Reference

Flagship class

The SDK is represented by the Flagship class. It simplifies the process of creating new visitors and configuration

Start method

To run experiments with Flagship, you will need to start the SDK.

Flagship uses a sharedInstance then create a visitor to activate experiments and track events.

• func start(envId:String, apiKey:String, config:FSConfig)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
envId	String	Yes	Identifies your Flagship account and environment (pre-prod or prod).
apiKey	String	Yes	Identifies your Flagship api key (pre-prod or prod)
config	FSConfig	No	Object that represent configuration client

📘 API Key & Environment ID required

You can find your apiKey and your environmentId on your Flagship account, in Parameters > Environment & Security.

Swift

import Flagship

//Start the Flagship SDK in Api mode and 5 seconds for timeout.
Flagship.sharedInstance.start(envId:"_ENV_ID_", apiKey: "_API_KEY_",
                                      config: FSConfigBuilder().DecisionApi()
                                        .withTimeout(5000)
                                        .withLogLevel(.ALL).build())
        
       
//Start the Flagship SDK in Bucketing mode with custom cache manager  
Flagship.sharedInstance.start(envId: "_ENV_ID_", apiKey: "_API_KEY_", config: FSConfigBuilder().Bucketing()
                                        .withTimeout(5000)
                                        .withLogLevel(.INFO)
                                        .withCacheManager(FSCacheManager(customCacheManager))
                                        .build())

Objective C

@import Flagship;

/// Create config object
FlagshipConfig *config = [[[[[FSConfigBuilder alloc] init] withTimeout:5000]withLogLevel:FSLevelALL] build];

/// Start Flagship sdk
[[ Flagship sharedInstance] startWithEnvId:@"_ENV_ID_" apiKey:@"_API_KEY_" config:config];

Configuration

FlagshipConfig class help you to configure the SDK via the following two available config implementations: DecisionApi and Bucketing. See Decision Mode section.

Timeout

This delay only concerns the request on fetching campaigns under the api mode. If the API didn't answer during this interval of time, the SDK will not wait longer for it and will use the flag values already present on device's cache. If there is no cache yet, the default values will be returned from the getFlag function.

• ** func withTimeout(_ timeout:TimeInterval)->FSConfigBuilder**

Parameter	Type	Description
timeout	TimeInterval	Milliseconds, default value is 2000 ms

📘 The unit of measure for the timeout is Millisecond.

Log Level

• func withLogLevel(_ logLevel:FSLevel)->FSConfigBuilder

Specifies a log level to filter logs emitted by the SDK.

Parameter	Type	Description
level	FSLevel	The levels in ascending order are : NONE(0), EXCEPTIONS(1), ERROR(2), WARNING(3), DEBUG(4), INFO(5), ALL(6).

Decision Mode

DecisionApi

When the SDK is running in DecisionApi mode, the campaign assignments and targeting validation take place on server-side. In this mode, each call to the fetchFlags method to refresh the flags will create an HTTP request.

Bucketing

When the SDK is running in BUCKETING mode, the SDK downloads all the campaigns configurations at once in a single bucketing file so that variation assignment can be computed on client-side by the SDK. This bucketing file is stored in cache and will only be downloaded again when campaign configurations are modified in the Flagship interface. Learn more

📘

The default value is DECISION API

OnSdkStatusChanged

This listener is called when SDK status has changed.

func withOnSdkStatusChanged(_ onSdkStatusChanged: @escaping (_ newStatus: FSSdkStatus)->Void)->FSConfigBuilder

onSdkStatusChanged is a callback with one parameter FSSdkStatus

Parameter	Type	Description
newStatus	FSSdkStatus	Represent new value for the SDK state SDK . See SDK Status for more information

Polling Interval Time

Only available for Bucketing Mode:

• func withBucketingPollingIntervals(_ pollingTime:TimeInterval)->FSConfigBuilder

Define time interval between two bucketing updates. Default is 60 seconds.

Parameter	Type	Description
pollingTime	TimeInterval	interval time, default is 60 seconds.

Tracking Config Manager

func withTrackingManagerConfig(_ trackingMgrConfig: FSTrackingManagerConfig)->FSConfigBuilder

The SDK through the TrackingManager class report analytics event using batching process, each time a visitor emits a hit, the tracking manager will stack it in the event pool.

When the time interval batchIntervals is over or pool Maximum Size poolMaxSize is reached, the batch process is triggered and the pool emptied. In the meantime, the caching process depends on the cache strategy adopted.

The advantages:

• Use less network traffic

• Avoid data loss

• Catch all hits that would fail

The TrackingManager stand on three options to setup :

1. Time Interval Time interval to process and send event through batch.

📘 The batchIntervals parameter is an integer, default value is 5 seconds

1. Pool Max Size Specifies the maximum number of hits in the pool.

📘 The poolMaxSize parameter is an integer, default value is 10

1. Cache Strategy Define a strategy to adopt, there are two strategies represented by an enum BatchCachingStrategy.

1 - CONTINUOUS_CACHING

📘 Recommended for client-side applications

Each time a visitor emits an event, this strategy duplicates events in cache using cacheHit (see InterfaceCache), on completion batching process the saved hits are removed from the cache.

Note: The SDK has a default cache implementation using a local database.

2 - PERIODIC_CACHING

📘 Recommended for server-side applications

This strategy periodically makes a copy in the cache of the existing event in the pool, those events will be removed once the batching process completed and succeed

// Create FSTrackingManagerConfig
// - Time Intreval : 20
// - Maximum size pool : 20
// - Strategy : BATCH_CONTINUOUS_CACHING
        
let trackingConfig = FSTrackingManagerConfig(poolMaxSize: 20, batchIntervalTimer: 20, strategy: .CONTINUOUS_CACHING)

// Create FlagshipConfig
let conf: FlagshipConfig = FSConfigBuilder().withTrackingConfig(trackingConfig).build()
        
// Start the SDK Flagship
Flagship.sharedInstance.start(envId: "your_env_id", apiKey: "your_api_key", config: conf)

Cache Management

Use a default cache Management provided by the SDK or create your own custom cache manager .

• func withCacheManager(_ customCacheManager:FSCacheManager)->FSConfigBuilder

Parameter	Type	Description
customCacheManager	FSCacheManager	Managing the cache

FSCacheManager

This class affords two protocols to handle the cache management.

