browser-tracker.browsertracker.md

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BrowserTracker interface

The Browser Tracker

Signature:

interface BrowserTracker 

Properties

Property	Type	Description
addPlugin	(configuration: BrowserPluginConfiguration) => void	Add a plugin into the plugin collection after Tracker has already been initialised
clearUserData	(configuration?: ClearUserDataConfiguration) => void	Clears all cookies and local storage containing user and session identifiers
core	TrackerCore	The instance of the core library which this tracker has initialised
crossDomainLinker	(crossDomainLinkerCriterion: (elt: HTMLAnchorElement | HTMLAreaElement) => boolean) => void	Enable querystring decoration for links passing a filter
disableActivityTracking	() => void	Disables page activity tracking.
disableActivityTrackingCallback	() => void	Disables page activity tracking callback.
disableAnonymousTracking	(configuration?: DisableAnonymousTrackingConfiguration) => void	Disables anonymous tracking if active (ie. tracker initialized with anonymousTracking) For stateStorageStrategy override, uses supplied value first, falls back to one defined in initial config, otherwise uses cookieAndLocalStorage.
discardBrace	(enableFilter: boolean) => void	Strip braces from URL
discardHashTag	(enableFilter: boolean) => void	Strip hash tag (or anchor) from URL
enableActivityTracking	(configuration: ActivityTrackingConfiguration) => void	Enables page activity tracking (sends page pings to the Collector regularly).
enableActivityTrackingCallback	(configuration: ActivityTrackingConfiguration & ActivityTrackingConfigurationCallback) => void	Enables page activity tracking (replaces collector ping with callback).
enableAnonymousTracking	(configuration?: EnableAnonymousTrackingConfiguration) => void	Enables anonymous tracking (ie. tracker initialized without anonymousTracking)
flushBuffer	(configuration?: FlushBufferConfiguration) => void	Send all events in the outQueue Only need to use this when sending events with a bufferSize of at least 2
getCookieName	(basename: string) => void	Get the cookie name as cookieNamePrefix + basename + . + domain.
getDomainSessionIndex	() => void	Get the domain session index also known as current memorized visit count.
getDomainUserId	() => void	Get visitor ID (from first party cookie)
getDomainUserInfo	() => void	Get the visitor information (from first party cookie)
getPageViewId	() => string	Get the current page view ID
getTabId	() => string | null	Get the current browser tab ID
getUserId	() => void	Get the current user ID (as set previously with setUserId()).
id	string	The unique identifier of this tracker
namespace	string	The tracker namespace
newSession	() => void	Expires current session and starts a new session.
preservePageViewId	() => void	Stop regenerating pageViewId (available from web_page context)
setBufferSize	(newBufferSize: number) => void	Alter buffer size Can be useful if you want to stop batching requests to ensure events start sending closer to event creation
setCollectorUrl	(collectorUrl: string) => void	Specify the Snowplow collector URL. Specific http or https to force it or leave it off to match the website protocol.
setCookiePath	(path: string) => void	Set first-party cookie path
setCustomUrl	(url: string) => void	Override url
setDocumentTitle	(title: string) => void	Override document.title
setOptOutCookie	(name?: string | null) => void	Sets the opt out cookie.
setReferrerUrl	(url: string) => void	Override referrer
setUserId	(userId?: string | null) => void	Set the business-defined user ID for this user.
setUserIdFromCookie	(cookieName: string) => void	Set the business-defined user ID for this user to the value of a cookie.
setUserIdFromLocation	(querystringField: string) => void	Set the business-defined user ID for this user using the location querystring.
setUserIdFromReferrer	(querystringField: string) => void	Set the business-defined user ID for this user using the referrer querystring.
setVisitorCookieTimeout	(timeout: number) => void	Set visitor cookie timeout (in seconds)
sharedState	SharedState	The instance of shared state this tracker is using
trackPageView	(event?: PageViewEvent & CommonEventProperties) => void	Log visit to this page
updatePageActivity	() => void	Triggers the activityHandler manually to allow external user defined activity. i.e. While watching a video