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Useless Facts

Generate creatives with random useless facts. Useless Facts API by Joseph Paul https://jsph.pl/

Application Details:

  • Name: Useless Facts
  • Class: ThirdParty

  • Capabilities: Data Source Application (Pull)

  • LCUID: LCUID-LAP-5bf90650-7fff-4ccf-b4de-7453aea9fbd7

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Adding This Application

Prerequisites

  • A Lucit account (advertiser) or agency/operator account
  • Appropriate permissions to add applications

Add Useless Facts to Your Account

  1. Navigate to Apps
  2. Log in to Lucit
  3. Using the Profile Switcher, switch to an Account profile

  4. From the home page, Click on Apps & Data in the left sidebar

  5. Find the Application

  6. Click on ADD NEW Search for "Useless Facts"

  7. Click on the app card to bring up the Authorize Application dialog

  8. Add to Account

  9. Review the requested permissions in the Authorize Application

  10. Click the ALLOW button to add this app to your account

  11. Configure Settings

  12. Once added, click on the app in your Apps & Data section
  13. Configure any required settings on the SETTINGS tab
  14. Save your changes

Data Source Providers

The Useless Facts application provides data source capabilities. You can use these data sources to pull data from external sources, generate dynamic content for your campaigns and build content triggers for your ads.

This application provides 1 data source provider(s).

Prerequisites to Using Useless Facts Data

  • A Lucit Account (Advertiser Account)
  • A Campaign with at least 1 Screen
  • Review the required settings below

Useless Facts

This data source allows you to create dynamic out-of-home ads for digital billboards and signage with Useless Facts dynamic data that updates in real time.

Overview

Data Source Type: KeyValue

This data source generates Key-Value data that is available globally across all templates in your account. These values can also be used in Triggers / Filters for your creatives in their campaigns.

How to create a new ad with Useless Facts

To add values from Useless Facts to your creative templates, create a new template and use the Dynamic Data Elements section of the Elements Panel:

  • Create Templates -> CREATE A NEW TEMPLATE button
  • Add macros from Useless Facts Templates -> {TemplateName} -> Elements Panel -> Dynamic Data Elements section -> Scroll down to section labeled Useless Facts or use the search filter
  • Click on the name of the macro field you want to add to your template (See the Field Map Macros reference below for a complete list)
  • After clicking on the macro name, a new element will be added to your canvas, linked to the specified macro field. Depending on the Type of field (text or img) the appropriate element type will be added.
  • You can then move, resize, style and format this element as appropriate for your template.

How to add triggers using Useless Facts data

Triggers allow you to create an ad and then control whether or not the ad will run depending on the value(s) of the trigger. (Multiple boolean logic supported with multiple fields as necessary)

To create triggers for your creatives based on data from Useless Facts:

  • Navigate to the campaign page Campaigns -> {Campaign}
  • Use the {FolderWithStarIcon} that appears next to each creative on your campaign page. {Creative} -> Click {FolderWithStarIcon} to open the Custom Filters / Triggers Editor dialog.
  • Create your filter in this dialog using the conditionals:
    • The account.store. keys will appear on the DATA SOURCE FILTER tab of the Custom Filters / Triggers Editor dialog.

Settings

Configure these settings when setting up the data source. These parameters control how the data source fetches and processes data.

Field Type Description Validation

Field Map Macros

These macros are provided by this data source and can be used in your templates. The macros allow you to access the dynamic data provided by this data source and are in addition to the standard macros available in the Standard Field Map . Learn more about Field Map Types and Structure

Prefix: account.store.

These are values stored in the account key-value store and are the same for every template/ad that you create. These key/values do not depend on the location of the screen but are global to every ad.

Name Field Element Type Data Type Macro Description
Useless Facts1 Feed Last Run Had Errors text boolean {account.store.UselessFacts1_feed_last_run_had_errors} Indicates whether this data source had errors during its last run
Useless Facts1 Feed Last Run Was Success text boolean {account.store.UselessFacts1_feed_last_run_was_success} Indicates whether the last feed run was successful
Useless Facts1 Feed Last Succesful Run At text datetime {account.store.UselessFacts1_feed_last_succesful_run_at} Timestamp of the last successful feed run

Last updated: 2026-01-16 10:25:23 UTC