Content View

An event that describes the action of viewing content, such as a newspaper article, on a website.

Here's an example of a Content View:

JavaScript

pcdp("event", "track", {
  "clientId": "kevel",
  "siteId": "kevel.com",
  "type": "contentView",
  "customFields": {
    "debug": "true",
    "role": "superuser"
  },
  "content": {
    "id": "25545c",
    "name": "Internet reaches 4bn users",
    "categoriesList": [
      "News",
      "Internet"
    ],
    "media": "article",
    "access": "paid"
  }
})

Swift

import Foundation

let event = """{
  "clientId": "kevel",
  "siteId": "kevel.com",
  "type": "contentView",
  "customFields": {
    "debug": "true",
    "role": "superuser"
  },
  "content": {
    "id": "25545c",
    "name": "Internet reaches 4bn users",
    "categoriesList": [
      "News",
      "Internet"
    ],
    "media": "article",
    "access": "paid"
  }
}"""

let trackUrl = "https://tr.cdp.\(websiteDomain)/events"
var urlComponents = URLComponents(string: trackUrl)!
urlComponents.queryItems = [
  URLQueryItem(name: "id_\(idType)", value: id),
  URLQueryItem(name: "cookies", value: "false")
]

var request = URLRequest(url: urlComponents.url!)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.setValue(userAgent, forHTTPHeaderField: "User-Agent")
request.httpBody = event.data(using: .utf8)!

URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request).resume()

Kotlin

import androidx.core.net.toUri
import org.json.JSONObject
import java.net.URL
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection

val event = """{
  "clientId": "kevel",
  "siteId": "kevel.com",
  "type": "contentView",
  "customFields": {
    "debug": "true",
    "role": "superuser"
  },
  "content": {
    "id": "25545c",
    "name": "Internet reaches 4bn users",
    "categoriesList": [
      "News",
      "Internet"
    ],
    "media": "article",
    "access": "paid"
  }
}"""

val trackUri = "https://tr.cdp.$websiteDomain/events".toUri().buildUpon()
    .appendQueryParameter("id_$idType", id)
    .appendQueryParameter("cookies", "false")

// Network requests aren't allowed in main thread. Get adequate scope from context.
// See https://kotlinlang.org/docs/coroutines-guide.html for more info.
coroutineScope.launch(Dispatchers.IO) {
    val conn = (URL(trackUri.toString()).openConnection() as HttpsURLConnection).apply {
        requestMethod = "POST"
        setRequestProperty("User-Agent", userAgent)
        setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json")
        doOutput = true
    }

    conn.outputStream.use { os ->
        os.write(event.toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8))
    }

    try {
        // Trigger the request
        conn.responseCode
    } finally {
        conn.disconnect()
    }
}

In more detail, the fields supported on every Content View are:

Field	Required	Type	Default	Example	Description
clientId		string		"kevel"	The client identifier.
siteId		string		"kevel.com"	The client's site identifier.
type	required	"contentView"		"contentView"	The event type.
customFields		object of string		{...}	An object with custom fields for extra metadata to be supplied in the event. The values within this object must all be strings.
facebookConversionTracking		Facebook Conversion Tracking Details		{...}	A description of a tracking event to send to Facebook using Facebook Conversions API.
content	required	Content		{...}	A description of the actual content being viewed.

Facebook Conversion Tracking Details

A description of a tracking event to send to Facebook using Facebook Conversions API.

Field	Required	Type	Default	Example	Description
pixel_id		string		"396622227884531"	The pixel ID to associate this Facebook tracking event with.
event_id		string		"0c53d0b57"	ID used to deduplicate events sent by both Facebook Pixel and Conversions API. More information about the usefulness of this ID is available at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/marketing-api/server-side-api/using-the-api/deduplicate-pixel-and-server-side-events.
event_name		string		"AddToCart"	A Facebook pixel Standard Event or Custom Event name. This field is used to deduplicate events sent by both Facebook Pixel and Conversions API. The available Standard Events are listed in https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-pixel/reference#standard-events.
custom_data		object		{...}	Parameters to send additional data Facebook can use for ads delivery optimization. More information about the fields that can be supplied here is available at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/marketing-api/conversions-api/parameters/custom-data.

Content

A description of the actual content being viewed.

Field	Required	Type	Default	Example	Description
id		string		"25545c"	The content identifier.
name		string		"Internet reaches 4bn users"	The title of the content.
categoriesList		array of string		["News", "Internet"]	A hierarchically sorted list of the categories the content is inserted in.
media		string		"article"	The type of media this content is made of. Typical values are 'video', 'article' and 'blog'.
access		string		"paid"	The type of access associated with the content. Typical values are 'paid' and 'free'.