Prebid.js
A free and open source library for publishers to quickly implement header bidding.
This README is for developers who want to contribute to Prebid.js. Additional documentation can be found at the Prebid homepage. Working examples can be found in the developer docs.
Table of Contents
Usage (as a npm dependency)
Note: Requires Prebid.js v1.38.0+
Prebid.js depends on Babel and some Babel Plugins in order to run correctly in the browser. Here are some examples for configuring webpack to work with Prebid.js.
With Babel 7:
// webpack.conf.js
let path = require('path');
module.exports = {
mode: 'production',
module: {
rules: [
// this rule can be excluded if you don't require babel-loader for your other application files
{
test: /\.m?js$/,
exclude: /node_modules/,
use: {
loader: 'babel-loader',
}
},
// this separate rule is required to make sure that the Prebid.js files are babel-ified. this rule will
// override the regular exclusion from above (for being inside node_modules).
{
test: /.js$/,
include: new RegExp(`\\${path.sep}prebid\.js`),
use: {
loader: 'babel-loader',
// presets and plugins for Prebid.js must be manually specified separate from your other babel rule.
// this can be accomplished by requiring prebid's .babelrc.js file (requires Babel 7 and Node v8.9.0+)
options: require('prebid.js/.babelrc.js')
}
}
]
}
}
Or for Babel 6 and/or Node v8.6.0 and less:
// you must manually install and specify the presets and plugins yourself
options: {
plugins: [
"transform-object-assign", // required (for IE support) and "babel-plugin-transform-object-assign"
// must be installed as part of your package.
require('prebid.js/plugins/pbjsGlobals.js') // required!
],
presets: [
["env", { // you can use other presets if you wish.
"targets": { // this example is using "babel-presets-env", which must be installed if you
"browsers": [ // follow this example.
... // your browser targets. they should probably match the targets you're using for the rest
// of your application
]
}
}]
]
}
Then you can use Prebid.js as any other npm depedendency
import prebid from 'prebid.js';
import 'prebid.js/modules/rubiconBidAdapter'; // imported modules will register themselves automatically with prebid
import 'prebid.js/modules/appnexusBidAdapter';
prebid.processQueue(); // required to process existing pbjs.queue blocks and setup any further pbjs.queue execution
prebid.requestBids({
...
})
Install
$ git clone https://github.com/prebid/Prebid.js.git
$ cd Prebid.js
$ npm install
Note: You need to have NodeJS
6.x or greater installed.
Note: In the 1.24.0 release of Prebid.js we have transitioned to using gulp 4.0 from using gulp 3.9.1. To compily with gulp's recommended setup for 4.0, you'll need to have gulp-cli
installed globally prior to running the general npm install
. This shouldn't impact any other projects you may work on that use an earlier version of gulp in it's setup.
If you have a previous version of gulp
installed globally, you'll need to remove it before installing gulp-cli
. You can check if this is installed by running gulp -v
and seeing the version that's listed in the CLI
field of the output. If you have the gulp
package installed globally, it's likely the same version that you'll see in the Local
field. If you already have gulp-cli
installed, it should be a lower major version (it's at version 2.0.1
at the time of the transition).
To remove the old package, you can use the command: npm rm gulp -g
Once setup, run the following command to globally install the gulp-cli
package: npm install gulp-cli -g
Build for Development
To build the project on your local machine, run:
$ gulp serve
This runs some code quality checks, starts a web server at http://localhost:9999
serving from the project root and generates the following files:
./build/dev/prebid.js
- Full source code for dev and debug./build/dev/prebid.js.map
- Source map for dev and debug./build/dist/prebid.js
- Minified production code./prebid.js_<version>.zip
- Distributable zip archive
Build Optimization
The standard build output contains all the available modules from within the modules
folder.
You might want to exclude some/most of them from the final bundle. To make sure the build only includes the modules you want, you can specify the modules to be included with the --modules
CLI argument.
For example, when running the serve command: gulp serve --modules=openxBidAdapter,rubiconBidAdapter,sovrnBidAdapter
Building with just these adapters will result in a smaller bundle which should allow your pages to load faster.
