How do I fix the SIMID error "SIMID-url-empty"?

Add the HTTPS URL of your SIMID creative HTML document inside the element, wrapped in a CDATA section.

SIMID-url-empty

<InteractiveCreativeFile> URL is empty

ErrorSecuritySIMID 1.2 §3.1

The element must contain a non-empty URL pointing to the SIMID creative HTML document. An empty or whitespace-only value means the player has no URL to load and will skip the interactive layer entirely.

The <InteractiveCreativeFile> element must contain a non-empty URL pointing to the SIMID creative HTML document. An empty or whitespace-only value means the player has no URL to load and will skip the interactive layer entirely.

How to fix

Add the HTTPS URL of your SIMID creative HTML document inside the <InteractiveCreativeFile> element, wrapped in a CDATA section.

Invalid

<InteractiveCreativeFile type="text/html" apiFramework="SIMID">
  <![CDATA[  ]]>
</InteractiveCreativeFile>

Valid

<InteractiveCreativeFile type="text/html" apiFramework="SIMID">
  <![CDATA[https://example.com/creative.html]]>
</InteractiveCreativeFile>

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Other Security rules

SIMID-url-not-httpsSIMID creative URL must be HTTPS

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