web-adtrace-test

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Web SDK of Adtrace

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Summary

This is the guide to the Javascript SDK of Adtrace™ for web sites or web apps. You can read more about Adtrace™ at adtrace.io.

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Example apps

You can check how our SDK can be used in the web app by checking example app in this repository.

Installation

This SDK can be used to track installs, sessions and events. Simply add the Adtrace Web SDK to your web app.

Our SDK is exposed under all module definitions, so it works under CommonJS and AMD environments and is also available through global Adtrace when imported through script tag in HTML.

To load the Adtrace Web SDK paste the following snippet into the <head> tag:

<script type="application/javascript" src="./dist/adtrace-latest.min.js"></script>

The Adtrace Web SDK should be loaded only once per page and it should be initiated once per page load.

It's also possible to install our sdk through NPM:

npm install web-adtrace-test --save

and import that :

import Adtrace from "web-adtrace-test"

Initialization

In order to initialize the Adtrace Web SDK you must call the Adtrace.initSdk method as soon as possible:

Adtrace.initSdk({
  appToken: 'YOUR_APP_TOKEN',
  environment: 'production'
});

Important: For proper attribution method setReferrer should be called as close as possible to SDK initialization.

Here is the full list of available parameters for the initSdk method:

Mandatory params

appToken string

Initialization method requires this parameter, so make sure to provide valid app token

environment string

This param is also mandatory. Available options are production or sandbox. Use sandbox in case you are testing the SDK locally with your web app

Optional params

attributionCallback function

This param accepts function, and it's a callback function for the attribution change. Two arguments are provided to the callback, first one is an internal event name (can be ignored), and the other one is the object which holds information about the changed attribution

Example:

Adtrace.initSdk({
  // ... other params go here, including mandatory ones
  attributionCallback: function (e, attribution) {
    // e: internal event name, can be ignored
    // attribution: details about the changed attribution
  }
});

defaultTracker string

By default, users who are not attributed to any campaigns will be attributed to the Organic tracker of the app. If you want to overwrite this behaviour and attributed this type of traffic under a different tracker, you can use this method to set a different default tracker.

customUrl string

By default all requests go to adtrace's endpoints. You are able to redirect all requests to your custom endpoint

eventDeduplicationListLimit number

By default this param is set to 10. It is possible to override this limit but make sure that it is a positive number and not too big. This will cache last n deduplication ids (defined by this param) and use them to deduplicate events with repeating ids

logLevel string

By default this param is set to error. Possible values are none, error, warning, info, verbose. We highly recommend that you use verbose when testing in order to see precise logs and to make sure integration is done properly. Here are more details about each log level:

verbose - will print detailed messages in case of certain actions
info - will print only basic info messages, warnings and errors
warning - will print only warning and error messages
error - will print only error message
none - won't print anything

logOutput string

It's possible to define html container where you want to see your logs. This is useful when testing on mobile devices and when you want to see logs directly on the screen (recommended only for testing)

namespace string

A custom namespace for SDK data storage. If there are multiple applications on the same domain to allow SDK distinguish storages and don't mix the data up each application should use it's own namespace.

Please note it's possible to set custom namespace for existing storage with default name, all data will be preserved and moved to the custom namespace. Once custom namespace is set it's not possible to rename it without data loss.

externalDeviceId string

An external device identifier is a custom value that you can assign to a device or user. They can help you to recognize users across sessions and platforms. They can also help you to deduplicate installs by user so that a user isn't counted as multiple new installs.

You can also use an external device ID as a custom identifier for a device. This can be useful if you use these identifiers elsewhere and want to keep continuity.

Adtrace.initSdk({
  // other initialisation options go here
  externalDeviceId: 'YOUR_EXTERNAL_DEVICE_ID', // optional
});

Event tracking

You can use adtrace to track events. Lets say you want to track every tap on a particular button. You would create a new event token in your panel, which has an associated event token - looking something like abc123. In order to track this event from your web app, you should do following:

Adtrace.trackEvent({
  eventToken: 'YOUR_EVENT_TOKEN'
})

Make sure to track event only after you initialize the Adtrace SDK. Here is the full list of available parameters for the trackEvent method:

Mandatory params

eventToken string

Track event method requires this parameter, make sure to provide valid event token

Optional params

revenue number

In case you want to attach revenue to an event (for example you would like to track some purchase that happened inside your web app) then you need to provide positive value for this param. It's also mandatory to provide currency param described in the next block

currency string

You need to provide this param if you want to track revenue event. Please use valid currency code like IRR, USD and so on

Example:

Adtrace.trackEvent({
  // ... other params go here, including mandatory ones
  revenue: 10,
  currency: 'USD'
})

callbackParams array

You can register a callback URL for your events in your panel. We will send a GET request to that URL whenever the event is tracked. You can add callback parameters to that event by adding callbackParams parameter to the map object passed to trackEvent method. We will then append these parameters to your callback URL.

Adtrace.trackEvent({
  // ... other params go here, including mandatory ones
  callbackParams: [
    {key: 'key', value: 'value'}, 
    {key: 'foo', value: 'bar'}
  ]
})

In that case we would track the event and send a request to:

https://www.mydomain.com/callback?key=value&foo=bar

Please note that we don't store any of your custom parameters, but only append them to your callbacks, thus without a callback they will not be saved nor sent to you.

You can read more about using URL callbacks, including a full list of available values, in our [callbacks guide][callbacks-guide].

valueParams array

You can also add parameters to be transmitted to network values, which have been activated in your Adtrace panel. This works similarly to the callback parameters mentioned above, but can be added by adding valueParams parameter to the map object passed to trackEvent method:

Adtrace.trackEvent({
  // ... other params go here, including mandatory ones
  valueParams: [
    {key: 'key', value: 'value'}, 
    {key: 'foo', value: 'bar'}
  ]
})

You can read more about special values and these integrations in our [guide to special values][special-values].

deduplicationId string

It's possible to provide event deduplication id in order to avoid tracking duplicated events. Deduplication list limit is set in initialization configuration as described above

Global callback parameters

There are several methods available for global callback parameters like adding, removing and clearing them. Here is the list of each available method:

addGlobalCallbackParameters

It's possible to add global callback parameters, which will be appended automatically to each session and event request. Note that callback params passed directly to trackEvent method will override existing global callback params. This method accepts an array is the same format as for callbackParams parameter from trackEvent method

Example:

Adtrace.addGlobalCallbackParameters([
  {key: 'key1', value: 'value1'},
  {key: 'key2', value: 'value2'}
]);

removeGlobalCallbackParameter

To remove particular callback parameter use this method by providing the key of a global callback param which needs to be removed

Example:

Adtrace.removeGlobalCallbackParameter('key1');

clearGlobalCallbackParameters

In order to clear all global callback parameters simply call this method

Example:

Adtrace.clearGlobalCallbackParameters();

Global value parameters

It's possible to add, remove and clear global value parameters in the similar way as for global callback parameters. Here is the list of each available method:

addGlobalValueParameters

It's possible to add global value parameters, which will be appended automatically to each session and event request. Note that value params passed directly to trackEvent method will override existing global value params. This method accepts an array is the same format as for valueParams parameter from trackEvent method

Example:

Adtrace.addGlobalValueParameters([
  {key: 'key1', value: 'value1'},
  {key: 'key2', value: 'value2'}
]);

removeGlobalValueParameter

To remove particular value parameter use this method by providing the key of a global value param which needs to be removed

Example:

Adtrace.removeGlobalValueParameter('key1');

clearGlobalValueParameters

In order to clear all global value parameters simply call this method

Example:

Adtrace.clearGlobalValueParameters();

Offline/Online mode

By default when initiated Adtrace SDK is always in online mode. But you can put it into offline mode if you want to pause all network requests such as tracking events and sessions (although initial session will ignore this mode and will be sent anyway). There are two methods available to swich on and off the offline mode:

switchToOfflineMode

This method will put the Adtrace SDK into offline mode

Example:

Adtrace.switchToOfflineMode();

switchBackToOnlineMode

This method will put the Adtrace SDK back to online mode

Adtrace.switchBackToOnlineMode();

Stop/Restart SDK

It's possible to completely stop the SDK from running in certain situations. This means that SDK will stop tracking sessions and events and in general will stop working entirely. But it's possible to restart it after some time. Here are available methods for this functionality:

stop

This will stop running Adtrace SDK

Example:

Adtrace.stop();

restart

This will restart Adtrace SDK

Example:

Adtrace.restart();

Get `web_uuid`

To identify unique web users in Adtrace, Web SDK generates an ID known as web_uuid whenever it tracks first session. The ID is created per subdomain and per browser. The identifier follows the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) format.

To get web_uuid use the following method:

getWebUUID

Example:

const webUUID = Adtrace.getWebUUID();

User attribution

You can access your user's current attribution information by using the following method:

getAttribution

Example:

const attribution = Adtrace.getAttribution();

Setting `referrer`

You may want to set referrer to trigger sdk_click manually.

To set referrer use the following method:

setReferrer

Example:

Adtrace.setReferrer("adtrace_external_click_id%3DEXTERNAL_CLICK_ID");

Please note that referrer should be properly URL-encoded.

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Table of contents

Example apps

Installation

Initialization

Mandatory params

Optional params

Event tracking

Mandatory params

Optional params

Global callback parameters

Global value parameters

Offline/Online mode

Stop/Restart SDK

Get web_uuid

User attribution

Setting referrer

Get `web_uuid`

Setting `referrer`