Build standalone prebid.js
-
Clone the repo, run
npm install
-
Then run the build:
$ gulp build --modules=openxBidAdapter,rubiconBidAdapter,sovrnBidAdapter
Alternatively, a .json
file can be specified that contains a list of modules you would like to include.
$ gulp build --modules=modules.json
With modules.json
containing the following
[
"openxBidAdapter",
"rubiconBidAdapter",
"sovrnBidAdapter"
]
Build prebid.js using npm for bundling
In case you'd like to explicitly show that your project uses prebid.js
and want a reproducible build, consider adding it as an npm
dependency.
-
Add
prebid.js
as anpm
dependency of your project:npm install prebid.js
-
Run the
prebid.js
build under thenode_modules/prebid.js/
folder$ gulp build --modules=path/to/your/list-of-modules.json
Most likely your custom prebid.js
will only change when there's:
- A change in your list of modules
- A new release of
prebid.js
Having said that, you are probably safe to check your custom bundle into your project. You can also generate it in your build process.
Test locally
To lint the code:
gulp lint
To run the unit tests:
gulp test
To generate and view the code coverage reports:
gulp test-coverage
gulp view-coverage
For Prebid.org members with access to BrowserStack, additional end-to-end testing can be done with:
gulp e2e-test --host=test.localhost
To run these tests, the following items are required:
- setup an alias of localhost in your
hosts
file (eg127.0.0.1 test.localhost
); note - you can use any alias. Use this alias in the command-line argument above. - access to BrowserStack account. Assign the following variables in your bash_profile:
export BROWSERSTACK_USERNAME='YourUserNameHere'
export BROWSERSTACK_ACCESS_KEY='YourAccessKeyHere'
You can get these BrowserStack values from your profile page.
For development:
(function() {
var d = document, pbs = d.createElement('script'), pro = d.location.protocol;
pbs.type = 'text/javascript';
pbs.src = ((pro === 'https:') ? 'https' : 'http') + './build/dev/prebid.js';
var target = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
target.insertBefore(pbs, target.firstChild);
})();
For deployment:
(function() {
var d = document, pbs = d.createElement('script'), pro = d.location.protocol;
pbs.type = 'text/javascript';
pbs.src = ((pro === 'https:') ? 'https' : 'http') + './build/dist/prebid.js';
var target = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];
target.insertBefore(pbs, target.firstChild);
})();
Build and run the project locally with:
gulp serve
This runs lint
and test
, then starts a web server at http://localhost:9999
serving from the project root.
Navigate to your example implementation to test, and if your prebid.js
file is sourced from the ./build/dev
directory you will have sourcemaps available in your browser's developer tools.
To run the example file, go to:
http://localhost:9999/integrationExamples/gpt/pbjs_example_gpt.html
As you make code changes, the bundles will be rebuilt and the page reloaded automatically.
Contribute
Many SSPs, bidders, and publishers have contributed to this project. 60+ Bidders are supported by Prebid.js.
For guidelines, see Contributing.
Our PR review process can be found here.
Add a Bidder Adapter
To add a bidder adapter module, see the instructions in How to add a bidder adaptor.
Please do NOT load Prebid.js inside your adapter. If you do this, we will reject or remove your adapter as appropriate.
Code Quality
Code quality is defined by .eslintrc
and errors are reported in the terminal.
If you are contributing code, you should configure your editor with the provided .eslintrc
settings.
Unit Testing with Karma
$ gulp test --watch --browsers=chrome
This will run tests and keep the Karma test browser open. If your prebid.js
file is sourced from the ./build/dev
directory you will also have sourcemaps available when using your browser's developer tools.
-
To access the Karma debug page, go to
http://localhost:9876/debug.html
-
For test results, see the console
-
To set breakpoints in source code, see the developer tools
Detailed code coverage reporting can be generated explicitly with
$ gulp test --coverage
The results will be in
./build/coverage
Note: Starting in June 2016, all pull requests to Prebid.js need to include tests with greater than 80% code coverage before they can be merged. For more information, see #421.
For instructions on writing tests for Prebid.js, see Testing Prebid.js.
Supported Browsers
Prebid.js is supported on IE11 and modern browsers.
Governance
Review our governance model here.