Video.skipafter

How many seconds an ad must play before the skip control becomes active. Defaults to 0 and applies only when Video.skip is 1. Added in OpenRTB 2.4.

CurrentintegerOptionalSince 2.4

Field facts

Path: imp.video.skipafter
Object: Video
Type: integer
Default: 0
Requirement: Optional
Added: OpenRTB 2.4
Spec section: 3.2.7

How it is used

A common web setup is skip 1, skipmin 15, skipafter 5: ads longer than 15 seconds can be skipped after five seconds. Buyers paying for completed views use these values to estimate how much of a long spot will be seen.

Example

Where the field sits in a payload, with everything else left out:

{
  "id": "req-1",
  "imp": [
    {
      "video": {
        "skipafter": 5
      }
    }
  ]
}

Common mistakes

Sending it on non-skippable inventory without Video.skip set to 1, which the validator reports as openrtb.field.requires_skippable_video.
Confusing it with Video.skipmin, which is a creative length threshold rather than a delay.

Version history

Added in OpenRTB 2.4, and present in the latest snapshot. The table shows how each version's spec text types the field.

Versions	Type in the spec	Required	Deprecated
2.4	integer, default 0	No	No
2.5 to 2.6-202606	integer, default 0	No	No