@userflux/backend-js

UserFlux's Backend JavaScript SDK - send your analytics data to the UserFlux platform.

Getting Started

1. Install the package

npm i @userflux/backend-js

2. Initialise the SDK

import UserFlux from '@userflux/backend-js';
// or
const UserFlux = require('@userflux/backend-js');

const ufClient = new UserFlux('<YOUR_WRITE_KEY>', {
    autoEnrich: false,
    defaultTrackingProperties: { ... }
});

The client constructor takes two arguments:

• writeKey - Your UserFlux write key. You can find this in the UserFlux dashboard under Management > Account Settings > Developers > Write Key
• options - An object containing the following optional properties:
  • autoEnrich - A boolean indicating whether or not to automatically enrich events with additional information such as location properties. Defaults to false
  • defaultTrackingProperties - An object containing any default properties to be sent with every event. Defaults to an empty object

3. Tracking events

ufClient.track({
    userId: '<USER_ID>',
    anonymousId: '<ANONYMOUS_ID>',
    sessionId: '<SESSION_ID>',
    event: 'event_name',
    timestamp: 1700968957392,
    properties: { ... }
});

The track method takes a single argument:

• parameters - An object containing the following properties:
  • userId - (optional) A string representing the user ID of the user who performed the event
  • anonymousId - (optional) A optional string representing the anonymous ID of the user who performed the event
  • sessionId - (optional) A string representing the session ID of the user who performed the event
  • event - (required) A string representing the name of the event
  • timestamp - (optional) A number representing the timestamp of the event in milliseconds since the Unix epoch. Defaults to the current time
  • properties - (optional) An object containing any properties to be sent with the event. Defaults to an empty object

Note: At least one of userId or anonymousId must be provided. Note: This method is asynchronous and can be awaited if required.

4. Identifying users

ufClient.identify({
    userId: '<USER_ID>',
    anonymousId: '<ANONYMOUS_ID>',
    properties: { ... }
});

The identify method takes a single argument:

• parameters - An object containing the following properties:
  • userId - (optional) A string representing the user ID of the user you're identifying with attributes
  • anonymousId - (optional) A optional string representing the anonymous ID of the user you're identifying with attributes
  • properties - (required) An object containing any attributes to be associated with the users profile

Note: At least one of userId or anonymousId must be provided. Note: This method is asynchronous and can be awaited if required.

Other Methods Available

getUserIdFromCookie

UserFlux.getUserIdFromCookie(req.headers.cookie)

If you're using the backend SDK in conjunction with the frontend SDK, you can use this method to extract the user ID set by the frontend SDK from the cookie header of an HTTP request. The getUserIdFromCookie method takes a single argument:

• cookie - A string representing the cookie header from an HTTP request

getAnonymousIdFromCookie

UserFlux.getAnonymousIdFromCookie(req.headers.cookie)

If you're using the backend SDK in conjunction with the frontend SDK, you can use this method to extract the anonymous ID set by the frontend SDK from the cookie header of an HTTP request. The getAnonymousIdFromCookie method takes a single argument:

• cookie - A string representing the cookie header from an HTTP request

getSessionIdFromCookie

UserFlux.getSessionIdFromCookie(req.headers.cookie)

If you're using the backend SDK in conjunction with the frontend SDK, you can use this method to extract the session ID set by the frontend SDK from the cookie header of an HTTP request. The getSessionIdFromCookie method takes a single argument:

• cookie - A string representing the cookie header from an HTTP request

isoTimestampToEpoch

UserFlux.isoTimestampToEpoch('2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z')

This method converts an ISO timestamp to the number of milliseconds since the Unix epoch. If you need to provide a timestamp to the track method, you can use this method to convert an ISO timestamp to the required format. The isoTimestampToEpoch method takes a single argument:

• isoTimestamp - A string representing an ISO timestamp