Set up Kakao

Kakao is an ad network integrated with Adjust. Our integration lets Kakao receive attribution and in-app event data through automated callbacks.

In this article, learn how to set up measurement with Kakao for your app. This includes activating the integration, creating a campaign link, and choosing what data Adjust can share with Kakao.

Before you begin

Requirements

iOS / Android / Windows / Unity / React Native / Flutter / Adobe Air / Cordova / Marmalade / Xamarin / Cocos2d-x / Titanium / Corona

Credentials

PIXEL & SDK ID

  • For help finding your credentials, contact your Kakao representative.

Select Kakao and your app in Campaign Lab

  1. Under Campaign Lab, select Partners.
  2. Select New partner > Kakao. Select Next to move to the next screen.
  3. In the App selection screen, choose the app for which you want to create the link, and enable the integration to share data with Kakao.
  4. Select Next.

Enable data sharing

Enable data sharing to activate the integration with Kakao. To enable data sharing:

  1. Enter your PIXEL & SDK ID.

Once you enable data sharing with Kakao, Adjust automatically sends Kakao the following data, by default:

  • install
  • session
  • event

Set your data sharing options

If you’re working with a multi-platform app with data sharing enabled for multiple platforms, you can:

  1. Separate data sharing options at the platform-level by selecting Use platform-specific settings.
  2. Set the same data sharing settings for multiple platforms by selecting Use global settings.

Now, under What will be shared by default?, review the activities that Adjust shares with Kakao by default.

  • install
  • session
  • event

Send additional data

Choose the amount and type of data that you want to share with Kakao through callbacks. Kakao may use this information to optimize performance.

  1. Under What sources of data do you want to share?, choose the attribution source of the data you are sharing with Kakao:
  • Data from all attribution sources
  • Only data attributed to Kakao

In-app revenue (from in-app purchases)

Sharing in-app revenue lets Kakao receive revenue amounts along with your revenue event data. You need to map events that generate revenue to share this data.

Sessions

Adjust does not automatically send session callbacks due to the high volume of sessions. Sharing sessions means Kakao will receive your app’s session activity.

Map parameters

You usually need to map parameters to share custom data with Kakao.

Map events

Map events that you want to share to the values that Kakao can receive. Data for unmapped events is not shared with Kakao.

Under Map events, follow these steps to choose the in-app events you want to directly send to Kakao.

  1. Select Map event.
  2. In the Adjust event list, choose the Adjust event that you want to share with Kakao.
  3. In the Partner event list, choose or enter a custom event name that you want to map the Adjust event to. You might have to map an event to several values.
  4. Select Apply.

Now Kakao will receive in-app event data for each of your linked events.

Map parameters

Partner parameters (available in Adjust SDK version 4.0+) let Adjust collect custom data points from your app and send them to Kakao. This lets Kakao receive custom event details for each of your linked events.

Before adding new partner parameters to the Adjust SDK, make sure no pre-existing partner parameters already fit your requirements.

To share partner parameters to Kakao, follow these steps.

  1. Set up partner parameters within the Adjust SDK: iOS, Android
  2. Check the Parameters data sharing checkbox.
  3. Map your events.
Note:

If you set up partner parameters within the Adjust SDK without setting up parameter sharing in the dashboard, Adjust forwards the parameters as named in the Adjust SDK.

Configure your link and settings

You have the option to set your:

Create your link and share it with Kakao

In the Setup review screen, you can review your choices. You can also go back and make changes to:

  • Your selected app
  • Data sharing options
  • Link structure parameters
  • User destinations
  • Attribution settings

Select Create link to create your click URL, impression URL, QR code and link token. Creating a link also enables data sharing and the integration with Kakao.

Once you’ve created your link, share it with Kakao for placement in campaigns.

List of all parameters forwarded to Kakao

Kakao requires Adjust to send the following parameters (data points) with your callbacks:

PlaceholderInformation
{gps_adid}Google Play Store advertising ID
{idfa}ID for advertisers (iOS only)
{ip_address}Device IP address
{partner_parameters}Custom partner parameters collected by the Adjust SDK or S2S request and transmitted to third party providers via postbacks
{reporting_currency}Dashboard reporting ISO 4217 currency code
{reporting_revenue}Revenue, as reported in the Adjust Dashboard, in whole currency units
{app_id}Store App ID or Google Play Store
{app_name}Name of the app
{created_at}Activity timestamp