Integration Best Practices

quick overview how the solution works technically step 1 customer loads the retailer website​ step 2 website requests product listings from backend​ step 3 backend calls pentaleap ad server api with list of gtins with it’s organic sorting order together with a session id​ step 4 pentaleap ad server api responds with a re ordered list of gtins where sponsored products have been flagged together with tracking links​ step 5 backend re orders their original product listings based on the response and adds tracking urls to the sponsored product objects and provides it for the website​ step 6 website displays the products and calls the tracking urls on impression or click​ step 7 when an order is placed, backend sends a conversion event to pentaleap containing the session id​ component type suggested integration​ recommended ways to integrate the different components we do also support frontend ad request integrations getting the most out of the algorithms​ batches of products can be split out in the backend or front end in various ways integration tip​ send multiple pages of products to the pentaleap ad server to automatically solve for boosting cross pages and deduplication ​for an ideal setup, the requests should always start with the first product on the first page ​ go live high level checklist​ testing and lower environments product feed has been successfully imported and validated​ ad request/response on sandbox endpoints has been tested locally eg postman ​ if using 3rd party demand warmup api has been implemented​ sandbox endpoints have been tested on a lower environment and ads are rendered​ clicks, impressions and conversion events have been verified on lower environment​ clicks are fired appropriately eg on click of image, add to cart action, click of product title/card​ pentaleap have confirmed that clicks, impressions and conversions are being processed as expected​ production feed file has been uploaded to production (via ftp, link or other supported method) and there is a live or planned feed refresh/delta approach​ production endpoints and details have been implemented and no production site is using sandbox endpoints​ if using 3rd party demand warmup api has been implemented ​ clicks, impressions, loaded impressions (optional) and conversion events have been verified on production environment​ clicks are fired appropriately eg on click of image, add to cart action, click of product title/card​ pentaleap have confirmed that clicks, impressions, loaded impressions (optional) and conversions are being processed as expected​