Magnite is the world’s largest independent sell-side advertising company that enables clients to monetize their content across all screens and formats including CTV, online video, display, and audio. By using Requestly, Magnite has significantly enhanced its development and testing workflows. I recently spoke with Harry, a Solutions Engineer at Magnite, to learn more about the impact of Requestly on their processes.
The Challenge
Magnite’s Solutions Engineering team faces several challenges:
- Different Workflows: Every project needs a different development process, depending on the platform and client requirements.
- Troubleshooting Issues: Fixing problems on client-owned production pages requires efficient ways to modify and test scripts.
- Complex Tools: They previously used an alternative technology, but as existing network tools were made available to a wider internal audience, they needed something more modern and user-friendly.
How Requestly helps Magnite
Requestly helps Magnite achieve:
- Flexibility and Speed: Requestly allows them to quickly modify and test endpoints, making it easier to troubleshoot and fix client issues. They can adapt quickly to project needs.
- Easy-to-Use Interface: Requestly’s simple UI makes it easy to add, change, and delete rules, speeding up their workflows.
- Seamless Integration: Requestly works well with their existing development processes and tools, like CI/CD pipelines. They use Requestly APIs to set up redirect rules automatically, saving time and effort.
What Harry likes the most about Requestly
Harry loves Requestly since it helps their team with:
- Real-Time Testing: Instead of setting up complicated local environments, they use Requestly to work directly with live or staging websites. This helps them see how changes interact with real customer data instantly.
- Dynamic Rule Management: They set up rules in Requestly to redirect certain URLs to different servers. For example, they can redirect a feature flag module’s JS file from the CDN to a local development server for testing.
- Collaboration: Requestly’s team workspaces feature allows them to easily share rules with team members, making collaboration smoother and more efficient.
Migrating to Requestly
- Easy to Get Started: Requestly by default captures SSL traffic. Requestly works by generating a self-signed SSL certificate for every website domain you visit ON-THE-FLY. That’s why you do not have to pre-define which SSL websites you would like to enable.
- Improved Efficiency: Requestly helps Magnite avoid the need for heavy local setups, keeping their development process lightweight and efficient.
- Better Collaboration: The ability to share and manage rules easily within the team ensures everyone is on the same page, reducing miscommunication and errors.
- Slack Support: Requestly, like most of their enterprise customers, has a shared Slack channel with Magnite where their developers discuss the use-cases and request new features.
Conclusion
Requestly has greatly improved how Magnite develops and tests their front-end applications. By working with live or staging sites and real customer data, they can work more efficiently and catch issues early. Requestly’s flexibility, easy-to-use interface, and seamless integration make it a valuable tool for Magnite.
Try Requestly today and see how it can simplify your development and testing process.
