- Property Manager name: Content Characteristics
- Behavior version: The
latest
rule format supports thecontentCharacteristicsDD
behavior v1.0. - Rule format status: Beta, possible breaking changes
- Access: Read/Write
- Allowed in includes: Not available for
latest
rule format
Specifies characteristics of the delivered content. Akamai uses this information to optimize your metadata configuration, which may result in better origin offload and end-user performance.
Along with other behaviors whose names are prefixed contentCharacteristics, this behavior is customized for a specific product set. Use PAPI's List available behaviors operation to determine the set available to you. See also the related clientCharacteristics
and originCharacteristics
behaviors.
Option | Type | Description | Requires | |
---|---|---|---|---|
objectSize | enum | Optimize based on the size of the object retrieved from the origin. | {"displayType":"enum","options":["LESS_THAN_1MB","ONE_MB_TO_TEN_MB","TEN_MB_TO_100_MB","GREATER_THAN_100MB","OTHER","UNKNOWN"],"tag":"select"} | |
LESS_THAN_1MB | Less than 1Mb. | |||
ONE_MB_TO_TEN_MB | 1-10Mb. | |||
TEN_MB_TO_100_MB | 10-100Mb. | |||
GREATER_THAN_100MB | More than 100Mb. | |||
OTHER | A fallback value. | |||
UNKNOWN | Defer this optimization. | |||
popularityDistribution | enum | Optimize based on the content's expected popularity. | {"displayType":"enum","options":["LONG_TAIL","ALL_POPULAR","OTHER","UNKNOWN"],"tag":"select"} | |
LONG_TAIL | A low volume of requests over a long period. | |||
ALL_POPULAR | A high volume of requests over a short period. | |||
OTHER | A fallback value. | |||
UNKNOWN | Defer this optimization. | |||
catalogSize | enum | Optimize based on the total size of the content library delivered. | {"displayType":"enum","options":["SMALL","MEDIUM","LARGE","EXTRA_LARGE","OTHER","UNKNOWN"],"tag":"select"} | |
SMALL | Less than 100Gb. | |||
MEDIUM | 100Gb-1Tb. | |||
LARGE | 1-100Tb. | |||
EXTRA_LARGE | More than 100Tb. | |||
OTHER | A fallback value. | |||
UNKNOWN | Defer this optimization. | |||
contentType | enum | Optimize based on the type of content. | {"displayType":"enum","options":["VIDEO","SOFTWARE","SOFTWARE_PATCH","GAME","GAME_PATCH","OTHER_DOWNLOADS","UNKNOWN"],"tag":"select"} | |
VIDEO | Video. | |||
SOFTWARE | Software. | |||
SOFTWARE_PATCH | Software patch. | |||
GAME | Game. | |||
GAME_PATCH | Game patch. | |||
OTHER_DOWNLOADS | Other downloads that don't fall into these categories. | |||
UNKNOWN | Defer this optimization. | |||
optimizeOption | boolean | Optimizes the delivery throughput and download times for large files. | {"displayType":"boolean","tag":"input","type":"checkbox"} |