Boxever.eventCreate(event, callback, format)

The eventCreate() function sends an event to Sitecore Personalize. An event is all the data about a user's interaction with your application. Call this function as part of the anonymous function that you add to the _boxeverq array.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Note
`event`	object	All the event data.	Specify the browser ID in this object. Every event that you send to Sitecore Personalize must include the browser ID.
`callback`	function	This callback function handles the response.	N/A
`format`	string	The format of the response.	Set the value to `"json"`. Other formats are not supported.

Parameter

Type

Description

Note

event

object

All the event data.

Specify the browser ID in this object.

Every event that you send to Sitecore Personalize must include the browser ID.

callback

function

This callback function handles the response.

N/A

format

string

The format of the response.

Set the value to "json". Other formats are not supported.

Return value

undefined

Example

This example describes how to send a VIEW event to Sitecore Personalize. The _boxeverq array receives an anonymous function. The anonymous function contains a VIEW event object. The eventCreate() function receives the VIEW event object and sends the event data to Sitecore Personalize.

_boxeverq.push(() => { 
    const viewEvent = { 
        browser_id: Boxever.getID(),
        channel: "WEB",
        type: "VIEW",
        language: "EN",
        currency: "EUR",
        page: "home",
        pos: "myretailsite/ireland",
    };

    // Send the event data to the server
    Boxever.eventCreate(
        viewEvent, 
        response => console.log(response),
        "json"
    );
});

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