• ** init(_ visitorCacheImp: FSVisitorCacheDelegate? = nil, _ hitCacheImp: FSHitCacheDelegate? = nil, visitorLookupTimeOut: TimeInterval = 0.2, hitCacheLookupTimeout: TimeInterval = 0.2)**

Parameter	Type	Default Value	Description
visitorCacheImp	Protocol	nil	class implementing visitor protocol , use FSDefaultCacheVisitor if nil
hitCacheImp	Protocol	nil	class implementing hit protocol, use FSDefaultCacheHit if nil
visitorLookupTimeOut	TimeInterval	200 ms	The time duration milliseconds given to lookup visitor, over this delay the operation is stopped
hitCacheLookupTimeout	TimeInterval	200 ms	The time duration milliseconds given to lookup hits, over this delay the operation is stopped

Developer Usage Tracking

• func withDisableDeveloperUsageTracking(_ disableDeveloperUsageTracking: Bool)->FSConfigBuilder

Parameter	Description	Type
disableDeveloperUsageTracking	Collects information about the usage of SDK. By default the value is set to false otherwise set to true to disable this feature.	Bool

// Create config and disabled usage tracking
let customConfig: FlagshipConfig = FSConfigBuilder().withDisableDeveloperUsageTracking(false).build()

// Start SDK
Flagship.sharedInstance.start(envId: "_ENV_ID_", apiKey: "_API_KEY_", config: customConfig)

onVisitorExposed

In some cases, you'll need to send informations about the exposition (When a flag has been seen by your visitor), like sending visitor and flag data to party tools.

To centralize it, the sdk provides a callback in the configuration option of the SDK.

• ** func withOnVisitorExposed(_ onVisitorExposed: OnVisitorExposed)->FSConfigBuilder **

This callback is triggered each time:

• The visitorExposed() method is successfully called through the flag instance.

• The value() method is called through the flag instance with "true" as parameter (default).

The OnVisitorExposed callback is a function with two parameters

typealias OnVisitorExposed = ((_ visitorExposed: VisitorExposed, _ fromFlag: ExposedFlag)-> Void)?

Parameter	Type	Description
visitorExposed	FSVisitorExposed	This class represent the visitor exposed
fromFlag	FSExposedFlag	This class represent the flag exposed. \n(The flag that has triggered the exposition)

• FSVisitorExposed

The class FSVisitorExposed give us the visitor's information

Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	VisitorId
anonymousId	String	anonymous id, used with Experience Continuity
context	Dictionary	The current visitor’s context

• FSExposedFlag

The class FSExposedFlag give us the flag's information

Parameter	Type	Description
key	String	key for flag
value	Any	value for flag
defaultValue	Any	default value
metadata	[FSFlagMetadata](#Getting flags campaigns metadata)	Campaign information metadata, this class already existed

For both class FSVisitorExposed & FSVisitorExposed use toJson() method to get the Json string representation and toDictionary() method to get a dictionary representation.

Swift

// Inside the callBack we use toJson() method to get the json String representation.
// This block is a part of confuguration builder, for more information 
// go to #flagship-configuration-options section
.withOnVisitorExposed { fromFlag, visitorExposed in

            print(fromFlag.toJson() ?? "")
            print(visitorExposed.toJson() ?? "")
        }

// Representation of VisitorExposed  
{
  "id": "visitor_1",
  "anonymousId": null,
  "context": {
    "sdk_firstTimeInit": false,
    "sdk_deviceLanguage": "fr_US",
    "sdk_deviceType": "Mobile",
    "sdk_deviceModel": "iPhone",
    "sdk_osName": "ios",
    "sdk_osVersionName": "ios",
    "sdk_fsVersion": "2.1.0,",
    "customer": "QA",
    "country": "FR"
  }
}

// Representation of ExposedFlag 
{
  "key": "btnColor",
  "value": "Green",
  "metadata": {
    "campaignId": "cfv24sokqu3h6tka0sv0",
    "variationGroupId": "cfv24sokqu3h6tka0t00",
    "variationId": "cfv24sokqu3h6tka0t10",
    "isReference": false,
    "campaignType": "ab",
    "slug": null
  }
}

Objective C

// Inside the callBack we use toJson() method to get the json String representation.
// This block is a part of confuguration builder, for more information 
// go to #flagship-configuration-options section  

FlagshipConfig * conf =  [[[[FSConfigBuilder alloc] init] withOnVisitorExposed:^(FSVisitorExposed * expoVisitor, FSExposedFlag * expoFlag) {
       NSLog(@"%@", [expoVisitor toJson]);
       NSLog(@"%@", [expoFlag toJson]);
        }] build];

// Representation of VisitorExposed  
{
  "id": "visitor_1",
  "anonymousId": null,
  "context": {
    "sdk_firstTimeInit": false,
    "sdk_deviceLanguage": "fr_US",
    "sdk_deviceType": "Mobile",
    "sdk_deviceModel": "iPhone",
    "sdk_osName": "ios",
    "sdk_osVersionName": "ios",
    "sdk_fsVersion": "2.1.0,",
    "customer": "QA",
    "country": "FR"
  }
}

// Representation of ExposedFlag 
{
  "key": "btnColor",
  "value": "Green",
  "metadata": {
    "campaignId": "cfv24sokqu3h6tka0sv0",
    "variationGroupId": "cfv24sokqu3h6tka0t00",
    "variationId": "cfv24sokqu3h6tka0t10",
    "isReference": false,
    "campaignType": "ab",
    "slug": null
  }
}

📘 The onVisitorExposed callback is triggered ONLY when the visitorExpose() method is called successfully.

Here is an example on how to use this callback:

• Example with Mixpanel integration

• Example with Segment integration

newVisitor method

The visitor instance is an object that lets you manage the context, activate experiments and track events.

The visitor context is a property dataset that defines the current visitor of your app.

This dataset is sent and used by the Flagship Decision API as targeting criteria for campaign assignment.

For example, if you wanted to enable or disable a specific feature based on VIP status, you would pass that attribute as a key-value pair in the visitor context so that the Decision API can enable or disable the corresponding feature flag for the visitor.

Swift

import Flagship

let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"userId", hasConsented:true)
                        .withContext(context: ["isVip":true])
                        .isAuthenticated(true)
                        .build()

Objective C

@import Flagship; 

/// Create visitor with context isVip :YES
[[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitorWithVisitorId:@"userId" hasConsented:@YES instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] 
		withContextWithContext:@{@"isVip":@YES}]build];

• public func newVisitor(visitorId: String, hasConsented: Bool, instanceType: Instance = .SHARED_INSTANCE) -> FSVisitorBuilder

Parameter	Type	Description
visitorId	String	Unique visitor identifier.
hasConsented	Bool	true when visitor has given consent, false otherwise.
instanceType	Instance	How Flagship SDK should handle the newly created visitor instance. (default is SINGLE_INSTANCE) . SINGLE_INSTANCE : The newly created visitor instance will be returned and saved into the Flagship singleton. Use Flagship.sharedInstance.sharedVisitorto retrieve the instance. NEW_INSTANCE: The newly created visitor instance wont be saved and will simply be returned.

Visitor Builder methods

Context

• func withContext(context:[String:Any])->FSVisitorBuilder

Represent the visitor's initial context key/values used for targeting. Context keys must be String, and values types must be one of the following: Number, Boolean, String.

Parameter	Type	Description
context	[String:Any]	initial context

Consent

• func hasConsented(hasConsented:Bool)->FSVisitorBuilder

Specify if the visitor has consented to personal data usage. When false some features will be deactivated; the cache will be deactivated and cleared. The default value is true.

