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}]); tp.push(["addHandler", "showOffer", function (offerParams) { window.shownOffer = true; // Store some data we might need later. if (typeof offerParams.offerId !== 'undefined') { window.selectedOfferId = offerParams.offerId; } showPianoTarget(offerParams); }]); function handleFullWidthBanner() { $('#po-overlay-articlegate-full-width-scroll-below').css({ border: '1px solid #767676' }); $('#po-overlay-articlegate-full-width-scroll-below').show(); $('#subscription-content').hide(); $('.send-us-your-news-cta').hide(); $('.mega-news-block').hide(); const block = document.getElementById('po-overlay-articlegate-full-width-scroll-below'); let blockRect = block.getBoundingClientRect(); let startRect = new DOMRect(blockRect.x, blockRect.y + window.scrollY, blockRect.width, blockRect.height); let hasBecomeVisible = true; // change to false to alter the gate positioning behaviour const updateArticleGatePositionBasedOnScroll = function() { if ((window.scrollY) + window.innerHeight > startRect.bottom) { hasBecomeVisible = true; } if (hasBecomeVisible) { if (window.scrollY > startRect.top && window.screen.width >= 768) { block.style.position = 'fixed'; block.style.setProperty('top', '0px'); block.style.setProperty('bottom', 'initial'); block.style.setProperty('margin-left', 'unset'); block.style.setProperty('margin-right', 'unset'); } else if ((window.scrollY) < (startRect.bottom - window.innerHeight) && window.screen.width >= 768) { block.style.position = 'fixed'; block.style.setProperty('bottom', '0px'); block.style.setProperty('top', 'initial'); block.style.setProperty('margin-left', 'unset'); block.style.setProperty('margin-right', 'unset'); } else if ((window.scrollY - 90) < (startRect.bottom - window.innerHeight + 90) && window.screen.width < 768) { block.style.position = 'fixed'; block.style.setProperty('bottom', '90px'); block.style.setProperty('top', 'initial'); block.style.setProperty('margin-left', 'calc(-100vw + 100%)'); block.style.setProperty('margin-right', 'calc(-100vw + 100%)'); } else { block.style.removeProperty('position'); 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} function trackPianoWithNewRelic(templateName) { if (this.newrelic && typeof this.newrelic === 'object') { newrelic.setCustomAttribute('user_was_shown_piano_experience', templateName); } } function handleOfferShow(params) { console.log('Piano params', params); // If on the subscription page and the URL has a term ID and offer ID, show the relevant offer. if (typeof location.pathname !== 'undefined' && location.pathname === '/subscribe/') { var offerId = location.search.match(/offer_id=([A-Z0-9]+)/); if (offerId !== null && offerId.length > 1) { offerId = offerId[1]; } var termId = location.search.match(/term_id=([A-Z0-9]+)/); if (termId !== null && termId.length > 1) { termId = termId[1]; } if (offerId !== null && termId !== null) { tp.offer.show({'termId': termId, 'offerId': offerId}); } } // we are only tracking var templateId = params.templateId; var variantId = params.templateVariantId; if (params.containerSelector !== '#subscription-content' && params.containerSelector !== '#subscription-replace-entire-article' && params.containerSelector !== '#po-inline-articlegate-fullarticle' && params.containerSelector !== '#po-inline-articlegate-partialarticle' && params.containerSelector !== '#po-overlay-articlegate-full-width-scroll-below' ) { $.get('/ws/piano/templatename/', {template_id: templateId, variant_id: variantId}, function (response) { trackPianoSimplified(params, response.name); }); return; } $.get('/ws/piano/templatename/', {template_id: templateId, variant_id: variantId}, function (response) { trackPiano(params, response.name); }); } function trackPiano(params, templateName) { trackPianoWithNewRelic(templateName); if (typeof params.activeMeters === 'string') { activeMeters = JSON.parse(params.activeMeters); } else { activeMeters = params.activeMeters; } var s = window.s; if (!s || !s.pageName) { // console.log("ADB: Setting s from backup"); s = window.backupAdobe; window.s = s; } // this would call when CL3 is a hard gate if (!activeMeters && data_layer.article.content_level === '3') { s.eVar59 = templateName; s.eVar58 = data_layer.article.content_level; s.events = "event91"; s.linkTrackVars="eVar58,eVar2,eVar3,eVar4,eVar5,eVar6,eVar16,eVar19,eVar25,eVar26,eVar28,eVar43,eVar59,eVar61,eVar62,prop63,eVar79,list3,events"; s.linkTrackEvents="event91"; s.tl(document, 'o', 'Metered Access Notice'); s.events = ''; return; } if (!activeMeters) { return; } var meterData = activeMeters[0]; 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s.events = ''; } /** * Just track the template name in 78 for non-article-interrupts/gates */ function trackPianoSimplified(params, templateName) { trackPianoWithNewRelic(templateName); var s = window.s; if (!s || !s.pageName) { // console.log("ADB: Setting s from backup"); s = window.backupAdobe; window.s = s; } s.eVar78 = templateName; s.events = 'event90'; s.linkTrackEvents="event90"; s.linkTrackVars="eVar2,eVar3,eVar4,eVar5,eVar6,eVar16,eVar19,eVar25,eVar26,eVar28,eVar43,eVar59,eVar61,eVar62,prop63,eVar80,eVar79,list3,eVar78, events"; s.tl(document, 'o', 'Piano Template'); } function raiseLaunchEvent(name) { var e = new Event('launch:piano:' + name); window.dispatchEvent(e); } function removePianoToast() { setTimeout(() => { document.getElementById('po-overlay-toast-left').remove() }, 30000) } function showPianoTarget(params) { handleOfferShow(params); trackLocation(); if ($(params.containerSelector).length > 0) { const displayType = $(params.containerSelector).attr('data-display'); if (displayType) { $(params.containerSelector).addClass(`shown-${displayType}`); } else { $(params.containerSelector).addClass('shown').show(); } if (params.containerSelector === '#po-inline-article-inside') { $('#piano-container-inside-article').addClass('shown').removeAttr('style').show(); } if ($(params.containerSelector).hasClass('piano--block-level') || $(params.containerSelector).hasClass('piano--inside-block')) { $(params.containerSelector).show(); } if (params.containerSelector === '#po-overlay-articlegate-full-width-scroll-below') { handleFullWidthBanner(); } if ($(params.containerSelector) === '#subscription-content' || $(params.containerSelector) === '#po-inline-subscribe-page') { $(params.containerSelector).show(); } if (['#piano_blockmodule_target_d', '#po-inline-blocksystem-target-e'].includes(params.containerSelector)) { $('#po-inline-blocksystem-target-e').show(); $('.piano-promo-container').show(); } if (params.containerSelector === '#po-overlay-toast-left') { removePianoToast() } if (params.containerSelector === '#po-inline-articlewall-partialarticle-closable') { $('#po-inline-articlegate-partialarticle').css('display', 'none'); 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s.pageName = '(www) /subscribe/complete/'; // wipe out errors s.eVar31 = ''; s.tl(); $.cookie('resourceConverted', conversion.rid, {path: '/', domain: window.data_layer.site.cookie_domain}); $.cookie('pianoConverted', '1', {path: '/', domain: window.data_layer.site.cookie_domain}); raiseLaunchEvent('checkoutComplete'); }]); tp.push(["addHandler", "checkoutPaymentError", function(errorData) { var s = window.s; s.pageName = '(www) /subscribe/error/'; s.eVar31 = errorData.message; s.tl(); raiseLaunchEvent('checkoutPaymentError'); }]); tp.push(["addHandler", "checkoutError", function(errorData) { var s = window.s; s.pageName = '(www) /subscribe/error/'; s.eVar31 = errorData.message; s.tl(); raiseLaunchEvent('checkoutError'); }]); tp.push(["addHandler", "startCheckout", function () { var s = window.s; s.pageName = '(www) /subscribe/payment/'; // wipe out errors s.eVar31 = ''; s.tl(); raiseLaunchEvent('startCheckout'); }]); tp.push(["addHandler", "checkoutClose", function(conversion) { raiseLaunchEvent('checkoutClose'); 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the bidders to the request manager: bidders.forEach(function(bidder) { requestManager[bidder] = false; }) // a helper function that returns googletag objects corresponding to the slotIDs in the slot objects function _getGPTSlots(apstagSlots) { // get all of the slot IDs that were requested var slotIDs = apstagSlots.map(function(slot) { return slot.slotID; }); // return the slot objects corresponding to the slotIDs return googletag.pubads().getSlots().filter(function(slot) { // return true if the ID of the slot object is in the slotIDs array return slotIDs.indexOf(slot.getSlotElementId()) > -1; }); } function getPETRequest() { googletag.cmd.push(function() { // read the currently defined GPT ad slots for sending to the