as-event-tracker
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Logs events in the browser based on client interactions.
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Introduction
The Alphastream event tracker is a package which helps track different events on your website along with its data, time, urls, etc.
Getting Started
To use the application, simply run npm i as-event-tracker
and import it into the app.
Set Up
All methods and classes mentioned in this guide can be accessed through the global EventCapture
class, for example EventCapture.create({})
, so that keyword will be omitted from the remainder of the guide.
Initialisation
Before any events can be logged, you'll first need to initialise the app. To do this you'll need to call the create
method as shown below:
create({
storeInCookies: false,
apiKey: <insert api key>,
logEvents: true, //if you'd like to log events for debugging
captureUrl: 'https://collect.alphastream.io/v1/collect',
clientChannelMeta: <ClientChannelMeta object> // this is a nullable value and does not need to be passed in.
});
A list of the options that will be except are as follows:
| Option | Type | Default | Role | Optional |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| apiKey | string
| | The api key used to identify clients. | |
| storeInCookies | boolean
| true
| Specifies if VisitorId and/or Session ids will be held in cookie storage. | ☑️ |
| captureUrl | string
| | The capture url to use, there is currently only https://collect.alphastream.io/v1/collect. | |
| logEvents | boolean
| false
| Will log out to the console
on every event request and response. Note that errors will still be logged even if this feature is turned off. | ☑️ |
| clientChannelMeta | ClientChannelMeta
| | This allows for the channel meta, that is passed on each call to be predifined, if not set then this values in the channel meta will be determined based on global values provided by the device/browser. | ☑️ |
| dataSource | string
| taken from [global].window.location.hostname
| The data source identifier for the client app, this can be an app name, url or whatever you use to identify your app on a domain or environemt level. | ☑️ |
| logger | Logger
| an instance of the Logger
object that uses the console.log | The logger used for debugging errors and calls to and from the collection api. | ☑️ |
ClientChannelMeta
This object represents pre set channel meta default values that are passed through the create
method:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| timezone_offset
| string
| Intl.DateTimeFormat()
api provided. | | |
| device_type
| string
| Provided by the navigator
api | | |
| device_platform
| string
| Provided by the navigator
api | | |
| screen_width
| number
| Provided by the global
api | | |
| screen_height
| number
| Provided by the global
api | | |
| culture_code
| string
| Provided by the navigator
api | | |
| os
| string
| Provided by the navigator
api | | |
| browser
| string
| Provided by the navigator
api | | |
Custom Logging
Clients can define a custom Logger
to be used in place of the default Logger
which uses console.log
. The Logger
is an abstract class that can be extanded to create a custon logger, as shown below:
npm package 'custom logger' example:
import { LogLevel, Logger } from 'as-event-tracker';
export default class ConsoleLogger extends Logger {
executeLog(
message: string,
level: LogLevel,
content?: any
) : void {
if(level !== LogLevel.Error)
return;
if(content)
console.error(`WBC Event - ${message}: `, content);
else
console.error(`WBC Event - ${message}`);
}
}
Logger
This object is an abstract class that can be implemented, to create your own custom logger:
| Name | Params | Notes | Abstract |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|
| log
| message: { type: string }
, content?: {type: any | nullable}
| Fired on events that are LogLevel.Debug
| |
| info
| message: { type: string }
, content?: {type: any | nullable}
| Fired on events that are LogLevel.Information
||
| warn
| message: { type: string }
, content?: {type: any | nullable}
| Fired on events that are LogLevel.Warning
| |
| error
| message: { type: string }
, content?: {type: any | nullable}
| Fired on events that are LogLevel.Error
| |
| executeLog
| message: { type: string }
, content?: {type: any | nullable}
, level: { type: LogLevel }
| An abstract method to be defined by the client when implmenting the abstract Logger
class | ☑️ | |
LogLevel
An enum used to specify the level of the log message being called.
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| Debug
| "log"
|
| Information
| "info"
|
| Warning
| "warn"
|
| Error
| "error"
|
User Set Up
In order to associate an event to a given clients application user, the client ref will need to be provided using the following code:
setClientRef(<local client>);
This can be any identify used to identify users on a clients application.