Parameter	Type	Description
hasConsented	Bool	true when visitor has given consent, false otherwise

📘 The default value is true

Authenticate

• func isAuthenticated(_ autenticated:Bool)->FSVisitorBuilder

The visitorId will be considered as authenticated if true otherwise is anonymous.

Parameter	Type	Description
autenticated	Bool	true for authenticated visitor, false for anonymous.

📘 The default value is false

Visitor flags status callback

• func withFetchFlagsStatus(_ pCallback: OnFetchFlagsStatusChanged)->FSVisitorBuilder

Define a callback to be informed about fetchStatus changes.

OnFetchFlagsStatusChanged is an alias

Parameter	Type	Description
pCallback	OnFetchFlagsStatusChanged (typealias)	this callback will be triggered each time the **fetchStatus ** has changed.

typealias OnFetchFlagsStatusChanged = ((_ newStatus: FSFetchStatus, _ reason: FSFetchReasons)-> Void)?

Parameter	Type	Description
newStatus	FSFetchStatus	Represent the new value of FSFetchStatus
reason	FSFetchReasons	Give the reason for why the fetchState is FETCH_REQUIRED.

OnFetchFlagsStatusChanged is an alias and the signature contain the fetchStatus ans the reason

// 1 - Create visitor
let visitor = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId: "visitorId", hasConsented:true).withFetchFlagsStatus { newStatus, reason in
            
  // 2 - In this bloc will have the new fetchState and the reason 

}.build()

getStatus method

It is possible to get the current status via the method getStatus() from the Flagship class.

• func getStatus() -> FSSdkStatus

  Return the current SDK status

List of the possible SDK status :

Status	Description
SDK_NOT_INITIALIZED	The SDK has not been started.
SDK_INITIALIZING	The SDK still starting, in_ bucketing mode_ the sdk needs to download the ressources (bucketing file) before start. if the file exist already this status is skipped.
SDK_INITIALIZED	The SDK is ready to use.
SDK_PANIC	The SDK is ready but is running in Panic mode: All visitor's features are disabled except 'fetchFlags' which refreshes this status.

\

close method

When your application is about to terminate, you can call the close method of Flagship class, by doing this, the batch process one last time before stop.

But don't worry if the close function is not invoked the data is stored in cache and will be processed on the next start

• func close()

Swift

// Process one last time the batch process then stop.
Flagship.sharedInstance.close()

Objective C

// Close function to stop batch after processing one last time 
[[Flagship sharedInstance] close];

Visitor class

fetchStatus property

public internal(set) var fetchStatus: FetchStatus

This Enum parameter belongs to the visitor instance, and it reflects the status of the visitor's fetching workflow.

All possible value are listed below

• FETCHED &#xNAN;Flags have been successfully fetched from the API or re-evaluated in bucketing mode and are up-to-date..

• FETCHING &#xNAN;Flags are currently being fetched from the API or re-evaluated in bucketing mode.

• FETCH_REQUIRED &#xNAN;Flags need to be re-fetched due to a change in the visitor context, visitor authentication or because the flags were loaded from cache.

• PANIC &#xNAN;The SDK is in PANIC mode: All features are disabled except for the one to fetch flags. Flags default value will be returned.

Read Flag's status

// The parameter that reflect the status user's workflow
public internal(set) var fetchStatus: FSFetchStatus

// Enum of possible value
public enum FSFetchStatus: String {
    // The flags have been successfully fetched from the API or re-evaluated in bucketing mode.
    case FETCHED
    // The flags are currently being fetched from the API or re-evaluated in bucketing mode.
    case FETCHING
    // The flags need to be re-fetched due to a change in context, or because the flags were loaded from cache or XPC.
    case FETCH_REQUIRED
    // The SDK is in PANIC mode: All features are disabled except for the one to fetch flags
    case PANIC
}

Enum Flag Status

// Create a user 
let user = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId: "userId", hasConsented: true).build()
        
// Get status before fetching
user.fetchStatus // The value should be FETCH_REQUIRED
// Fetching flags
user.fetchFlags {
     // Fetching completed successfully 
     // Get status after fetching
         user.fetchStatus // the value should be FETCHED
     }

requiredFetchReason property

public internal(set) var requiredFetchReason: FSFetchReasons

Speaking of FetchStatus values related to workflow, we noticed that FETCH_REQUIRED is confusing sometimes because it may come from different scenarios.

The SDK provides a new smart indicator that gives you the main reason why visitors flags need to be re-evaluated.

This Enum parameter belongs to the visitor instance with these possible values:

• VISITOR_CREATE &#xNAN;Indicate that the visitor is created for the first time or without cache.

• UPDATE_CONTEXT &#xNAN;Indicates that a context has been updated or changed.

• AUTHENTICATEG &#xNAN;Indicates that the XPC method 'authenticate' has been called.

• UNAUTHENTICATE &#xNAN;Indicates that the XPC method 'unauthenticate' has been called.

• FETCH_ERROR &#xNAN;Indicates that fetching flags has failed.

• FETCHED_FROM_CACHE &#xNAN;Indicates that flags have been fetched from the cache.

• NONE &#xNAN;No Reason, the state should be FETCHED, FETCHING, PANIC

Fetch Reason

enum FSFetchReasons: String {
  // Indicate that the visitor is created for the first time or without cache
  case VISITOR_CREATE
  // Indicates that a context has been updated or changed.
  case UPDATE_CONTEXT
  // Indicates that the XPC method 'authenticate' has been called.
  case AUTHENTICATE
  // Indicates that the XPC method 'unauthenticate' has been called.
  case UNAUTHENTICATE
  // Indicates that fetching flags has failed.
  case FETCH_ERROR
  // Indicates that flags have been fetched from the cache.
  case FETCHED_FROM_CACHE
  // No Reason, the state should be  FETCHED,  FETCHING, PANIC
  case NONE
}

Code snippet Fetch Reason Status

        
// Create user
let user = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId: "userId", hasConsented:true)
.build()
// Get status after fetching
user.fetchStatus // The value should be FETCH_REQUIRED
// Get reason status before fetching
user.requiredFetchReason // The value should be READ_FROM_CACHE 
// Fetching flags
		user.fetchFlags {
            // Fetch completed
            user.fetchStatus // The value should FETCHED
            user.requiredFetchReason // The value should be NONE
    }    

The fetchStatus & fetchReason are also used by a callback described before

Scenarios when a fetch is required:

Trigger points	FetchReasons	FetchStatus
updateContext	UPDATE_CONTEXT	FETCH_REQUIRED
authenticate	AUTHENTICATE	FETCH_REQUIRED
unAuthenticate	UNAUTHENTICATE	FETCH_REQUIRED
on failed to fetch	FETCH_ERROR	FETCH_REQUIRED
On create visitor instance and load flags from cache	FETCHED_FROM_CACHE	FETCH_REQUIRED
On create visitor for the first time or without cached flags	NONE	FETCH_REQUIRED
on panic mode is detected	NONE	PANIC
while fetching	NONE	FETCHING
on fetched with success	NONE	FETCHED

fetchFlags method

The fetchFlags() method of the visitor instance automatically updates the campaign assignments according to the current visitor context and retrieves applicable flags.