PET endpoint // defined all GPT ad slots before calling PET var gptSlots = googletag.pubads().getSlots(); var iasPETSlots = []; for (var i = 0; i < gptSlots.length; i++) { var sizes = gptSlots[i].getSizes().map(function(size) { if (size.getWidth && size.getHeight) return [size.getWidth(), size.getHeight()]; else return [1, 1]; }); iasPETSlots.push({ adSlotId: gptSlots[i].getSlotElementId(), //size: can either be a single size (for example, [728, 90]) // or an array of sizes (for example, [[728, 90], [970, 90]]) size: sizes, adUnitPath: gptSlots[i].getAdUnitPath() }); } // wait for IAS to return data var iasDataHandler = function(adSlotData) { headerBidderBack('ias'); }; // make the request to PET. if your page makes multiple ad requests to DFP // (for example, lazily loaded ads, infinite scrolling pages, etc.), make // a request to PET before every request to DFP __iasPET.queue.push({ adSlots: iasPETSlots, dataHandler: iasDataHandler }); }); } // return true if all bidders have returned function allBiddersBack() { var allBiddersBack = bidders // get the booleans from the object .map(function(bidder) { return requestManager[bidder]; }) // get rid of false values - indicates that the bidder has responded .filter(Boolean) // if length is equal to bidders, all bidders are back .length === bidders.length; return allBiddersBack; } // handler for header bidder responses function headerBidderBack(bidder) { // console.log("DFP: headerBidderBack called with", bidder); if (typeof bidder === 'object') { requestManager.adSlots = bidder; bidder = 'prebid'; } // return early if request to adserver is already sent if (requestManager.adserverRequestSent === true) { return; } // flip bidder back flag if (bidder === 'a9') { requestManager.a9 = true; } else if (bidder === 'prebid') { requestManager.prebid = true; } else if (bidder === 'ias') { requestManager.ias = true; } // if all bidders are back, send the request to the ad server if (allBiddersBack()) { sendAdserverRequest(); } } // actually get ads from DFP function sendAdserverRequest() { // console.log("DFP: All bidders back"); // return early if request already sent if (requestManager.adserverRequestSent === true) { return; } if (typeof window.prebidReady === 'undefined') { window.prebidReady = performance.now(); } if (window.googleReady) { // flip the boolean that keeps track of whether the adserver request was sent requestManager.adserverRequestSent = true; // flip pbjs boolean to signal to pbjs the ad server has already been called pbjs.adserverCalled = true; //flip boolean for adserver request to avoid duplicate requests requestManager.sendAdserverRequest = true; // make ad request to DFP googletag.cmd.push(function() { window.executionSet = performance.now(); apstag.setDisplayBids(); __iasPET.setTargetingForGPT(); // console.log("DFP: Refresh called, setting adslots to ", requestManager.adSlots); if (requestManager.adSlots.length > 0){ googletag.pubads().refresh(requestManager.adSlots); } else { googletag.pubads().refresh(); } setPerformanceCookie(); }); } else { window.setTimeout(function() { sendAdserverRequest(true); }, 200); } } function requestBids(apstagSlots, bidTimeout) { // fetch apstag bids, set bid targting, then call headerBidderBack // to get the ads for the first time apstag.fetchBids({ slots: apstagSlots, timeout: (bidTimeout - 200) }, function(bids) { headerBidderBack('a9'); }); var edktAudiences; // Here we fetch audiences which the user has been placed in. try { edktAudiences = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem('edkt_matched_audience_ids') || '[]') .slice(0, 100) .map(String); } catch (e) { edktAudiences = []; } // request bids from prebid pbjs.que.push(function() { // console.log("DFP: PBJS request bids called"); pbjs.rp.requestBids({ callback: headerBidderBack, data: { airgrid: { perid: edktAudiences }, ozoneSettings, ozoneTargeting }, }); }); } //requestBids requestBids(apstagSlots, bidTimeout) // set timeout to send request to call sendAdserverRequest() after timeout // if all bidders haven't returned before then window.setTimeout(function() { sendAdserverRequest(); }, bidTimeout); }; function setPerformanceCookie() { var start = window.startExec; var prebidReady = window.prebidReady - start; var domComplete = window.domComplete - 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