/i/campaign/postback

Enterprise

This endpoint is part of Countly Enterprise. To get access, contact sales or compare versions. Existing customers can reach the support portal with questions.

Endpoint

/i/campaign/postback

Overview

Receives an install postback for a campaign, matches it to an app user, records the click and install metrics, saves the attribution on the user, and forwards the data to the campaign's configured postbacks.

Authentication

• No API key or token is required. The campaign is identified by cly_id.

Permissions

• None. The endpoint is meant to be called by attribution partners or SDKs.

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
cly_id	String	Yes	Campaign ID.
aid_<name>	String	Conditional	Advertising identifier (for example aid_idfa). Used to find the app user whose aid.<name> matches. Required if neither advertising_id nor idfa is provided.
click_url	String	No	Link the user clicked. Stored as the referrer. For Countly tracking links (path starting with /at/), its query parameters are also read.
click_timestamp	String	No	Time of the click; used as the event timestamp and stored as last_click.
advertising_id	String	Conditional	Legacy Android attribution. Used when no aid_ parameter is given. The app user is derived from this ID. Not stored as a segment.
idfa	String	Conditional	Legacy iOS attribution. Used when no aid_ parameter and no advertising_id is given. Must match the MD5 hash of the user's Countly device ID.
device_id	String	No	Device ID. Not stored as a segment. With advertising_id, it defaults to the advertising ID.
adid	String	No	Ignored. Not stored as a segment.
Other parameters	String	No	Any other non-empty parameter is stored on the user's attribution record and recorded as a segment.

At least one identifier is required: an aid_<name> parameter, advertising_id or idfa.

Examples

Example 1: Server-to-server postback

/i/campaign/postback?cly_id=campaign-summer-2026&aid_idfa=ABCDEF12-3456-7890-ABCD-EF1234567890&click_timestamp=1767225600

This succeeds only if an app user already has a matching aid.idfa value. Identifier values are lowercased before matching, so the stored value must be lowercase. Otherwise the endpoint returns 404 User Not Found.

Response

Success Response

{
  "result": "Success"
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
result	String	Result message.

Error Responses

Status Code: 404 Not Found

{
  "result": "Campaign Not Found"
}

Status Code: 404 Not Found

{
  "result": "App Not Found"
}

Status Code: 404 Not Found

{
  "result": "User Not Found"
}

Behavior

1. Finds the campaign by cly_id, then its app.
2. If the app has a redirect URL configured, the request is forwarded there (as POST with the body when the request was a POST, otherwise GET) and nothing else happens in Countly.
3. Collects aid_ identifiers and other parameters from the request, and from click_url when it is a Countly tracking link.
4. Finds the app user by advertising identifier (aid.<name>). When no aid_ parameter is given, uses advertising_id (Android) or, failing that, idfa (iOS). For aid_ matches, a matching stored click is read for extra segments and removed.
5. Records aclk and ins (click and install) metrics for the campaign, stores the attribution data on the user under cmp, sends the data to each configured campaign postback, and returns Success.

Related Endpoints

• Campaign Click
• Campaign Create

Implementation details

Database Collections

Collection	Used for	Data touched by this endpoint
countly.campaigns	Campaign storage	Reads the campaign and its postbacks.
countly.apps	App lookup	Reads the app and its redirect URL.
countly.app_users{appId}	User matching	Finds the user and saves attribution under cmp.
countly.attribution	Click fingerprints	Reads and removes a matching click record.
countly.campaign_users{appId}	Campaign users	Reads the click user for extra segments.
countly.campaigndata	Campaign metrics	Records click and install metrics.