• func fetchFlags(onFetchCompleted: @escaping ()-> Void)

This function will call the decision api and update all the campaigns flags from the server according to the visitor context.

Parameter	Type	Description
onFetchCompleted	Code	Block to execute once the sync is completed

Swift

import Flagship

// Create visitor
let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId: "visitor_1", hasConsented:true).build()

// Update context
visitor1.updateContext("isVip", true)

// Fetch flags
visitor1.fetchFlags {
   // Fetch completed , you can retreive your flags 
}

Objective C

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitorWithVisitorId:@"visitor_1" hasConsented:@YES instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] withContextWithContext:@{@"age":@18} ] build];

/// Fetch flags
[visitor1 fetchFlagsOnFetchCompleted:^{
  // Fetch completed , you can retreive your flags 
}];

getFlag method

Once the campaign has been assigned and fetched, all the flags are stored in the SDK.

You can retrieve flags using the following functions from the Visitor instance:

• func getFlag(key:String)->FSFlag

Retrieve a FSFlag object by its key. If no flag match the given key an empty flag will be returned. Call exists() to check if the flag has been found.

Parameter	Type	Description
key	String	key associated to the flag

Swift

import Flagship

// Create the visitor
let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"visitor_1",hasConsented:true).build()

// Fetch flags
visitor1.fetchFlags {
    // Ex: get flag for vip feature
    let flag = visitor1.getFlag(key: "displayVipFeature")
    // Use this flag to display the vip feature
}

Objective C

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitor:@"visitor_1" instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] withContextWithContext:@{@"age":@18} ] build];

/// Fetch flags
[visitor1 fetchFlagsOnFetchCompleted:^{
  // Ex: get flag for vip feature 
  FSFlag * flag = [visitor1 getFlagWithKey:@"displayVipFeature" defaultValue:FALSE];
  // Use this flag to enable displaying the vip feature
}];

getFlags method

Return a collection which is containing all current flags on the SDK. Go to FSFlagCollection for more information

• func getFlags() -> FSFlagCollection

import Flagship

// Create the visitor
let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"visitor_1",hasConsented:true).build()
// Return the collection of the available flags in the sdk
let collectionFlag = visitor1.getFlags()
// Retreive flag, assume we have a flag with "btnColor" as key
let flag = collectionFlag["btnColor"]

updateContext method

The visitor context is a property dataset that defines the current visitor of your app.

This dataset is sent and used by the Flagship Decision API as targeting criteria for campaign assignment.

The following method from the Visitor instance allows you to set new context values matching the given keys.

Swift

import Flagship

let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"userId", hasConsented:true)
                .withContext(context: ["age" : 32, "isVip":true])
                .build()
// Update the visitor context with lastPurchaseDate key and the value is 1615384464 
 visitor1.updateContext("lastPurchaseDate", 1615384464)

Objective C

@import Flagship;

/// Create visitor

/// Create visitor with context isVip :YES
[[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitorWithVisitorId:@"userId" hasConsented:@YES instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] 
		withContextWithContext:@{@"isVip":@YES}]build];

// Update context
// - isVip with true value
// - lastPurchaseDate with value 1615384464 in the user context
[visitor1 updateContext:@{@"lastPurchaseDate":@1615384464, @"isVip":@YES}];

• func updateContext(_ key:String, _ newValue:Any)

Upsert the visitor context values, matching the given keys, used for targeting. Only Integer, String, Boolean, Double typed values are accepted.

Parameter	Type	Description
key	String	Context key
newValue	Any	Context value

• func updateContext(_ context:[String:Any])

Update visitor context using dictionary which contain several keys/values

Parameter	Type	Description
context	[String:Any]	Only Integer, String, Boolean, Double typed values are accepted.

❗️

Visitor context values must have a type of Integer, String, Boolean, Double.

• func updateContext(_ flagshipContext:FlagshipContext, _ value:Any)

flagshipContext	FlagshipContext	Predefined context key
value	Any	value of the associated Predefined key

Swift

import Flagship
let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"visitor_1",hasConsented:true")
                .withContext(context: ["age" : 32, "isVip":true])
                .build()

// Update the visitor context with predefined key 
visitor1.updateContext(.CARRIER_NAME, "SFR")

Objective C

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitorWithVisitorId:@"visitor_1" hasConsented:@YES instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] withContextWithContext:@{@"age":@18} ] build];

/// Update the visitor context with predefined key 
[visitor1 updateContext:@{@"sdk_carrierName":@SFR];

clearContext method

• func clearContext() Clear all the visitor context values used for targeting.

Swift

import Flagship
let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"visitor_1",hasConsented: true)
                .withContext(context: ["age" : 32, "isVip":true])
                .isAuthenticated(true)
                .build()

// Clear the context 
visitor1.clearContext()

Objective C

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitorWithVisitorId:@"visitor_1" hasConsented:@YES instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] withContextWithContext:@{@"age":@18} ] build];

///Clear context
[visitor1 clearContext];

getContext method

• func getContext()->[String:Any] Get visitor current context key / values.

Swift

import Flagship

let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"visitor_1",hasConsented:true)
                .withContext(context: ["age" : 32, "isVip":true])
                .build()

// Get the current context for the visitor1
let currentContexct = visitor1.getCurrentContext()

Objective C

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitorWithVisitorId:@"visitor_1" hasConsented:@YES  instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] withContextWithContext:@{@"age":@18} ] build];

///Get context
NSDictionary * context = [visitor1 getContext];

setConsent method

The Visitor class provides a method to let you manage visitor consent for data privacy usage. When false, campaign activation and hits will be disabled and cache cleared.

• func setConsent(hasConsented:Bool)

Parameter	Type	Default value	Description
hasConsented	Bool	true	Set visitor consent for private data usage. When false some features will be deactivated, cache will be deactivated and cleared.

Swift

import Flagship

// Create visitor
let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"visitor_1",hasConsented:true).build()
 visitor1.setConsent(hasConsented: false)

Objective C

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitorWithVisitorId:@"visitor_1" hasConsented:@YES  instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] withContextWithContext:@{@"age":@18} ] build];
/// set the consent to NO 
[visitor1 setConsentWithHasConsented:NO];

🚧

When consent is not given:

• Hits and Activations will be deactivated

• All the cached visitor data will be cleared until consent is given again

• Only consent tracking requests will be sent in order to clear server-side cached dat

authenticate method

Dealing with anonymous and logged-in visitor, experience continuity allows you to maintain consistency between sessions and devices.

🚧

Make sure that the experience continuity option is enabled on the flagship platform before using those methods.

There are 2 ways to authenticate a visitor:

1. Set key isAuthenticated to true when creating a new visitor

2. Use authenticate method of Visitor instance

Authenticate anonymous visitor

func authenticate(visitorId:String)

Parameter	Type	Description
visitorId	String	id of the new authenticated visitor.

🚧

Because visitor data data has been updated, fetchFlag method need to be called afterward to update the decision from Flagship.

