validate_content_delivery

validate_content_delivery batch-evaluates delivery records against content safety policies asynchronously in AdCP.

validate_content_delivery

Validate delivery records against content safety policies. Designed for batch auditing of where ads were actually delivered.

Asynchronous: Accept immediately, process in background. Returns a validation_id for status polling.

Data Flow

Content artifacts are separate from delivery metrics. Use get_media_buy_artifacts to retrieve content for validation:

Why through the buyer?

• The buyer owns the media buy and knows which standards_id applies
• The buyer requests artifacts from sellers (separate from performance metrics)
• The buyer is accountable for brand safety compliance
• The verification agent works on behalf of the buyer

This keeps responsibilities clear: sellers provide content samples via get_media_buy_artifacts, buyers validate samples against the verification agent.

Request

Schema: validate-content-delivery-request.json

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
standards_id	string	Yes	Standards configuration to validate against
records	array	Yes	Delivery records to validate (max 10,000)
feature_ids	array	No	Specific features to evaluate (defaults to all)
include_passed	boolean	No	Include passed records in results (default: true)

Delivery Record

{
  "record_id": "imp_12345",
  "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:30:00Z",
  "media_buy_id": "mb_nike_reddit_q1",
  "artifact": {
    "property_id": {"type": "domain", "value": "example.com"},
    "artifact_id": "article_12345",
    "assets": [
      {"type": "text", "role": "title", "content": "Article Title"}
    ]
  },
  "country": "US",
  "channel": "display",
  "brand_context": {
    "brand_id": "nike_global",
    "sku_id": "air_max_2025"
  }
}

Field	Required	Description
record_id	Yes	Unique identifier for this delivery record
artifact	Yes	Content artifact where ad was delivered
media_buy_id	No	Media buy this record belongs to (for multi-buy batches)
timestamp	No	When the delivery occurred
country	No	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for targeting context
channel	No	Channel type (display, video, audio, social)
brand_context	No	Brand/SKU information for policy evaluation (schema TBD)

Response

Schema: validate-content-delivery-response.json

Success Response

{
  "$schema": "/schemas/content-standards/validate-content-delivery-response.json",
  "status": "completed",
  "summary": {
    "total_records": 1000,
    "passed_records": 950,
    "failed_records": 50
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "record_id": "imp_12345",
      "verdict": "pass",
      "features": [
        {
          "feature_id": "brand_safety",
          "status": "passed",
          "value": "safe"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "record_id": "imp_12346",
      "verdict": "fail",
      "features": [
        {
          "feature_id": "brand_safety",
          "status": "failed",
          "value": "high_risk",
          "message": "Content contains violence"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Use Cases

Post-Campaign Audit

def audit_campaign_delivery(campaign_id, standards_id, content_standards_agent):
    """Audit all delivery records from a campaign."""
    # Fetch delivery records from your ad server
    records = fetch_delivery_records(campaign_id)

    # Validate in batches
    batch_size = 10000
    all_results = []

    for i in range(0, len(records), batch_size):
        batch = records[i:i + batch_size]
        response = content_standards_agent.validate_content_delivery(
            standards_id=standards_id,
            records=batch
        )
        all_results.extend(response["results"])

    return all_results

Real-Time Monitoring Sample

import random

def sample_and_validate(records, standards_id, sample_size=1000):
    """Validate a random sample for real-time monitoring."""
    sample = random.sample(records, min(sample_size, len(records)))
    return content_standards_agent.validate_content_delivery(
        standards_id=standards_id,
        records=sample
    )

Filter for Issues Only

# Only get failed records to reduce response size
response = content_standards_agent.validate_content_delivery(
    standards_id="nike_emea_safety",
    records=delivery_records,
    include_passed=False  # Only return failures
)

for result in response["results"]:
    print(f"Issue with {result['record_id']}")
    for feature in result["features"]:
        if feature["status"] == "failed":
            print(f"  - {feature['feature_id']}: {feature['message']}")

Related Tasks

• get_media_buy_artifacts - Get content artifacts from seller
• calibrate_content - Understand why artifacts pass/fail
• get_content_standards - Retrieve the policies