OpenRTB 2.6

[SyntaxNode]

The final OpenRTB 2.6 specification was released earlier this month. I'm curious about the plans to add support in this library and if you're interested in assistance.

[mxmCherry]

Why not, feel free to PR.

2.6 Introduces Ad Pods for CTV transactions, a structured User-Agent object and other minor enhancements.

Maybe it wouldn't be too big of a code change as well.

If I'll get to it earlier - I'll write here not to work on the same thing. But don't think it happens till mid-May.

[SyntaxNode]

I had some time and got a PR up. Turned out to be quite a bit involved.

[mxmCherry]

Note: relates to prebid/prebid-server#2139

[mxmCherry]

Main effort done in linked PR.

Next steps:

• alpha (maybe beta) release(s) of this lib - pushed v16.0.0-alpha.1 -> v16 doc
• maybe some fixes or improvements when bumping in https://github.com/prebid/prebid-server (CC me on PR if you'll do it, maybe I'll spot smth in PBS diffs to improve in this lib)
• final 16.0.0 release of this lib

[SyntaxNode]

OpenRTB 2.6 removes nearly all enumerated lists in favor of the enumerations in adcom1/openrtb3, which in turn were based on OpenRTB 2.5. In v16 of this library, this is represented with a removal of openrtb2 enums and replaced with adcom1/openrtb3 enums. I put together this chart to assist with upgrading.

v15	v16
openrtb2.AdPosition	adcom1.PlacementPosition
openrtb2.APIFramework	adcom1.APIFramework
openrtb2.CompanionType	adcom1.CompanionType
openrtb2.ConnectionType	adcom1.ConnectionType
openrtb2.ContentContext	adcom1.ContentContext
openrtb2.ContentDeliveryMethod	adcom1.DeliveryMethod
openrtb2.CreativeAttribute	adcom1.CreativeAttribute
openrtb2.DeviceType	adcom1.DeviceType
openrtb2.ExpandableDirection	adcom1.ExpandableDirection
openrtb2.FeedType	adcom1.FeedType
openrtb2.IPLocationService	adcom1.IPLocationService
openrtb2.IQGMediaRating	adcom1.MediaRating
openrtb2.LocationType	adcom1.LocationType
openrtb2.NoBidReasonCode	openrtb3.NoBidReason
openrtb2.PlaybackCessationMode	adcom1.PlaybackCessationMode
openrtb2.PlaybackMethod	adcom1.PlaybackMethod
openrtb2.ProductionQuality	adcom1.ProductionQuality
openrtb2.Protocol	adcom1.MediaCreativeSubtype
openrtb2.StartDelay	adcom1.StartDelay
openrtb2.VideoLinearity	adcom1.LinearityMode
openrtb2.VideoPlacementType	adcom1.VideoPlacementSubtype
openrtb2.VolumeNormalizationMode	adcom1.VolumeNormalizationMode

[mxmCherry]

Looks like these changes are now used by prebid-server prebid/prebid-server#2280 - I eyeballed the diff (but really, really quickly) and did not notice any weird workarounds there, so I assume that recent OpenRTB 2.6 changes are usable (API is convenient enough etc).

I'd prefer to do a final v16 release of this lib soon(ish) - in 1-2 weeks, maybe with #52 included if it's done soon. Looks like it can affect prebid-server, but I think adapting should be very simple (native1/request.Video seems to be just a subset of a fuller openrtb2.Video), feel free to comment on the Native Video issue as well.

[mxmCherry]

Released v16.0.0