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VAST Marcos and SSL support

Dear team, could you please help me with if we will need to replace all macros in VAST/VPAID tags?

I have VAST demand tag like below: 1) https://ssp.lkqd.net/ad?pid=218&sid=81308&env=3&output=vastvpaid&support=html5flash&execution=outstream&placement=&playinit=auto&volume=100&width=__player-width__&height=__player-height__&pageurl=__page-url__&rnd=__random-number__

2) https://ssp.streamrail.net/ssp/vast/57dfba1be1c5580002000002/57f4f26c2d372a0002ef9fd4?cb=$$cachebuster$$&pos=&width=$$width$$&height=$$height$$&video_duration=$$contentlength$$&video_description=&video_url=$$contenturl$$&video_id=$$contentid$$&video_title=$$contenttitle$$&autoplay=&mute=&dnt=$$dnt$$&sub_id=&ip=$$ip$$&ua=$$useragent$$&user_lat=$$loclat$$&user_lon=$$loclong$$&page_url=$$pageurl$$

I'm only replacing these JW marcos:

__player-width__
__player-height__
__random-number__
__page-url__

will it cause any issue or what are the mandatory macros.

2) Does JW auto toggles the URL. Like if I have publisher page starting with https and demand is with http (If this demand tag has auto toggle ability) then JW supports?

Thanks
Abhijit

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Alex

JW Player Support Agent  
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Hi Abhijit,

The ad tag URL you provided in #1 is working in our Ad Tester found on our Developer Site, so I would assume it should work in the player when it is embedded on your site.

As for what the mandatory macros would be, that would be a question for your ad network as it would be up to them to determine which macros were mandatory for the ad to be filled.

As for auto-toggling the URL, if you embed a HTTPS ad tag in our player and embed the player on a HTTPS page, but the ad tag ends up requesting to a non-secure (HTTP) resource, then it cannot be expected to play properly in the player as non-secure resources cannot be requested on secure web pages. Our player does not automatically toggle the protocol used in the redirect because this is hard-coded into the VAST response returned by your ad network.

Please let me know if you need any more help or have any other questions.

Thank you!

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