Realtime User Scoring/Profiling
The DMP user profiling and scoring API provides the ability to get real-time intel on your users from any platform you are using. It uses a
standard REST interface that returns a JSON object with the profile data. It can be integrated into any major platform.
Example:
One of the simplest ways to access the API is with an HTTPS call. Click on the link below for an example using our free version:
https://gatorapi.com/v1/profile?ip=72.211.250.156&ua=Mozilla%2F5.0%20(Windows%20NT%206.1%3B%20WOW64)%20AppleWebKit%2F537.36%20(KHTML%2C%20like%20Gecko)%20Chrome%2F42.0.2311.135%20Safari%2F537.36&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmysite.com%2Fsearch%3Futm_campaign%3DBingAds&referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fbing.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dbicycles
This returns a JSON object with the user's score and profile. An example with comments:
{
"code": 200, // the HTTP status code of the call - 200 means the call was successfully processed
"data": {
"score": 520, // a score less than 100 indicates a very high likelyhood of a bot or an invalid user
"offense": null, // this identifies the primary reason a user has a low score (colocation, collusion, etc.)
"organization": "Acme, Inc.", // the company, ISP, school or governmental agency of the user
"searchInfo": { // we detect over 200 search engines
"group": "Bing",
"name": "Bing",
"keys": "bicycles"
},
"campaign": "BingAds", // the pay version aggregates on dozens of attributes, including campaign, source, publisher id,
// medium, channel, etc.
"deviceType": "Mobile", // can also be desktop/laptop, tablet, console, TV and handheld.
"platformVersion": "iOS 9.2",
"platform": "iOS",
"isUniversity": false, // whether the user is within a university's netblock
"geolocation": { // I.P. based geolocation for web users - this is 100% accurate to the country and
// roughly 85% accurate to the postal code level.
"countryCode": "US",
"countryName": "United States",
"region": "CA",
"city": "Laguna Niguel",
"postalCode": "92677",
"latitude": 33.5351,
"longitude": -117.7052,
"dmaCode": 803, // a Designated Market Area (DMA) is a group of counties in the United States that are
// covered by a specific group of television stations.
"areaCode": 949,
"continentCode": "NA",
"regionName": "California"
},
"demographics": { // these are demographics for the postal code the user is in
"medianHouseholdIncome": 112620,
"averageHomeValue": 798918,
"percentWhite": 77.56,
"percentBlack": 1.44,
"percentHispanic": 15.81,
"percentAsian": 10.24,
"percentFemale": 51.35,
"percent0_14": 21.4,
"percent15_24": 12.1,
"percent25_34": 10,
"percent35_44": 15.3,
"percent45_54": 18.3,
"percent55_64": 12.7,
"percent65Over": 10.1
},
"browserVersion": "Safari",
"browser": "Safari",
"status": "This result was delayed intentionally as part of the free version. Create an account at www.gator.io for full speed access."
}
}
Error Codes
Any code returned other than 200 indicates an error. The "message" property will describe the error. For example:
{
"code": 400,
"message": "Missing parameter(s): I.P. address"
}
Implementation Examples
All major platforms support REST interfaces. Here are a few examples on platform-specific implementations:
Colocation
The scoring API is engineered to be extremely fast, returning data in under 5 milliseconds. However, internet latency will add to that time. Therefore, our
API can be co-located at the datacenter your servers reside at, which will allow for near real-time access to user information. Please contact us for
more information.