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Digital Platform API - Operating System Family service

This read-only service lets you see what operating systems (Android, Apple iOS, Microsoft Windows, etc.) are registered in our system. You can use this service to retrieve operating system family IDs for targeting in profiles.

Tip

To see the specific versions of operating systems (Android 3x, AppleiOS 6, etc.) that you can target, use the Operating System Extended Service.

REST API

HTTP Method Endpoint Description
GET https://api.appnexus.com/operating-system-family View all operating system families.
GET https://api.appnexus.com/operating-system-family?id=OPERATING_SYSTEM_FAMILY_ID View a specific operating system family.
GET https://api.appnexus.com/operating-system-family/meta Find out which fields you can filter and sort by.

JSON fields

Field Type Description
id int The ID of the operating system family.
last_modified timestamp The date and time when the operating system family entry was last modified.
name string The name of the operating system family, e.g., "Android", "Apple iOS", "Apple Mac/OSX", etc.

Examples

View all operating system families

$ curl -b cookies -c cookies 'https://api.appnexus.com/operating-system-family'
 
{
    "response": {
        "status": "OK",
        "count": 9,
        "start_element": 0,
        "num_elements": 100,
        "operating-system-families": [
            {
                "id": 1,
                "name": "Unknown",
                "last_modified": "2013-07-09 18:41:36"
            },
            {
                "id": 2,
                "name": "Android",
                "last_modified": "2013-07-09 18:41:36"
            },
            {
                "id": 3,
                "name": "Apple iOS",
                "last_modified": "2013-07-09 18:41:36"
            },
            {
                "id": 4,
                "name": "Apple Mac",
                "last_modified": "2013-07-09 18:41:36"
            },
            {
                "id": 5,
                "name": "Microsoft Windows",
                "last_modified": "2013-07-09 18:41:36"
            },
            {
                "id": 6,
                "name": "BlackBerry OS",
                "last_modified": "2013-07-09 18:41:36"
            },
            {
                "id": 7,
                "name": "Microsoft Mobile",
                "last_modified": "2013-07-09 18:41:36"
            },
            {
                "id": 8,
                "name": "Linux",
                "last_modified": "2013-07-09 18:41:36"
            },
            {
                "id": 9,
                "name": "Symbian OS",
                "last_modified": "2013-11-15 17:07:29"
            }
        ]
    }
}

View a specific operating system family

$ curl -b cookies -c cookies 'https://api.appnexus.com/operating-system-family?id=4'
 
{
    "response": {
        "status": "OK",
        "count": 1,
        "start_element": 0,
        "num_elements": 100,
        "operating-system-family": {
            "id": 4,
            "name": "Apple Mac",
            "last_modified": "2013-07-09 18:41:36"
        }
    }
}