Request Entities
Component
The Components class is created to represent the component associated with the event being called. This is an optional parameter on all event requests and is made of the following properties:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| type
| string
| |Used to specify the element type. | ☑️ |
| id
| string
| | The elements id
attribute. | ☑️ |
| elementTree
| string
| | This is best represented as a /
delimited string the represents a list of parent dom tree element ids. | ☑️ |
Example use case:
new EventCapture.Component({
type: "button",
id: "btnOne",
elementTree: "mainWrapper/sectionRight/btnOne"
});
MetaData
This class is used to store associated event meta data such as search terms or content ids:
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| key
| MetaDataKey
| | The key that specifies what the data relates to. | ☑️ |
| type
| string
| null
| An additional identifier for the the meta data value, for example when the key is MetaDataKey.SearchTerm
, this value can specify what type of data was being searched, ie users or companies. | |
| value
| string
| | | ☑️ |
MetaDataKey
An enum used to specify the type of meta data being stored.
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| EntityId
| "entity_id"
|
| ContentId
| "content_id"
|
| Topic
| "topic"
|
| SearchTerm
| "term"
|
| UserEmail
| "user_email"
|
| UserId
| "user_id"
|
| PageNumber
| "page_number"
|
| PageSize
| "page_size"
|
| SearchResults
| "results"
|
| Tab
| "active_tab"
|
| RelatedEntity
| "related_entity"
|
| ContentType
| "content_type"
|
| SortField
| "sort_field"
|
Note: Any meta data entities with a key of RelatedEntity
will not be stored in the database as an event_meta
item and instead will be stored as a seperate property under related_entities
.
RelatedEntityMetaDataType
An enum used to specify the type of the type
field in meta data that uses related entities, these are suggested values and aren't validate on, any string value can be passed through here.
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| MT4
| "MT4"
|
| GT13
| "GT13"
|
| ADSSAlias
| "ADSSAlias"
|
| EODSymbol
| "EODSymbol"
|
| NetDania
| "NetDania"
|
| deeplink
| "deeplink"
|
| ASID
| "ASID"
|
Example use case:
new EventCapture.Component({
type: "button",
id: "btnOne",
elementTree: "mainWrapper/sectionRight/btnOne"
});
EventDetail
An enum used in the ResearchEventRequest
and ReactionEventRequest
models. This property is supplementary to the provided action type.
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| Add
| "add"
|
| Remove
| "remove"
|
| Create
| "create"
|
| Delete
| "delete"
|
| Modify
| "modify"
|
| Ascending
| "ascending"
|
| Descending
| "descending"
|
| Open
| "open"
|
| Close
| "close"
|
EventType
An enum used to specify the type of custom event.
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| Load
| "pageload"
|
| Click
| "click"
|
| Recommendation
| "recommendation"
|
| Notification
| "notification"
|
| Entity
| "entity"
|
| Topic
| "topic"
|
| Content
| "content"
|
| Search
| "search"
|
| Filter
| "filter"
|
| Research
| "research"
|
| Authentication
| "authentication"
|
| Transaction
| "transaction"
|
| Trade
| "trade"
|
| Reaction
| "reaction"
|
Events Requests
All event request models will be listed below followed by the event action enums.