The targeting / Flags could be different for the visitor.

unauthenticate method

This function change authenticated Visitor to anonymous visitor.

func unauthenticate()

🚧

Because visitor data data has been updated, fetchFlag method need to be called afterward to update the decision from Flagship.

The targeting / Flags could be different for the visitor.

Experience continuity - Code example

Let's assume basic scenario to understand how things work:

1. Your visitor arrives on your app for the first time.

We need to initialize the visitor but as we don't know anything about this visitor, we'll create a random_Id. You can also specify some visitor context if necessary.

Swift

// Create visitor with random_Id 
 let visitor = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId: "random_Id", hasConsented:true).withContext(context: ["key":
                "value"]).build()

Objective C

// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitorWithVisitorId:@"visitor_1" hasConsented:@YES instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] withContextWithContext:@{@"age":@18} ] build];

// Once the visitor log-in and is authenticated on your app.
[visitor1 authenticateWithVisitorId:@"visitor_id"];

// Once the visitor log-out and is unauthenticed on your app.
[visitor1 unauthenticate];

The actual random_Id will be what we call the anonymous id.

1. Your visitor is signing in.

To tell the SDK about this status modification, you'll have to call the authenticate function which takes the required visitor id as argument.

// Example
// You fetch the visitor_id from your DB
// let visitorId = db.getUserId();

// Authenticate
visitor.authenticate(visitorId: "visitorId")

// Since your visitor has changed (is now logged-in)
// You have to check if the proper targeting and flags are set

visitor.fetchFlags {

    // ... Do things ....
}

The visitor is updated as authenticated, keeping the previous variations from campaigns that are still matched and thus gives you same flags as before being logged in.

📘

Keep in mind that if the visitor also has its context changed, you might still have changes on flags as your visitor might target new campaigns.

1. Your visitor decides to sign out.

If you want to keep the same visitor experience, then you should do:

// Unauthenticate
visitor.unauthenticate()

// Since your visitor has changed (is now logged-out)
// You have to check if the proper targeting and flags are set

visitor.fetchFlags{
  
   // ... Do things ....
}

Final implementation example

// Create a visitor

let visitor = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"randomId", hasConsented:true).withContext(context: ["key": "value"]).build()

// Call the authenticate function

visitor.authenticate(visitorId: "visitorId");

// Fetch the flags to update the visitor decision

visitor.fetchFlags(){
    
    // ... Do things ....
}

// If you want to unauthenticate the visitor

visitor.unauthenticate()

// Fetch the flags to update the visitor decision

visitor.fetchFlags{

    // ... Do things ....
}

SendHit method

func sendHit<T: FSTrackingProtocol>(_ event:T)

This function send hit to Flagship servers for reporting, go to hit section for more informations

Parameter	Type	Description
event	FSTrackingProtocol	event can be Screen, Transaction, Item, Event See Hit Tracking

Flag class

metadata property

You may need to send campaign's informations to a third-party for reporting and/or analytics purposes. The metadata method returns a dictionary with values you can use.

• func metadata()->FSFlagMetadata Return the campaign metadata or an empty object if the Flag doesn't exist or if the default value type does not correspond to the Flag type in Flagship.

Swift

import Flagship

// Create visitor "visitor1" and fetch flags
// Get flag for vip feature

// Ex: get flag for vip feature
let flag = visitor1.getFlag(key: "displayVipFeature")

// Use this flag to get the metadata
let metadata = flag.metadata()
    
// Get the dictionary for metadata
let campaign_info = metadata.toJson()

Objective C

// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitorWithVisitorId:@"visitor_1" hasConsented:@YES instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] withContextWithContext:@{@"age":@18} ] build];

// Fetch flags
[visitor1 fetchFlagsOnFetchCompleted:^{
  
  // Ex: get flag for vip feature 
  FSFlag * flag = [visitor1 getFlagWithKey:@"displayVipFeature" defaultValue:FALSE];
  
  // Use this flag to get the metadata
  FSFlagMetadata *metadata = [flag metadata];
  
  // Get the dictionary for metadata
  NSDictionary * campaign_info  = [metadata toJson]

}];

The metadata you can access to are the following one:

FSFlagMetadata	Type	Default value	Description
campaignId	String	""	id of the campaign
campaignName	String	""	Campaign name
variationGroupId	String	""	Id of the variation group
variationGroupName	String	""	Variation group name
variationId	String	""	id of the variation assigned
variationName	String	""	Variation name
isReference	Bool	false	if true that means the assigned variation is the reference, otherwise it's not.
campaignType	String	""	Type of the campaign. Ex: AB
slug	String	""	campaign slug or empty string if not configured in the platform

📘 To get the dictionary of metadata use the toJson method through the FSFlagMetadata instance.

Flag status property

• public var status: FSFlagStatus

The flag status represents the state of FLAG and is basically the same as fetchStatus; it is a kind of shortcut to get the status information from the flag instance.

This Enum parameter belongs to the Flag instance and can have one of these possible values:

• FETCHED &#xNAN;The flags are fetched from the API or re-evaluated in bucketing mode and up to date.

• FETCH_REQUIRED &#xNAN;Visitor context, visitor authentication have been updated while flags have not been re-evaluated

• NOT_FOUND &#xNAN;The flag was not found when creating the flag instance.

• PANIC &#xNAN;The SDK is in PANIC mode, default flags values will be returned.

Flag status Enum

// This state represent the flag entity  
public enum FSFlagStatus: String {  
// The flags are fetched from the API or re-evaluated in bucketing mode.
case FETCHED
// The visitor updated the context but never retrieved or re-evaluated
 case FETCH_REQUIRED
// The flag was not found when creating the flag instance.
 case NOT_FOUND
// The SDK is in PANIC mode
 case PANIC  
}

Flag status snippet

// Get Flag for "flag_key"
let flag = user.getFlag(key: "flag_key", defaultValue: "default_value")
        
// Get Status
let state = flag.status //Return the actual status for this flag

📘 The status is READ ONLY

getValue method

To retrieve flag current value, simply call value() method of the Flag object.

• func value<T>(defaultValue:T?,visitorExposed: Bool = true)->T?

Return the value from the assigned campaign variation or the Flag default value if the Flag does not exist, or if types are different.

Parameter	Type	Default value	Description
defaultValue	T	Generic	Represent a fallback value if something goes wrong.
visitorExposed	Bool	true	Tells Flagship the visitor have been exposed and have seen this flag. This will increment the visits for the current variation on your campaign reporting. \nIf needed it is possible to set this param to false and call visitorExposed() afterward when the visitor has really been exposed to it.
Return	T	Generic	Return the flag value or the fallback.

