
  spec.name         = "AdScriptApiClient"
  spec.version      = "1.0.8"
  spec.summary      = "The Adscript Api Client for iOS"

  spec.homepage     = 'https://github.com/THEOplayer/iOS-Connector'
  spec.license      = { :type => 'MIT', :file => 'LICENSE' }
  spec.author       = "Dolby Laboratories, Inc."
  spec.source       = { :git => 'https://github.com/THEOplayer/iOS-Connector.git', :tag => spec.version.to_s }

  spec.source_files  = "Classes", "Classes/**/*.{h,m}"
  spec.ios.vendored_frameworks = "AdScriptApiClient.xcframework"
end
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To enable IDFA (Identifier for Advertisers), replace the framework reference:

spec.ios.vendored_frameworks = "AdScriptApiClient.xcframework"
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with

spec.ios.vendored_frameworks = "AdScriptApiClient_withidfa.xcframework"
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Finally, include the AdScript SDK as dependency in your app's Podfile:

  pod 'AdScriptApiClient', :path => 'Frameworks/'
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Usage

Configuring the connector

Create the connector by providing the THEOplayer instance, an implementationId, and a metadata object.

import { useAdScript, AdScriptMetadata } from '@theoplayer/react-native-analytics-adscript';

const adscriptImplementationId = "myImplementionId";
const adscriptContentMetadata: AdScriptMetadata = {
  assetId: "abc98731568435405",
  type: "content"
};

const App = () => {
  const [adscript, initAdScript] = useAdScript(adscriptImplementationId, adscriptContentMetadata, true /*debug*/);

  const onPlayerReady = (player: THEOplayer) => {
    // Initialize AdScript connector
    initAdScript(player);
  };

  return <THEOplayerView config={playerConfig} onPlayerReady={onPlayerReady} />;
};
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Passing metadata dynamically

The connector allows passing or updating the current asset's metadata at any time:

const onUpdateMetadata = () => {
  adscript.current?.updateMetadata({
    assetId: 'updatedId',
    type: "content",
    // ...
  });
}
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Passing additional information

Additional information about the logged-in user from the client database:

const onUpdateUser = () => {
  adscript.current?.updateUser([
    "866d3a3c-aa87-4fe7-9066-8286641edd17",     // client-side user identifier (customerId)
    "cf895a00-a987-4501-ac00-6adb57014129",     // client-side user device identifier (Android_ID)
    "9530321a-d3d0-4bda-8704-1eb94a5940c3",     // client-side profile identifier of the logged-in user (profileId)
    "jsg75682-k276t-kw82-k8d5-8926sh6528j2",    // optional - SW device identifier for a situation where there are multiple device IDs in the client DB (typically a) HW ID - fill in i2, b) SW ID - fill in i4).
    "ef3c6dc72a26912f07f0e733d51b46c771d807bf"  // fingerprint of the user's email address
  ]);
}
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