Automation Tool for Generating Web Page Previews and Shareable Links
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for creating and managing online content, such as advertisements, are inefficient and require manual processes, making it difficult for users to quickly preview and share content across multiple platforms, especially for clients who lack direct access to third-party site data.
Innovation Solution
An automation tool that receives client and campaign information, invokes a third-party API to access relevant data, presents advertisements with metadata, and generates shareable URLs, allowing users to efficiently preview and share content across networks like social media platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual processes are used to create and manage online content, then users can access and share content, but the process is inefficient and requires significant manual effort and time
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically generating preview pages and shareable URLs before users need to share content. The automation tool pre-processes campaign data, retrieves advertisements, generates metadata, and creates preview pages with embedded tracking parameters, eliminating the need for manual content preparation and quality control checks later in the workflow
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing users to input basic campaign parameters and automatically generating complete preview pages with all necessary elements. The automation tool independently retrieves data from third-party APIs, processes advertisements, generates metadata, creates preview pages, and produces shareable URLs without requiring manual intervention for each content element, significantly improving productivity while reducing time investment
2Productivity
If automation tools are used to generate preview pages and URLs, then productivity increases and manual effort decreases, but system complexity increases due to API integrations and data processing requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses an intermediary approach by introducing a standardized automation tool that mediates between users and complex third-party APIs. The tool encapsulates API integration complexity, data processing logic, and preview page generation in a unified interface, allowing users to benefit from automation without directly managing system complexity. The automation tool acts as an intermediary layer that handles all technical complexities while presenting a simple user interface
Solution Approach 2:
The automation tool achieves universality by designing a multi-functional system that can handle multiple third-party APIs, process various advertisement formats, generate different types of metadata, and create preview pages for multiple platforms through a single unified interface. This multi-functionality consolidates numerous complex operations into one tool, improving productivity while managing system complexity through standardized processes
Data Source
AI summary
A method for a user interface for creating a preview content page is provided. Client identification, time period and campaign information are received via a user interface input field. An application programming interface is invoked to access a third party site's data content associated with the campaign information available during the time period. From the third party site, the data content associated with the campaign information available during the time period and metadata associated with the data content are received. The data content has advertisements. The advertisements are presented in the data content on the user interface's display window. A uniform resource locator (URL) link to the plurality of advertisements is generated, for allowing users to share the link on a public web site page. A computer readable storage medium and a user interface system are also provided.