Request Models
AuthenticationEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | ☑️ |
| eventAction
| AuthenticationAction
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
ClickEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | ☑️ |
| eventAction
| ClickAction
or string
| | | ☑️ |
| component
| Component
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
ContentEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | ☑️ |
| eventAction
| ContentAction
or string
| | | ☑️ |
| component
| Component
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
CustomEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | |
| eventType
| EventType
| | | |
| eventAction
| any
| | | |
| eventDetail
| EventDetail
| | | |
| component
| Component
| | | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | | |
EntityEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | ☑️ |
| eventAction
| ContentAction
or string
| | | ☑️ |
| component
| Component
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
FilterEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | ☑️ |
| eventAction
| FilterAction
| | | ☑️ |
| component
| Component
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
LoadEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| url
| string
| | Page url of the load event. | ☑️ |
| eventAction
| LoadAction
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
NotifictionEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | ☑️ |
| component
| Component
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
ReactionEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | ☑️ |
| eventDetail
| EventDetail
| | | ☑️ |
| component
| Component
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
RecomendationEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | ☑️ |
| component
| Component
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
ResearchEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | ☑️ |
| eventAction
| ResearchAction
| | | ☑️ |
| eventDetail
| EventDetail
| | | ☑️ |
| component
| Component
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
SearchEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | ☑️ |
| eventAction
| SearchAction
| | | ☑️ |
| component
| Component
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
TopicEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | ☑️ |
| component
| Component
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
TradeEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | ☑️ |
| eventAction
| TradeAction
| | | ☑️ |
| eventDetail
| EventDetail
| | | |
| component
| Component
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
TransactionEventRequest
| Name | Type | Default | Notes | Required |
|--------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|
| event
| any
| | The javascript Event
object that fired the event. | ☑️ |
| eventAction
| TransactionAction
| | | ☑️ |
| component
| Component
| | | |
| metaData
| Array<MetaData>
| | | |
Event Actions
AuthenticationAction
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| SignIn
| "sign_in"
|
| SignOut
| "sign_out"
|
| SignUp
| "sign_up"
|
ClickAction
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| Entity
| "entity"
|
ContentAction
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| Expand
| "expand"
|
| Shrink
| "shrink"
|
| FollowUrl
| "follow_url"
|
| EnteredView
| "entered_view"
|
| SeeMore
| "see_more"
|
| SeeLess
| "see_less"
|
| Select
| "select"
|
FilterAction
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| Applied
| "applied"
|
LoadAction
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| Load
| "load"
|
| Paged
| "paged"
|
| TabSelected
| "tab_selected"
|
ReactionAction
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| Like
| "like"
|
| Favourite
| "favourite"
|
| Comment
| "comment"
|
| Basket
| "basket"
|
| Watchlist
| "watchlist"
|
ResearchAction
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| Indicator
| "indicator"
|
| AdjustView
| "adjust_view"
|
| Filter
| "filter"
|
| DateSelect
| "date_select"
|
| SortView
| "sort_view"
|
SearchAction
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| Applied
| "applied"
|
| Result
| "result"
|
| Filter
| "filter"
|
| Sort
| "sort"
|
| Selected
| "selected"
|
| FocusOn
| "focus_on"
|
| FocusAway
| "focus_away"
|
| Close
| "close"
|
TradeAction
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| BuyMarket
| "buy_market"
|
| BuyLimit
| "buy_limit"
|
| BuyStop
| "buy_stop"
|
| SellMarket
| "sell_market"
|
| SellLimit
| "sell_limit"
|
| SellStop
| "sell_stop"
|
TransactionAction
| Name | Value |
|--------------|-----------|
| Withdraw
| "withdraw"
|
| Deposit
| "deposit"
|
| Buy
| "buy"
|
| Sell
| "sell"
|
Firing Events
All of the available events that can be fired, are listed as follows
|Function|Request Model|Notes|
|--------------|-----------|--------------|
|authentication
|AuthenticationEventRequest
| Passing the eventAction
as AuthenticationAction.SignOut
will set the clientRef
as null
|
|basket
|ReactionEventRequest
||
|click
|ClickEventRequest
||
|comment
|ReactionEventRequest
||
|content
|ContentEventRequest
||
|custom
|CustomEventRequest
||
|entity
|EntityEventRequest
||
|favourite
|ReactionEventRequest
||
|filter
|FilterEventRequest
||
|like
|ReactionEventRequest
||
|load
|LoadEventRequest
||
|notification
|NotifictionEventRequest
||
|recommendation
|RecomendationEventRequest
||
|research
|ResearchEventRequest
||
|search
|SearchEventRequest
||
|topic
|TopicEventRequest
||
|trade
|TradeEventRequest
||
|transaction
|TransactionEventRequest
||
|watchlist
|ReactionEventRequest
||
An example click
event:
click(new EventCapture.ClickEventRequest{
event: new PointerEvent(),
eventAction: EventCapture.ClickAction.Entity,
component: new EventCapture.Component({
type: "button",
id: "btnOne",
elementTree: "mainWrapper/btnOne"
}),
metaData: [
new EventCapture.MetaData({
key: MetaDataKey.RelatedEntity,
type: 'entity',
value: "678901"
}),
new EventCapture.MetaData({
key: MetaDataKey.EntityId,
value: "123456"
});
]
});