Fetch Status

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitorWithVisitorId:@"visitor_1" hasConsented:@YES  instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] withContextWithContext:@{@"age":@18} ] build];

/// Fetch flags
[visitor1 fetchFlagsOnFetchCompleted:^{
  // Ex: get flag for vip feature 
  FSFlag * flag = [visitor1 getFlagWithKey:@"displayVipFeature" defaultValue:FALSE];
  // Use this flag value to enable displaying the vip feature
   BOOL shouldDisplayVipFeature = [flag valueWithUserExposed:YES];
}];

Fetch Status snippet

import Flagship
// Create visitor "visitor1" and fetch flags

//Get flag for vip feature
let flag = visitor1.getFlag(key: "displayVipFeature")
  
// Get value for the flag
let shouldDisplayVipFeature = flag.value(defaultValue: false)

🚧

Default value must be one of the following type : String, Boolean, Integer,Double Array, Dictionary.

visitorExposed method

By default when the method value() is called, the SDK considers that the visitor has seen your Flag unless you pass false to value(). In this last case, you will have to call the visitorExposed() method.

There are two options for exposing a visitor to a flag:

• Pass visitorExposed = true parameter to the value() method.

• Use the following visitorExposed() method from the Flag instance.

• func visitorExposed()

Swift

import Flagship

// Create visitor "visitor1" and fetch flags
// Get flag for vip feature

// Ex: get flag for vip feature
let flag = visitor1.getFlag(key: "displayVipFeature")

// Read the value without exposing it
let shouldDisplayVipFeature = flag.value(defaultValue: false, visitorExposed: false)

// Expose this flag later in the code
flag.visitorExposed()

Objective C

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitor:@"visitor_1" instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] withContextWithContext:@{@"age":@18} ] build];

/// Fetch flags
[visitor1 fetchFlagsOnFetchCompleted:^{
  // Ex: get flag for vip feature 
  FSFlag * flag = [visitor1 getFlagWithKey:@"displayVipFeature" defaultValue:FALSE];
  // Use this flag value to enable displaying the vip feature
   BOOL shouldDisplayVipFeature = [flag valueWithUserExposed:NO];
  
  
  // Expose this flag later in the code
   [flag userExposed];
}];

exists method

• func exists()->Bool This method will return true if a Flag has been returned by Flagship.

Swift

// Get Flag for "flag_key"
let flag = user.getFlag(key: "flag_key")

// Ex:Check if flag exists
 flag.exists() // Return a boolean - true if the flag exist

Objective C

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitor:@"visitor_1" instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] withContextWithContext:@{@"age":@18} ] build];

/// Fetch flags
[visitor1 fetchFlagsOnFetchCompleted:^{
  // Ex: get flag for vip feature and check if exist 
  BOOL isDisplayVipFeatureExists =  [[visitor1 getFlagWithKey:@"displayVipFeature" defaultValue:FALSE] exists];
}];

FSFlagCollection

This class represent a collection of<String:FSFlag>

Instance Subscript

• subscript(key: Key) -> FSFlag { get set }

Parameter	Type	Description
key	String	The key representing the flag in dictionary
Return	FSFlag	The value associated with key if key is in the dictionary; otherwise, Return an empty FSFlag object.

📘

If the key doesn’t exist in FSFlagCollection an empty object Flag containing the default value as current value will be returned.

Getting keys

Return all keys present and available in the SDK

• func keys()->[String]

Parameter	Type	Description
Return	Array	array of string keys associated to flag

📘

If keys not found ===> Return an EMPTY ARRAY

Getting metadata

Return array of metadata

• func metadatas()->[FSFlagMetadata]

Parameter	Type	Description
Return	Array	Array of FSFlagMetadata

📘

If flags not found ===> Return an EMPTY ARRAY

toJson

Provide a json object that represent all metadata

• func toJson()->String

Parameter	Type	Description
Return	String	JSON Representation. Return an empty string if no metadata available

📘 If metadata not found ===> Return an EMPTY STRING

Assume we have two flags btnColor , btnColor the returned string from this call toJson()

{
   {
    "key":"btnColor",
    "campaignId": "xxxxxxxxxx",
    "campaignName": "xxxxxxx",
    "variationGroupdId": "xxxxxxxxxx",
    "variationGroupName": "xxxxxxxxx",
    "variationId": "xxxxxxxxxx",
    "isReference": false,
    "campaignType": "ab",
    "slug": "xxxx",
   },
  {
    "key":"btnTitle",
    "campaignId": "xxxxxxxxxx",
    "campaignName": "xxxxxxx",
    "variationGroupdId": "xxxxxxxxxx",
    "variationGroupName": "xxxxxxxxx",
    "variationId": "xxxxxxxxxx",
    "isReference": false,
    "campaignType": "ab",
    "slug": "xxxx",
   }
}

Filtering

Returns a new dictionary containing the key-value pairs of the dictionary that satisfy the given predicate.

• func filter(_ isIncluded: (String, FSFlag) throws -> Bool) rethrows -> FSFlagCollection

Parameter	Type	Description
isIncluded	Bool	A closure that takes a key-value pair as its argument and returns a Boolean value indicating whether the pair should be included in the returned dictionary.
Return	FSFlagCollection	The key-FSFlag pairs that isIncluded allows.

// User get all flag
let allFlag = user.getFlags()
// Apply filter
let result = allFlag.filter { (key: String, value: FSFlag) in  
  return value.metadata().variationName == "Original"
}
// result will contain a flag that correspond to the condition : variationName == "Original"
 

Iterator

Returns an iterator over the dictionary’s key-value pairs.

• func makeIterator() -> DictionaryIterator<String, FSFlag>

Parameter	Type	Description
Return	iterator	An iterator over the dictionary with elements of type (key: Key, value: FSFlag).

// User get all flag
let allFlag = user.getFlags()
// Apply forEach
// Expose flags associated with the variationName == "Original"
allFlag.forEach { (key: String, value: FSFlag) in
  if value.metadata().variationName == "Original"{
      value.visitorExposed()
    }
  }

isEmpty

A Boolean value that indicates whether the dictionary is empty.

• var isEmpty: Bool {get}

count

The number of key-value pairs in the dictionary.

• var count: Int { get }

Expose ALL

Form the collection instance we are able to expose all flags in one call

• func exposeAll()

Hit Tracking

This section helps you track your visitors in your application and learn how to build hits in order to feed campaign goals. For more information about our measurement protocol, read our Universal Collect documentation.

There are four different types of Hits available:

• Screen

• Transaction

• Item

• Event

They must all be sent with the following function through the visitor instance

func sendHit<T: FSTrackingProtocol>(_ event:T)

Common Parameters

These parameters can be sent with any type of hit.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
userIp	String	No	Current user IP address
screenResolution	String	No	Screen Resolution
userLanguage	String	No	User Language
currentSessionTimeStamp	Int64	No	Current Session Timestamp
sessionNumber	Int	No	Session Number

Swift

///////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////// Create event with common parameters ///////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////

let eventScreen = FSScreen("loginScreen")
// Fill data for event screen
eventScreen.userIp             = "168.192.1.0"
eventScreen.sessionNumber 	   = 12
eventScreen.screenResolution   = "750 x 1334"
eventScreen.screenColorDepth   = "#fd0027"
eventScreen.sessionNumber      = 1
eventScreen.userLanguage       = "fr"
eventScreen.sessionEventNumber = 2

// Create visitor
let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"visitor_1", hasConsented:true).build()

// Send Event
visitor1.sendHit(eventScreen)

Objective C

////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/////// Create event with common parameters ///////
///////////////////////////////////////////////////

FSScreen* eventScreen =  [[FSScreen alloc] init:@"loginScreen"];
/// Fill data for event screen
eventScreen.userIp             = @"168.192.1.0";
eventScreen.sessionNumber      = @12;
eventScreen.screenResolution   = @"750 x 1334";
eventScreen.screenColorDepth   = @"#fd0027";
eventScreen.sessionNumber      = @1;
eventScreen.userLanguage       = @"fr";
eventScreen.sessionEventNumber = @2;

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitor:@"visitor_1" instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] withContextWithContext:@{@"age":@18} ] build];
/// Send event screen
[visitor1 sendScreenEvent:eventScreen];

Screen

This hit should be sent each time a visitor arrives on a new interface.

