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# Prebid Server - Java

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The Java version of Prebid Server is for those who:
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<li>Prefer the Java language.</li>
<li>Are satisified with the <a href="/prebid-server/features/pbs-feature-idx.html">feature set</a> and available <a href="https://github.com/prebid/prebid-server-java/tree/master/src/main/resources/bidder-config">bid adapters</a>.</li>
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## Code Repositories

- [Prebid Server - Java](https://github.com/prebid/prebid-server-java)
- [Prebid Cache Server - Java](https://github.com/prebid/prebid-cache-java)

## Installation

See [Hosting your own Prebid Server](/prebid-server/hosting/pbs-hosting.html) for
important architectural considerations, then follow the instructions for [Installing PBS-Java](/prebid-server/developers/installing-java.html).

## Quick Start

There are a few test requests in sample/requests that work with prebid-config-file-bidders.yaml and the files in the samples/stored directory.

1. Follow the instructions in the root-level README.txt file to build the server

2. Start the server pointing to a config in the sample directory. e.g.

    ```bash
    java -jar target/prebid-server.jar --spring.config.additional-location=sample/prebid-config.yaml
    ```

3. Use one of the stored requests in the sample directory with curl:

    ```bash
    cd sample
    curl --header "X-Forwarded-For: 151.101.194.216" -H 'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_12_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/59.0.3071.115 Safari/537.36' -H 'Referer: https://example.com/demo/' -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8080/openrtb2/auction --data @FILENAME
    ```

    Where FILENAME is one of:

    - rubicon-storedresponse.json - this is a request that calls for a stored-auction-response.
    - appnexus-disabled-gdpr.json - this is a request that actually calls the appnexus endpoint after disabling GDPR by setting regs.ext.gdpr:0
    - pbs-stored-req-test-video.json - this is a stored-request/response chain returning a VAST document

## References

- [Building an Analytics Adapter](/prebid-server/developers/pbs-build-an-analytics-adapter.html#adding-an-analytics-adapter-in-pbs-java)

## See Also

- [Prebid Server - Go](/prebid-server/versions/pbs-versions-go.html)
- [Endpoint reference](/prebid-server/endpoints/pbs-endpoint-overview.html)