Retrieve information about the ad response

For debugging and logging purposes, successfully loaded ads provide a ResponseInfo object. This object contains information about the ad it loaded, in addition to information about the mediation waterfall used to load the ad.

For cases where an ad loads successfully, the ad object has a getResponseInfo() method. For example, InterstitialAd.getResponseInfo() gets the response info for a loaded interstitial ad.

For cases where ads fail to load and only an error is available, the response info is available through LoadAdError.getResponseInfo().

Kotlin 

override fun onAdLoaded(interstitialAd: InterstitialAd)) {
  val responseInfo = interstitialAd.responseInfo
  Log.d(TAG, responseInfo.toString())
}

override fun onAdFailedToLoad(adError: LoadAdError) {
  val responseInfo = adError.responseInfo
  Log.d(TAG, responseInfo.toString())
}

Java 

@Override
public void onAdLoaded(@NonNull InterstitialAd interstitialAd) {
  ResponseInfo responseInfo = interstitialAd.getResponseInfo();
  Log.d(TAG, responseInfo.toString());
}

@Override
public void onAdFailedToLoad(LoadAdError loadAdError) {
  ResponseInfo responseInfo = loadAdError.getResponseInfo();
  Log.d(TAG, responseInfo.toString());
}

Response Info

Here is sample output returned by ResponseInfo.toString() showing the debugging data returned for a loaded ad:

{
  "Response ID": "NI3BZZDbGdyQtOUP4o21gAM",
  "Mediation Adapter Class Name": "com.google.ads.mediation.admob.AdMobAdapter",
  "Adapter Responses": [
    {
      "Adapter": "com.google.ads.mediation.admob.AdMobAdapter",
      "Latency": 3585,
      "Ad Source Name": "AdMob Network",
      "Ad Source ID": "",
      "Ad Source Instance Name": "AdMob (default)",
      "Ad Source Instance ID": "",
      "Credentials": {
        "pubid": "ca-pub-9939518381636264//21775744923/example/rewarded-interstitial/cak=no_cache&cadc=8e&caqid=NI3BZfDhGICQtOUP7ayS4Aw"
      },
      "Ad Error": "null"
    }
  ],
  "Loaded Adapter Response": {
    "Adapter": "com.google.ads.mediation.admob.AdMobAdapter",
    "Latency": 3585,
    "Ad Source Name": "AdMob Network",
    "Ad Source ID": "",
    "Ad Source Instance Name": "AdMob (default)",
    "Ad Source Instance ID": "",
    "Credentials": {
      "pubid": "ca-app-pub-3940256099942544\/9257395921\/cak=no_cache&cadc=8e&caqid=NI3BZfDhGICQtOUP7ayS4Aw"
    },
    "Ad Error": "null"
  },
  "Response Extras": {
    "creative_id": "138471856178",
    "line_item_id": "6707237225",
  }
}

Methods on the ResponseInfo object include the following:

Method Description
getAdapterResponses Returns the list of AdapterResponseInfo containing metadata for each adapter included in the ad response. Can be used to debug the waterfall mediation and bidding execution. The order of the list matches the order of the mediation waterfall for this ad request.

See Adapter response info for more information.

getLoadedAdapterResponseInfo Returns the AdapterResponseInfo corresponding to the adapter that loaded the ad.
getMediationAdapterClassName Returns the mediation adapter class name of the ad source that loaded the ad.
getResponseId The response identifier is a unique identifier for the ad response. This identifier can be used to identify and block the ad in the Ad Review Center (ARC).
getResponseExtras Returns extra information about the ad response. Extras may return the following keys:
  • creative_id: The creative ID of the selected ad. Returned for reservation ads only.
  • line_item_id: The line item ID of the selected ad. Returned for reservation ads only.

