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Step 5: Call Yahoo! JavaScript with Token

The partner.js file provided below, calls the fetch_ads function in the Yahoo! hosted JS file http://l.yimg.com/rv/boss_v2/js/yjs.js.

Code Snippet: partner.js

function fire_ads(token) {

post_search_display(); /* implemented in yahoo js, HAS TO BE INVOKED */
var callback_function = "render_ads";  /* implemented in partner.js */

/* make call to fetch ads providing token as a parameter */
fetch_ads(callback_function, token, "");
    /* fetch_ads is implemented in yahoo js, HAS TO BE INVOKED  */

}

/* Callback function for Ads JSON */
function render_ads(result_json) {

if (result_json.bossresponse.responsecode != 200) {
        return false;
    }
    if (result_json.bossresponse.ads.resultset.numResults == null || result_json.bossresponse.ads.resultset.numResults == 0) {
        return false;
    }
    
    // See rules for using BOSS Search Ads http://developer.yahoo.com/search/boss/boss_api_guide/important_adsrules.html
    var innerHTML = "<div style=\"background-color:#FBEFF5\">";
    innerHTML += "<p><a href='http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/search/basics/basics-03.html'><b>Sponsored Ads</b> <img src='http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sch/boss2/createdwith1.png'></a></p>";
    
    for(i=0;i<result_json.bossresponse.ads.resultset.numResults;i++) {
        var item = result_json.bossresponse.ads.resultset.listing[i];
        title = item.title;
        description = item.description;
        siteHost = item.siteHost;
        clickurl = item.clickurl;
        innerHTML += "<ul>";
        innerHTML += "<li><a href='"+clickurl+"'>"+title+"</a></li>";
        innerHTML += "<li>"+description+"</li>";
        innerHTML += "<li>"+siteHost+"</li>";
        innerHTML += "</ul>";
    }
    
    innerHTML += "</div>";
    
    var adsSection = document.getElementById('ads');
    adsSection.innerHTML = innerHTML;
}

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