Category View

Track when users browse category pages.

When to use

Add this event to all category/listing pages.

Implementation

JavaScript

<script type="text/javascript">
window._edrone = window._edrone || {};
_edrone.action_type = 'category_view';
_edrone.product_category_ids = '1~2~3';
_edrone.product_category_names = encodeURIComponent('Shoes~Sneakers~Nike');
</script>

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.edrone.me/trace \
  -d "app_id=YOUR_APP_ID" \
  -d "action_type=category_view" \
  -d "product_category_ids=1~2~3" \
  -d "product_category_names=Shoes~Sneakers~Nike" \
  -d "sender_type=server"

Python

import requests
from urllib.parse import quote

response = requests.post('https://api.edrone.me/trace', data={
    'app_id': 'YOUR_APP_ID',
    'action_type': 'category_view',
    'product_category_ids': '1~2~3',
    'product_category_names': quote('Shoes~Sneakers~Nike'),
    'sender_type': 'server'
})

PHP

<?php
$data = http_build_query([
    'app_id' => 'YOUR_APP_ID',
    'action_type' => 'category_view',
    'product_category_ids' => '1~2~3',
    'product_category_names' => 'Shoes~Sneakers~Nike',
    'sender_type' => 'server'
]);

$ch = curl_init('https://api.edrone.me/trace');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

Required fields

Field	Description	Example
action_type	Event type	category_view
product_category_ids	Category IDs (~ separated)	1~2~3
product_category_names	Category names (~ separated)	Shoes~Sneakers~Nike

Category hierarchy

The category path should go from parent to child:

// Viewing: Home > Clothing > Women > Dresses
_edrone.product_category_ids = '1~5~12~45';
_edrone.product_category_names = 'Home~Clothing~Women~Dresses';