Ad skip

The ad skip event signals that the viewer skipped an ad before it finished. Send it when the viewer selects the skip button. Send Ad complete instead if the ad plays to completion.

Web SDK

Call sendEvent with eventType: "media.adSkip":

alloy("sendEvent", {
  xdm: {
    eventType: "media.adSkip",
    mediaCollection: {
      sessionID: "{sid}",
      playhead: 5
    }
  }
});

Mobile SDK

Call trackEvent with the AdSkip event type.

iOS (Swift)

tracker.trackEvent(event: MediaEvent.AdSkip, info: nil, metadata: nil)

Android (Kotlin)

tracker.trackEvent(Media.Event.AdSkip, null, null)

Roku (BrightScript)

Call sendMediaEvent with eventType: "media.adSkip":

m.aepSdk.sendMediaEvent({
    "xdm": {
        "eventType": "media.adSkip",
        "mediaCollection": {
            "playhead": 5
        }
    }
})

Media Edge API

Call the adSkip endpoint:

curl -X POST "https://edge.adobedc.net/ee/va/v1/adSkip?configId={datastreamID}" \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "events": [{
    "xdm": {
      "eventType": "media.adSkip",
      "mediaCollection": {
        "sessionID": "{sid}",
        "playhead": 5
      },
      "timestamp": "YYYY-08-20T22:41:40+00:00"
    }
  }]
}'

Media SDK

Call trackEvent with the AdSkip event type:

tracker.trackEvent(ADB.Media.Event.AdSkip, null, null);

Media Collection API

Send an adSkip POST to the events endpoint:

{
  "playerTime": { "playhead": 5, "ts": 1699523820000 },
  "eventType": "adSkip"
}