Kotlin 

override fun onAdLoaded(interstitialAd: InterstitialAd)) {
  val responseInfo = interstitialAd.responseInfo

  val responseId = responseInfo.responseId
  val mediationAdapterClassName = responseInfo.mediationAdapterClassName
  val adapterResponses = responseInfo.adapterResponses
  val loadedAdapterResponseInfo = responseInfo.loadedAdapterResponseInfo
  val extras = responseInfo.responseExtras
  val creativeId = extras.getString("creative_id")
  val lineItemId = extras.getString("line_item_id")
}

Java 

@Override
public void onAdLoaded(@NonNull InterstitialAd interstitialAd) {
  MyActivity.this.interstitialAd = interstitialAd;

  ResponseInfo responseInfo = interstitialAd.getResponseInfo();
  String responseId = responseInfo.getResponseId();
  String mediationAdapterClassName = responseInfo.getMediationAdapterClassName();
  List<AdapterResponseInfo> adapterResponses = responseInfo.getAdapterResponses();
  AdapterResponseInfo loadedAdapterResponseInfo = responseInfo.getLoadedAdapterResponseInfo();
  Bundle extras = responseInfo.getResponseExtras();
  String creativeId = extras.getString("creative_id");
  String lineItemId = extras.getString("line_item_id");
}

Adapter response info

AdapterResponseInfo contains response information for an individual ad source in an ad response.

The following sample AdapterResponseInfo output shows the metadata for a loaded ad:

{
  "Adapter": "com.google.ads.mediation.admob.AdMobAdapter",
  "Latency": 3585,
  "Ad Source Name": "AdMob Network",
  "Ad Source ID": "",
  "Ad Source Instance Name": "AdMob (default)",
  "Ad Source Instance ID": "",
  "Credentials": {
    "pubid": "ca-pub-9939518381636264//21775744923/example/rewarded-interstitial/cak=no_cache&cadc=8e&caqid=NI3BZfDhGICQtOUP7ayS4Aw"
  },
  "Ad Error": "null"
}

For each ad source, AdapterResponseInfo provides the following methods:

Method Description
getAdError Gets the error associated with the request to the ad source. Returns null if the ad source successfully loaded an ad or if the ad source was not attempted.
getAdSourceId Gets the ad source ID associated with this adapter response.
getAdSourceInstanceId Gets the ad source instance ID associated with this adapter response.
getAdSourceInstanceName Gets the ad source instance name associated with this adapter response.
getAdSourceName Gets the ad source name associated with this adapter response.
getAdapterClassName Gets the class name of the ad source adapter that loaded the ad.
getCredentials Gets the ad source adapter credentials specified in the Ad Manager UI.
getLatencyMillis Gets the amount of time the ad source adapter spent loading an ad. Returns 0 if the ad source was not attempted.

Kotlin 

override fun onAdLoaded(interstitialAd: InterstitialAds) {
  val loadedAdapterResponseInfo = interstitialAd.responseInfo.loadedAdapterResponseInfo

  val adError = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.adError
  val adSourceId = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.adSourceId
  val adSourceInstanceId = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.adSourceInstanceId
  val adSourceInstanceName = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.adSourceInstanceName
  val adSourceName = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.adSourceName
  val adapterClassName = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.adapterClassName
  val credentials = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.credentials
  val latencyMillis = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.latencyMillis
}

Java 

@Override
public void onAdLoaded(@NonNull InterstitialAd interstitialAd) {
  AdapterResponseInfo loadedAdapterResponseInfo =
      interstitialAd.getResponseInfo().getLoadedAdapterResponseInfo();

  AdError adError = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.getAdError();
  String adSourceId = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.getAdSourceId();
  String adSourceInstanceId = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.getAdSourceInstanceId();
  String adSourceInstanceName = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.getAdSourceInstanceName();
  String adSourceName = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.getAdSourceName();
  String adapterClassName = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.getAdapterClassName();
  Bundle credentials = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.getCredentials();
  long latencyMillis = loadedAdapterResponseInfo.getLatencyMillis();
}