Before making requests to the Pontiac Bidder API, authenticate with Pontiac to retrieve an authorization token.

Send a POST request to: https://api.pontiac.media/auth

Request

curl -X POST "https://api.pontiac.media/auth" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "username": "user1",
    "password": "myPassword"
  }'

Response

A successful response will include an authToken. Pass this token in the auth header for all subsequent requests.

{
  "timestamp": "2026-09-01T12:00:00Z",
  "response": {
    "authToken": "YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN"
  },
  "accountStatus": true,
  "seatId": 1000
}

The returned token must be included in the auth header for subsequent requests.

For example, to retrieve an existing Bidder Advertiser:

curl -X GET \
  -H "auth: YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN" \
  "https://api.pontiac.media/rtb/advertisers/1234"

If you switch seats during a session, the authorization token will change. Use the new token returned by the seat-switch request for subsequent API calls.