content_characteristics

Property Manager name: Content Characteristics
Behavior version: The v2025-01-13 rule format supports the content_characteristics behavior v1.1.
Rule format status: GA, stable
Access: Read/Write
Allowed in includes: Yes

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 client_characteristics and origin_characteristics behaviors.

Option	Type	Description
`object_size`	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","OTHER","UNKNOWN"],"tag":"select"}
	`LESS_THAN_1MB`	Less than 1Mb.
	`ONE_MB_TO_TEN_MB`	1-10 Mb.
	`TEN_MB_TO_100_MB`	10-100 Mb.
	`OTHER`	A fallback value.
	`UNKNOWN`	Defer this optimization.
`popularity_distribution`	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.
`catalog_size`	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`	Under 100GB.
	`MEDIUM`	100GB-1TB.
	`LARGE`	1TB-100TB.
	`EXTRA_LARGE`	More than 100TB.
	`OTHER`	A fallback value.
	`UNKNOWN`	Defer this optimization.
`content_type`	enum	Optimize based on the type of content.	{"displayType":"enum","options":["USER_GENERATED","WEB_OBJECTS","SOFTWARE","IMAGES","OTHER_OBJECTS","UNKNOWN"],"tag":"select"}
	`USER_GENERATED`	Generally, user-generated media.
	`WEB_OBJECTS`	Generally, media delivered for websites.
	`SOFTWARE`	Software.
	`IMAGES`	Images.
	`OTHER_OBJECTS`	Content that doesn't fall under any of these categories.
	`UNKNOWN`	Defer this optimization.

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