---
title: "addPersonalize"
slug: "cloud-sdk-personalize-server-addpersonalize"
abstract: "The addPersonalize function initializes the Cloud SDK personalize package on the server side."
---
# addPersonalize

|     |     |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Function |
| Import path | `@sitecore-cloudsdk/personalize/server` |

Used as a method by the [`CloudSDK`](https://doc.sitecore.com/sdk/en/developers/005/cloud-sdk/cloud-sdk-reference/cloud-sdk-core/cloud-sdk-core-server/functions/cloud-sdk-core-server-cloudsdk.html "CloudSDK") function to initialize the `personalize` package.

## Signature

```typescript
export function addPersonalize(
  settings?: ServerSettings
): CloudSDKServerInitializer
```

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `settings` | [`ServerSettings`](https://doc.sitecore.com/sdk/en/developers/005/cloud-sdk/cloud-sdk-reference/cloud-sdk-personalize/cloud-sdk-personalize-server/functions/cloud-sdk-personalize-server-addpersonalize.html#UUID-aec24706-b701-8873-840e-bff0966bea19_section-idm19072570850413056 "ServerSettings properties") | Optional.<br><br>Initialization settings for the package. |

### `ServerSettings` properties

| Name | Type | Description | Value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `enablePersonalizeCookie` | `boolean` | Optional.<br><br>Whether to set the `sc_{SitecoreEdgeContextId}_personalize` cookie from the server side.<br><br>If using only the `server` module of the `personalize` package, set to `true`.<br><br>If using both the `browser` and the `server` modules of the `personalize` package, set `enablePersonalizeCookie` to `true` either on the browser or the server, and set to `false` on the other.<br><br>If [`enableServerCookie`](https://doc.sitecore.com/sdk/en/developers/005/cloud-sdk/cloud-sdk-reference/cloud-sdk-core/cloud-sdk-core-server/functions/cloud-sdk-core-server-cloudsdk.html "CloudSDK") is `false`, `enablePersonalizeCookie` will not be set.<br><br>Default: `false`. | `true` |

## Return value

Initializes the `personalize` package and returns an instance of `CloudSDKServerInitializer`.

## Examples

See code examples in [`CloudSDK`](https://doc.sitecore.com/sdk/en/developers/005/cloud-sdk/cloud-sdk-reference/cloud-sdk-core/cloud-sdk-core-server/functions/cloud-sdk-core-server-cloudsdk.html "CloudSDK").