Pinterest Audiences Connector Setup Guide | Server-Side Connectors

This article provides information about using the latest version of the Pinterest Audiences connector. The previous version of the Pinterest Audiences connector is still available, but eventually will be deprecated.
To update your Pinterest Audiences connector, authenticate it, and add mappings again.

API Information

This connector uses the following vendor API:

API Name: Pinterest REST API
API Version: v5
API Endpoint: https://api.pinterest.com/v5/
Documentation: Pinterest Audiences

Batch Limits

This connector uses batched requests to support high-volume data transfers to the vendor. For more information, see Batched Actions. Requests are queued until one of the following thresholds is met or the profile is published:

Max number of requests: 10000
Max time since oldest request: 10 minutes
Max size of requests: 1 MB

Connector Actions

Action Name	AudienceStream	EventStream
Add User to Audience	✓	✗
Remove User from Audience	✓	✗

Configure Settings

Navigate to the Connector Marketplace and add a new connector. For general instructions on how to add a connector, see About Connectors.

When you add this connector you are prompted to accept the vendor’s data platform policy.

After adding the connector, configure the following settings:

Ad Account ID
(Required) Unique identifier of an ad account. You can find this identifier with the following methods:
- Log in to the Pinterest account that owns your advertiser account and then navigate to https://ads.pinterest.com/. In the top navigation section, click Viewing. The ad account ID will be the number underneath the ad account name in the drop-down list.
- Navigate to Ads > Overview and locate the ad account ID in the URL path. The URL uses the following format: ads.pinterest.com/advertiser/{ad_account_id}/?....

Click Establish Connection to connect to Pinterest.

To create a customer list on Pinterest:

Click Create Customer List.
Enter the customer list name.
Enter an audience name. A Pinterest audience with type CUSTOMER_LIST will be created automatically after successful customer list creation.
Select the type of customer list:
- Email: An email address as identifier.
- Apple Identifier for Advertisers (IDFA): A random device identifier assigned by Apple to a user’s device. The IDFA can also identify when users interact with a mobile advertising campaign, provided the channel offers IDFA tracking and the advertiser tracks users who interact with ads successfully.
- Mobile Ad ID (MAID): Hexadecimal digit strings that Android or Apple assigns to a mobile device.

Action Settings - Parameters and Options

Enter a list of emails, MAIDs, or IDFAs in any combination with one record per line.
- Emails must be lowercase and can be plain text or hashed using SHA1, SHA256, or MD5.
- MAIDs and IDFAs must be hashed with SHA1, SHA256, or MD5.
Enter a description of the audience.
Click Done.

Enter a name for the action and select the action type from the drop-down list.

The following section describes how to set up parameters and options for each action.

Action - Add User to Audience

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Customer List	Select the list to add records to. Customer lists are a type of audience. For more information, see Audience targeting or the Audiences section of the ads management guide.
Email Address (plain text)	Provide a plain text email address (must include an `@`).
Email Address (already hashed)	Provide an email address which has been already whitespace trimmed, lowercased, and MD5, SHA1 or SHA256 hashed.
Email Address (apply MD5 hash)	Provide a plain text email address (must include an `@`) and the connector will whitespace trim, lowercase, and hash this value using MD5 hash.
Email Address (apply SHA1 hash)	Provide a plain text email address (must include an `@`) and the connector will whitespace trim, lowercase, and hash this value using SHA1 hash.
Email Address (apply SHA256 hash)	Provide a plain text email address (must include an `@`) and the connector will whitespace trim, lowercase, and hash this value using SHA256 hash.
Apple IDFA (already hashed)	Provide an Identifier for Advertisers which has been already whitespace trimmed, and MD5, SHA1 or SHA256 hashed.
Apple IDFA (apply MD5 hash)	Provide an Identifier for Advertisers and the connector will whitespace trim and hash this value using MD5 hash.
Apple IDFA (apply SHA1 hash)	Provide an Identifier for Advertisers and the connector will whitespace trim and hash this value using SHA1 hash.
Apple IDFA (apply SHA256 hash)	Provide an Identifier for Advertisers and the connector will whitespace trim and hash this value using SHA256 hash.
Mobile Ad ID (already hashed)	Provide a Mobile Ad ID which has been already whitespace trimmed and MD5, SHA1 or SHA256 hashed.
Mobile Ad ID (apply MD5 hash)	Provide a Mobile Ad ID and the connector will whitespace trim and hash this value using MD5 hash.
Mobile Ad ID (apply SHA1 hash)	Provide a Mobile Ad ID and the connector will whitespace trim and hash this value using SHA1 hash.
Mobile Ad ID (apply SHA256 hash)	Provide a Mobile Ad ID and the connector will whitespace trim and hash this value using SHA256 hash.

Action - Remove User from Audience

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Customer List	Select the list to remove records from. Customer lists are a type of audience. For more information, see Audience targeting or the Audiences section of the ads management guide.
Email Address (plain text)	Provide a plain text email address (must include an `@`).
Email Address (already hashed)	Provide an email address which has been already whitespace trimmed, lowercased, and MD5, SHA1 or SHA256 hashed.
Email Address (apply MD5 hash)	Provide a plain text email address (must include an `@`) and the connector will whitespace trim, lowercase, and hash this value using MD5 hash.
Email Address (apply SHA1 hash)	Provide a plain text email address (must include an `@`) and the connector will whitespace trim, lowercase, and hash this value using SHA1 hash.
Email Address (apply SHA256 hash)	Provide a plain text email address (must include an `@`) and the connector will whitespace trim, lowercase, and hash this value using SHA256 hash.
Apple IDFA (already hashed)	Provide an Identifier for Advertisers which has been already whitespace trimmed and MD5, SHA1 or SHA256 hashed.
Apple IDFA (apply MD5 hash)	Provide an Identifier for Advertisers and the connector will whitespace trim and hash this value using MD5 hash.
Apple IDFA (apply SHA1 hash)	Provide an Identifier for Advertisers and the connector will whitespace trim and hash this value using SHA1 hash.
Apple IDFA (apply SHA256 hash)	Provide an Identifier for Advertisers and the connector will whitespace trim and hash this value using SHA256 hash.
Mobile Ad ID (already hashed)	Provide a Mobile Ad ID which has been already whitespace trimmed and MD5, SHA1 or SHA256 hashed.
Mobile Ad ID (apply MD5 hash)	Provide a Mobile Ad ID and the connector will whitespace trim and hash this value using MD5 hash.
Mobile Ad ID (apply SHA1 hash)	Provide a Mobile Ad ID and the connector will whitespace trim and hash this value using SHA1 hash.
Mobile Ad ID (apply SHA256 hash)	Provide a Mobile Ad ID and the connector will whitespace trim and hash this value using SHA256 hash.