App List API

Version 1.0 / March 2017

Advertisers use this API to create a set of apps to later be targeted by or excluded from a campaign. This replaces the old whitelist/blacklist API that will soon be deprecated.

Targeting APIs

To use these APIs, send an HTTP request to the following URL:

https://api.applovin.com/applists/command

The following table briefly describes the various command values and their purposes:

Command Description
create creates a new app list
list displays the current apps-lists or the defined apps
append adds new apps to an existing list
delete deletes a given app list
deleteApps removes given apps from a specific list

Authentication

This API requires that you include an API key as the value of a query parameter (api_key) in the request. You can find this Management Key (formerly called the “Custom Audience Key”) in the Keys tab of your account page. If the Management Key is not visible, please open a ticket here and request one be generated for you. Add this key to your API request in the following way:

https://api.applovin.com/applists/command?api_key=API_KEY

Errors

This API indicates errors by means of HTTP status codes:

HTTP Response Code

Description

200

Success.

400

The request was not formatted properly; it was missing data or had invalid data.

403

Authentication failed. Check the validity of the API Key.

404

The App List ID specified does not exist.

406

For create, an active list with the same name exists already.

500

Service Unavailable.

create

The first step when you submit an app list is to create an empty list. To create a new list, make an HTTP request to

https://api.applovin.com/applists/create?api_key=API_KEY&name=LIST_NAME

The create API accepts the following fields passed as URL-encoded query parameters

Name Type Description Required
name String name of the list yes
(must be alphanumeric, _-+, or URL-encoded space)
description String description of the list no

Response:

The response is JSON-formatted:

Name Type Description
app_list_id String ID of the audience

Example Request:

curl "https://api.applovin.com/applists/create?name=High%20Perfoming%20Apps&api_key=API_KEY"

Example Response:

{"app_list_id" : "fce0b41a0849706bd0fbbe181e61f419"}

list

To get a list of all of the current app lists, make an HTTP request to the list endpoint:

https://api.applovin.com/applists/list?api_key=API_KEY

Response:

The response is JSON-formatted:

Name Type Description
code Integer 200 for success
app_lists List of Objects a list of objects containing information about an app list
app_list_id String ID of the list
name String name of the list
description String description of the list
app_count Long number of apps that are part of the list
count Long number of lists returned

Example Request:

curl "https://api.applovin.com/applists/list?api_key=API_KEY"

Example Response:

{
"code": 200,
"app_lists": [
{
"app_list_id": "dab2d1297d35592597b0eee016e92baa",
"name": "High Performing Apps",
"description": "Apps that exceed our ROAS goals",
"app_count": 3
}
],
"count": 1
}

list (with an app list ID defined)

To get the list of all apps in a specified app list, make an HTTP request to the list endpoint with an app_list_id parameter:

https://api.applovin.com/applists/list?api_key=API_KEY&app_list_id=APP_LIST_ID

Query Params:

Name Type Description Required
app_list_id String ID of the app list returned from the create or list endpoint yes

Response:

The response is JSON-formatted:

Name Type Description
code Integer 200 for success
apps List of Objects a list of objects containing all apps in the list
application String external application ID
count Long number of apps that are part of the list

Example Request:

curl "https://api.applovin.com/applists/list?api_key=API_KEY&app_list_id=fce0b41a0849706bd0fbbe181e61f419"

Example Response:

{
"code": 200,
"apps": [
{
"application":"a0849706bda0849706bd"
},
{
"application":"4326af2346b2l46e2346"
}
],
"count": 2 }

append

To append apps to an existing list, make an HTTP POST request to:

https://api.applovin.com/applists/append?api_key=API_KEY&app_list_id=APP_LIST_ID

Query Parameters:

Name Type Description Required
app_list_id String ID of the app list returned from the create or list endpoint yes

Post Body:

The append endpoint accepts a newline-separated list of IDs in a POST request:

Name Type Description Required
List of apps List of Strings a newline-separated list of external application IDs yes

Response:

The response is JSON-formatted:

Name Type Description
app_list_id String ID of the app list
processed_apps Integer number of valid apps in this request
failed_apps Integer number of invalid apps in this request

Example Request:

curl -X POST --data-binary @apps.txt "https://api.applovin.com/applists/append?app_list_id=APP_LIST_ID&api_key=API_KEY"

Where the contents of the file apps.txt is:

a0849706bda0849706bd
4326af2346b2l46e2346

Example Response:

{ "app_list_id" : “dab2d1297d35592597b0eee016e92baa”, "processed_apps" : 2, "failed_apps" : 0 }

delete

To delete an app list, make an HTTP request to

https://api.applovin.com/applists/delete?api_key=API_KEY&app_list_id=APP_LIST_ID

Query Parameters:

Name Type Description Required
app_list_id String ID of the app list returned from the create or list endpoint yes

Response:

There is no response body for the delete endpoint. On success it returns HTTP Response code 200.

Example Request:

curl "https://api.applovin.com/applists/delete?app_list_id=APP_LIST_ID&api_key=API_KEY"

deleteApps (remove apps from a list)

To delete apps from an existing list, make an HTTP POST request to:

https://api.applovin.com/applists/deleteApps?api_key=API_KEY&app_list_id=APP_LIST_ID

Query Parameters:

Name Type Description Required
app_list_id String ID of the app list returned from the create or list endpoint yes

Post Body:

The append endpoint accepts a newline-separated list of IDs in a POST request.

Name Type Description Required
List of apps List of Strings a newline-separated list of external application IDs yes

Response:

The response is JSON-formatted:

Name Type Description
app_list_id String ID of the app list
processed_apps Integer number of apps deleted from the list in this request
failed_apps Integer number of invalid apps in this request

Example Request:

curl -X POST --data-binary @apps.txt "https://api.applovin.com/applists/deleteApps?app_list_id=APP_LIST_ID&api_key=API_KEY"

Where the contents of the file apps.txt is:

a0849706bda0849706bd
4326af2346b2l46e2346

Example Response:

{ "app_list_id" : “dab2d1297d35592597b0eee016e92baa”, "processed_apps" : 2, "failed_apps" : 0 }

Targeting Campaigns to an App List

Once an app list is created and has apps associated with it, it will appear as an option in the Application section of the Edit Targets page for all campaigns.

Example Postman Collection: