Tracking Events in a Conversation
Events
You may wish to track certain events in conversations, such as:
- External URL Clicks
- Social Shares
- Revenue
- Anything else…
JSON Format
The JSON that you can send to track an event is:
- name – string (required)
- userId – string (required)
- conversationId – string (optional)
- type – enum (required)
- customEvent
- revenueEvent
- shareEvent
- pageLaunchEvent
customEvent
- extraInfo – object (optional)
- amount – number (required)
- referenceNumber – string (optional)
- metadata – object (optional)
- extraInfo – object (optional)
- sharedMessage – object (optional)
referralEvent
- name – string (required)
- ref – string the referral tag (optional)
- source – string the referral source (eg. ADS, WEB) (optional)
- ad_id – string an ID to identify the ad (optional)
- referer_uri – string the URI that sent the referer(optional)
Tracking Custom Events
Post to the endpoint
https://tracker.dashbot.io/track?platform=sms&v=10.1.1-rest&type=event&apiKey=API_KEY_HERE
Make sure to set the 'Content-Type' header to 'application/json'
The data to POST should pass the following data:
{
"name": "trackMeEvent",
"type": "customEvent",
"userId": "967295313370594",
"extraInfo": {
"start": 1500504070512,
"difference": 374,
"end": 1500504070886
}
}
Sample cURL
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"trackMeEvent","type":"customEvent","userId":"967295313370594","extraInfo":{"start":1500504070512,"difference":374,"end":1500504070886}}' \
'https://tracker.dashbot.io/track?platform=sms&v=10.1.1-rest&type=event&apiKey=API_KEY_HERE'
Tracking Revenue Events
Post to the endpoint
https://tracker.dashbot.io/track?platform=sms&v=10.1.1-rest&type=event&apiKey=API_KEY_HERE
Make sure to set the 'Content-Type' header to 'application/json'
The data to POST should pass the following data:
{
"name": "boughtSandwich",
"type": "revenueEvent",
"userId": "967295313370594",
"amount": 17.45,
"metadata": {
"productName": "Ham Sandwich",
"sku": "abc123123"
}
}
Sample cURL
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"boughtSandwich","type":"revenueEvent","userId":"967295313370594","amount":17.45,"metadata":{"productName":"Ham Sandwich","sku":"abc123123"}}' \
'https://tracker.dashbot.io/track?platform=sms&v=10.1.1-rest&type=event&apiKey=API_KEY_HERE'
Tracking Page Launch Events
Post to the endpoint
https://tracker.dashbot.io/track?platform=sms&v=10.1.1-rest&type=event&apiKey=API_KEY_HERE
Make sure to set the 'Content-Type' header to 'application/json'
The data to POST should pass the following data:
{
"name": "Launched Detail Page",
"type": "pageLaunchEvent",
"userId": "967295313370594",
"extraInfo": {
"url": "https://www.dashbot.io/"
}
}
Sample cURL
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"Launched Detail Page","type":"pageLaunchEvent","userId":"967295313370594","extraInfo":{"url":"https://www.dashbot.io/"}}' \
'https://tracker.dashbot.io/track?platform=sms&v=10.1.1-rest&type=event&apiKey=API_KEY_HERE'
Tracking Share Events
Post to the endpoint
https://tracker.dashbot.io/track?platform=sms&v=10.1.1-rest&type=event&apiKey=API_KEY_HERE
Make sure to set the 'Content-Type' header to 'application/json'
The data to POST should pass the following data:
{
"name": "sharedLink",
"type": "shareEvent",
"userId": "967295313370594",
"sharedMessage": {
"text": "come check out this bot"
}
}
Sample cURL
curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"sharedLink","type":"shareEvent","userId":"967295313370594","sharedMessage":{"text":"come check out this bot"}}' \
'https://tracker.dashbot.io/track?platform=sms&v=10.1.1-rest&type=event&apiKey=API_KEY_HERE'