The FSScreen class represents this hit and it requires location as a string parameter.

init(_ location:String)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
location	String	Yes	location name

Swift

///////////////////////////////////
/////// Create Screen Hit   ///////
///////////////////////////////////

// Usage: this hit is usually sent when changing screens in the app
let eventScreen = FSScreen("loginScreen")

// Create visitor
let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"visitor_1", hasConsented:true).build()
// Send screenhit
visitor1.sendHit(eventScreen)

Objective C

///////////////////////////////////
/////// Create Screen Event ///////
///////////////////////////////////

// Usage: this hit is usually sent when changing screens in the app
// Create screen event
 FSScreen * eventScreen =  [[FSScreen alloc] init:@"loginScreen"];

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitor:@"visitor_1" instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] build]
// Send Event
[visitor1 sendScreenEvent:eventScreen];

Page

This hit should be sent each time a visitor visits a new local or web page in an embedded web view.

The FSPage class represent Page hit and requires location as a string parameter.

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
location	String	Yes	Valid url

Swift

///////////////////////////////////
/////// Create Page Hit     ///////
///////////////////////////////////
        
// Usage: This hit should be sent each time a visitor arrives on a new url page
   let eventPage = FSPage("https://www.my_domain_com/my_page")
// Create visitor
   let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"visitor_1", hasConsented:true).build()
// Send screenhit
   visitor1.sendHit(eventPage)

Objective C

///////////////////////////////////
/////// Create Page Event ///////
///////////////////////////////////

// Usage: This hit should be sent each time a visitor arrives on a new url page
// Create Page event
   FSPage * eventPage =  [[FSPage alloc] init:@"loginScreen"];
/// Create visitor
    FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitor:@"visitor_1" instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] build];
// Send Event
    [visitor1 sendPageEvent:eventPage];

Transaction

Hit to send when a visitor completes a Transaction.

FSTransaction represents it and requires a unique transactionId and affiliation name.

📘

The affiliation is the name of Transaction that should appear in the report

init(transactionId:String, affiliation:String)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
transactionId	String	Yes	Transaction unique identifier.
affiliation	String	Yes	Transaction name. Name of the goal in the reporting.
revenue	Float	No	Total revenue associated with the transaction. This value should include any shipping or tax costs.
shipping	Float	No	Specifies the total shipping cost of the transaction.
tax	Float	No	Specifies the total taxes of the transaction.
currency	String	No	Specifies the currency used for all transaction currency values. Value should be a valid ISO 4217 currency code.
paymentMethod	String	No	Specifies the payment method for the transaction.
shippingMethod	String	No	Specifies the shipping method of the transaction.
itemCount	Int	No	Specifies the number of items for the transaction.
couponCode	String	No	Specifies the coupon code used by the customer for the transaction.

Swift

//////////////////////////////////////
/////// Create Transaction Hit ///////
//////////////////////////////////////

// The affiliation is the name of transaction that should appear in the report
let transacEvent:FSTransaction = FSTransaction(transactionId:"transacId", affiliation:"BasketTransac")
transacEvent.currency 			 = "EUR"
transacEvent.itemCount       = 0
transacEvent.paymentMethod   = "PayPal"
transacEvent.shippingMethod  = "Fedex"
transacEvent.tax             = 2.6
transacEvent.revenue         = 15
transacEvent.shipping        = 3.5

// Create visitor
let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"visitor_1", hasConsented:true).build()
// Send Transaction hit
visitor1.sendHit(transacEvent)

Objective C

//////////////////////////////////////
/////// Create Transaction Hit ///////
//////////////////////////////////////

/// The affiliation is the name of transaction that should appear in the report
FSTransaction * transacEvent =  [[FSTransaction alloc] initWithTransactionId:@"transacId" affiliation:@"BasketTransac"];
transacEvent.currency        = @"EUR";
transacEvent.itemCount       = 0;
transacEvent.paymentMethod   = @"PayPal";
transacEvent.shippingMethod  = @"Fedex";
transacEvent.tax             = @2.6;
transacEvent.revenue         = @15;
transacEvent.shipping        = @3.5;

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitor:@"visitor_1" instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] build]
// Send the transaction event
[visitor1 sendTransactionEvent:transacEvent];

Item

Hit to send an item with a transaction. It must be sent after the corresponding transaction.

FSItem represents this hit and requires transactionId and product name.

init(transactionId:String, name:String, code:String)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
transactionId	String	Yes	Transaction unique identifier
name	String	Yes	Product name
price	Float	No	Specifies the item price
code	String	Yes	Specifies the item code or SKU
category	String	No	Specifies the item category
quantity	Int	No	Specifies the item quantity

Swift

//////////////////////////////////////
/////// Create Item Hit //////////////
//////////////////////////////////////

// Item usually represents a product. An item must be associated with a transaction event.

// Create item hit
let itemHit = FSItem(transactionId: "idTransaction", name: "itemName", code: "codeSku")
// Set price
itemHit.price 		= 20
// Set category
itemHit.category 	= "shoes"
// Set quantity
itemHit.quantity 	= 2

// Create visitor
let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"visitor_1", hasConsented:true).build()

// Send Item
visitor1.sendHit(itemHit)

Objective C

//////////////////////////////////////
/////// Create Item Hit //////////////
//////////////////////////////////////

/// Item usually represents a product. An item must be associated with a transaction event.

FSItem * itemhit 	= [[FSItem alloc] initWithTransactionId:@"transacId" name:@"MicroTransac" code:@"codeSku"];
/// Set Price
itemhit.price 		= @20;
/// Set category
itemhit.category 	= @"category";
/// Set quantity
itemhit.quantity 	= @1;

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitor:@"visitor_1" instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] build]
/// Send item event
[visitor1 sendItemEvent:itemhit];

Event

Hit which represents an event. It can be anything you want: for example a click on an Add to Cart button or a newsletter subscription.

FSEvent represents this hit and requires a category event and action name string.

