Digital Platform API - Browser service

2024-02-07

The read-only Browser Service allows you to see what browsers are registered in our system. You can use this service to retrieve the IDs of browsers for targeting in campaigns via the Profile Service.

REST API

HTTP Method	Endpoint	Description
`GET`	`https://api.appnexus.com/browser`	View all browsers available for targeting
`GET`	`https://api.appnexus.com/browser?search=SEARCH_TERM`	View all browsers with IDs or names containing certain characters
`GET`	`https://api.appnexus.com/browser?id=BROWSER_ID`	View a specific browser
`GET`	`https://api.appnexus.com/browser/meta`	Find out which fields you can filter and sort by

JSON fields

Field	Type	Description
`id`	int	The ID of the browser.
`is_aggregated`	boolean	If true, Xandr aggregates data for the browser in reporting. If false, the carrier will appear as "Other Browser" in reporting.
`last_modified`	string	The date and time when the browser entry was last modified.
`name`	string	The name of the browser.

Examples

View all browsers

$ curl -b cookies -c cookies 'https://api.appnexus.com/browser'
{
    "response": {
        "status": "OK",
        "start_element": 0,
        "num_elements": 100,
        "browsers": [
            {
                "id": 0,
                "name": "Unknown",
                "last_modified": "2012-11-27 15:32:33",
                "is_aggregated": true
            },
            {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Internet Explorer 8",
                "last_modified": "2012-11-27 15:32:43",
                "is_aggregated": true
            },
            {
                "id": 2,
                "name": "Internet Explorer 7",
                "last_modified": "2012-11-27 15:32:43",
                "is_aggregated": true
            },
            {
                "id": 3,
                "name": "Internet Explorer 6",
                "last_modified": "2012-11-27 15:32:43",
                "is_aggregated": true
            },
                        ...
                ]
        } 
}

View a specific browser

$ curl -b cookies -c cookies 'https://api.appnexus.com/browser?id=8'
{
    "response": {
        "status": "OK",
        "start_element": 0,
        "num_elements": 100,
        "browser": {
            "id": 8,
            "name": "Chrome (all versions)",
            "last_modified": "2012-11-27 15:32:43",
            "is_aggregated": true
        }
    }
}

Search for a browser

$ curl -b cookies -c cookies 'https://api.appnexus.com/browser?search=firefox'
{
    "response": {
        "status": "OK",
        "start_element": 0,
        "num_elements": 100,
        "browsers": [
            {
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Firefox 4",
                "last_modified": "2012-11-27 15:32:43",
                "is_aggregated": true
            },
            {
                "id": 6,
                "name": "Firefox 3",
                "last_modified": "2012-11-27 15:32:43",
                "is_aggregated": true
            },
            {
                "id": 7,
                "name": "Firefox (other versions)",
                "last_modified": "2012-11-27 15:32:43",
                "is_aggregated": true
            }
        ]
    }
}

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