ClickMate

Overview

ClickMate provides a wrapper that you can use on any link to convert it, on the fly, to a SmartLink. This means that the link will go through our matching process and clicks will work through our real time auction system to re-route to the most beneficial advertiser.

Query Params

URL Path Parameter

Type

Description

url

string(2048)

Required The URL of the target link (must be URL encoded!). Without this, users will see an error page

article_url

string(2048)

Required The canonical URL of the article your link is coming from (must be URL encoded!).

article_name

string(100)

Required The readable name or title of the article your link is coming from (not a numeric identifier).

publisher_slug

string(64)

Required The slug provided by your Howl account rep. Without this we will not know what account to monetize clicks for.

exclusive

Integer

Optional Set this to 1 if you want to ensure that this particular link only goes to the original retailer.

u1

string(2048)

Optional Arbitrary tracking parameter that you may apply to links for your own tracking (will be passed to our stats).

URL Encoding

All parameters must be URL encoded. See URL Encoder.

Example Code

In Javascript:

var url = 'https://merchant.example/product1234';
var slug = 'myacct';
var articleName = document.title;
var articleUrl = window.location.href;
var clickmateUrl = 'https://howl.me/link?url=' + encodeURIComponent(url) +
   '&publisher_slug=' + slug +
   '&article_name=' + encodeURIComponent(articleName) +
   '&article_url=' + encodeURIComponent(articleUrl);