Multiple Postback URL's (17)

While HasOffers allow you to place multiple postback's, does anyone know how you can do it if your network only allows you to place 1?

If you run the same Neverblue offer (for example) on multiple traffic sources, is there a way to post the conversion to multiple traffic sources with different tracking tokens?

Yes. Basically all you need to do is pass a subid to identify the traffic source and a tracking id for conversions.

So, say you have a neverblue link - pass the traffic source identifier as e.g. subid2 (use say goog, fb, pof). Pass the tracking token for the traffic source under subid3. Change your postback to be http://yourserver.com/tracking.php?source={subid2}&token={subid3}. Now what we want our script on our server to do is receive that postback, look at the source value i.e. is it from google, FB or PoF? And then fire off the corresponding pixel for that tracking source with the tracking token {subid3} attached. Here is how you might do that, i.e. the contents of tracking.php:

[PHP]
<?
$source = $_GET['source']; //traffic source
$token = $_GET['token']; //tracking token

// postback based on traffic source in $source
if ($source = 'fb'):
$r = new HttpRequest('http://trackingpixel1.com/index.php?something='.$token, HttpRequest::METH_GET);
// send request
try {
$r->send();
if ($r->getResponseCode() == 200) {
// do nothing, this means the conversion has been counted properly
}
} catch (HttpException $ex) {
// do nothing or log that the call failed
}
elseif ($source = 'pof'):
$r = new HttpRequest('http://trackingpixel2.com/index.php?something='.$token, HttpRequest::METH_GET);
try {
$r->send();
if ($r->getResponseCode() == 200) {
}
} catch (HttpException $ex) {
}
elseif ($source = 'goog'):
$r = new HttpRequest('http://trackingpixel3.com/index.php?something='.$token, HttpRequest::METH_GET);
try {
$r->send();
if ($r->getResponseCode() == 200) {
}
} catch (HttpException $ex) {
}
endif;
?>
[/PHP]

You will need to edit the httprequest obviously to be in the correct format for your next postback to whatever platform. Definitely test that it works yourself by manually loading the tracking script with souce and token values in the URL to see that it fires conversions over to the other side. Enjoy.

^^^ Thanks a million!

That is awesome.

@zeno : what does HttpRequest do ? is it a class ?

Dunno, maybe? I didn't write the code myself, just modified it to suit. As far as I understand it, HttpRequest is a large class and one of the function you can use is HttpRequest::send, which allows us to try and contact some other server, in this case a pixel URL. Then getResponseCode is added so that it check that the request worked (and if it didn't you could log it).

@zeno : $token holds the value of unique subid that uniquely identify each click ?

Hate "if else" welcome "switch case"

<?php
	
// The postback script for those CPA network which only allow postback pixel

$source = $_GET['source']; //traffic source
$token = $_GET['token']; //tracking token

// postback based on traffic source in $source
switch($source)
{
	// facebook
	case 'fb':
		$r = new HttpRequest('http://trackingpixel1.com/index.php?something='.$token, HttpRequest::METH_GET);
	break;
	
	// pof
	case 'pof':
		$r = new HttpRequest('http://trackingpixel2.com/index.php?something='.$token, HttpRequest::METH_GET);
	break;
	
	// google
	case 'goog':
		$r = new HttpRequest('http://trackingpixel3.com/index.php?something='.$token, HttpRequest::METH_GET);
	break;

	default:
		exit();
	break;	
}	

// send request
try {
    $r->send();
    if ($r->getResponseCode() == 200) {
        // do nothing, this means the conversion has been counted properly
    }
} catch (HttpException $ex) {
        // do nothing or log that the call failed 
}

?>

@zeno : just wish to clear some confusion I had, for the postback portion, does the postback traffic send to each different tracking platform ?

Originally Posted by hd2010

@zeno : $token holds the value of unique subid that uniquely identify each click ?

You can also do it on the NB platform with 'sites'. If you go to the 'Account' tab, you can add as many sites to your account as you like. Add a site for each traffic source, and then once you are at the offer page go to the 'Advanced' tab -> 'Postback URL' and add site specific postbacks. Make sure that when you pull your affiliate link you choose the right site associated with that link (you can set this in the pulldown menu), and then use that link on your various traffic sources.

@cole: My AM also told me that if you have both a global postback and a campaign-level postback, they will both fire in sequence upon a conversion. Correct?

no, that's not quite right. campaign level postbacks supersede globals. holler @ me on skype if you want a hand setting anything up.

cole is right on that, but global pixel is very much convenient to use

did anyone use this, and got it working?

zeno himself, I'm not really tested it out

Zeno - that was awesome
Thanks