feature: adding and tracking refresh depth param

[mkendall07]

Type of issue

Feature request

Description

ORTB has a standard refresh parameter that defines the refresh depth (https://github.com/InteractiveAdvertisingBureau/openrtb2.x/blob/main/2.6.md#objectrefresh). Would prebid.js be able to keep track and increment this based on the calls to requestBids ? Seems like something that would be useful vs having the pub try and configure it properly with each call.

[patmmccann]

You linked the develop branch, also what's wrong with

Prebid.js/libraries/riseUtils/index.js

Line 126 in bfea83e

loop: bid.bidderRequestsCount || 0,

[mkendall07]

You linked the develop branch

Fixed the link thanks. bid.bidderRequestsCount seems to be holding the same information as refresh.count which is great, but there are additional fields inside refresh.refsettings that could be interesting to set such as the reftype and minint.

Would it make sense for the ORTB2 converter to pick this up at least from bid.bidderRequestCount and merge with (if any) settings on the imp ORTB2 setting?

[patmmccann]

Hmmm, the refresh proposal is rather publisher unfriendly. I think we'd have a bit of a revolt if we included it by default. Also some of these settings seem hard to infer?

[mkendall07]

sounds like a good topic to bring to the PMC.

[patmmccann]

Discussion result: #11184 (comment) may be "the sense of the publishers" on this. what's the goal on providing this? It also doesnt seem possible to detect the publisher future intent to resfresh or not and fill out the refsettings object.

[mkendall07]

thanks for the link @patmmccann. I agree that automatically sending half the data (just refresh depth which can be inferred) is a bit half baked. I'll close this for now. Thx