FSCategoryEvent can be Action_Tracking or User_Engagement.

init(eventCategory:FSCategoryEvent, eventAction:String)

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
category	FSCategoryEvent	Yes	Category of the event (Action_Tracking or User_Engagement).
action	String	yes	Name of the event.
label	String	No	Description of the event.
eventValue	UInt	No	Value of the event, must be an unsigned integer value

📘

The event action is the name of Event that should appear in the report

Swift

//////////////////////////////////////
/////// Create Event Hit /////////////
//////////////////////////////////////

/// Create action tracking category event 
let actionEvent:FSEvent = FSEvent(eventCategory: FSCategoryEvent.Action_Tracking, eventAction: "cta_Shop")
actionEvent.label 			= "cta_Shop_label"
actionEvent.eventValue  = 1

// Create visitor
let visitor1 = Flagship.sharedInstance.newVisitor(visitorId:"visitor_1", hasConsented:true).build()

// Send Event Tracking
visitor1.sendHit(actionEvent)

Objective C

//////////////////////////////////////
/////// Create Event Hit /////////////
//////////////////////////////////////

/// Create action tracking category event 
FSEvent * actionEvent  = [[FSEvent alloc] initWithEventCategory:FSCategoryEventAction_Tracking eventAction:@"cta_Shop"];
actionEvent.label 		 = @"cta_Shop_label";
[actionEvent setEventValue:1];

/// Create visitor
FSVisitor * visitor1 = [[[Flagship sharedInstance] newVisitor:@"visitor_1" instanceType:InstanceSHARED_INSTANCE] build];

/// Send Event Tracking
[visitor1 sendEventTrack:actionEvent];

Managing visitor cache

By default, the Flagship iOS SDK provides a default cache manager implementation.

This feature helps to cache visitors' data, to cache non-sent hits due to internet failures or server errors, to cache campaign assignations for offline mode and to prevent reallocation in Bucketing mode.

Indeed as the assignation is made on a local device in bucketing mode, changing campaign allocation in the platform would make visitors see different variations if there's no cache.

The default cache manager uses a local database.

Custom Cache Manager

It's possible to provide a custom cache implementation using the following protocols

protocol FSVisitorCacheDelegate

This protocol specifies the methods to implement in order to cache visitors' information.

• func cacheVisitor(visitorId: String, _ visitorData: Data)

This method is called when the SDK needs to cache visitor information in your database.

Parameter	Type	Description
visitorId	String	Visitor unique identifier from which data need to be cached.
visitorData	Data	Visitor data to cache

• func lookupVisitor(visitorId: String) -> Data?

This method is invoked when the SDK needs to get visitor information from database. This method must to respect a time delay which is configurable.

Parameter	Type	Description
visitorId	String	Visitor unique identifier from which data need to be loaded.

Return visitor data respecting the expected format.

• func flushVisitor(visitorId: String)

This method is called when the SDK needs to flush visitor information in your database. For example, when the visitor hasn't given his consent this method will be called.

Parameter	Type	Description
visitorId	String	Visitor unique identifier from which data need to be cleared.

protocol FSHitCacheDelegate

This interface specifies the methods to implement in order to cache visitors' hits when they failed to be sent.

• func cacheHits(hits: [String: [String: Any]])

This method will be called to cache hits depending on the cache strategy used.

Parameter	Type	Description
hits	Dictionary	key is a unique Id for each hit \n \n- value is an Dictionary that represent hit

• func lookupHits() -> [String: [String: Any]]

This method will be called to load all hits present in database. This method have to respect a time duration, over this delay the operation is cancelled.

Parameter	Type	Description
return	Dictionary	key is a unique Id for each hit \n \n- value is an Dictionary that represent hit

• ** func flushHits(hitIds: [String])**

This method is called when the SDK needs to flush tracking hits in your database except the consent ones. For example when the visitor hasn't given his consent this method will be invoked.

Parameter	Type	Description
hitIds	Array	list of hit's id to remove from database

• func flushAllHits()

This method will be called to erase all hits in your database without exception.

Swift

// Implement the protocol FSVisitorCacheDelegate
public class CustomVisitorCache: FSVisitorCacheDelegate {
    public func cacheVisitor(visitorId: String, _ visitorData: Data) {
        // Save the Data that represent the information for visitorId
    }

    public func lookupVisitor(visitorId: String) -> Data? {
        // Return the saved data of visitorId
        return Data()
    }

    public func flushVisitor(visitorId: String) {
        // Remove the data for visitorId
    }
}

// Implement the protocol FSHitCacheDelegate
public class CustomHitCache: FSHitCacheDelegate {
    // Save the dictionary that represent hits
    public func cacheHits(hits: [String: [String: Any]]) {}

    // Return the saved hit in your database
    public func lookupHits() -> [String: [String: Any]] {
        return [:]
    }

    // Remove the hit's id given with List
    public func flushHits(hitIds: [String]) {}

    // Remove all hits in database
    public func flushAllHits() {}
}



// Instanciate Custom cache manager
let customCacheManager = FSCacheManager(CustomVisitorCache(), CustomHitCache())

// Start the Flagship sdk
Flagship.sharedInstance.start(envId: "_ENV_ID_", apiKey: "_API_KEY_", config: FSConfigBuilder()
            .DecisionApi()
            .withCacheManager(customCacheManager)
            .build())

Objective C

@import Flagship;


/// Implement the protocol FSVisitorCacheDelegate
@interface CustomVisitorCache:NSObject <FSVisitorCacheDelegate>

@end

@implementation CustomVisitorCache


- (void)cacheVisitorWithVisitorId:(NSString * _Nonnull)visitorId :(NSData * _Nonnull)visitorData {
    
    /// Upsert in your database
}

- (void)flushVisitorWithVisitorId:(NSString * _Nonnull)visitorId {
    
    /// Clear from your database
}

- (NSData * _Nullable)lookupVisitorWithVisitorId:(NSString * _Nonnull)visitorId {
    
    /// Load & delete from your database
    return nil;
}
@end

/// Implement the protocol FSHitCacheDelegate
@interface CustomHitCache:NSObject<FSHitCacheDelegate>

@end
 

@implementation CustomHitCache


- (void)cacheHitsWithHits:(NSDictionary<NSString *,NSDictionary<NSString *,id> *> * _Nonnull)hits {
    
    // Save the hits into your database
}

- (void)flushAllHits {
    
    // Erase all hits
}

- (void)flushHitsWithHitIds:(NSArray<NSString *> * _Nonnull)hitIds {
    
    // erase hits with a given list ids
}

- (NSDictionary<NSString *,NSDictionary<NSString *,id> *> * _Nonnull)lookupHits {
    
    // Read hits already present in your database
    return nil;
}

@end

// Create the custom cache
FSCacheManager * customCache = [[FSCacheManager alloc] init: [[CustomVisitorCache alloc]init] : [[CustomHitCache alloc] init] visitorLookupTimeOut:200 hitCacheLookupTimeout:200];

// Create config
FlagshipConfig *config =[[[[[[FSConfigBuilder alloc] init] withTimeout:5000]withLogLevel:FSLevelALL] withCacheManager:customCache] build];

// Start Flagship sdk
[[ Flagship sharedInstance] startWithEnvId:@"_ENV_ID_" apiKey:@"_API_KEY_" config:config];

Predefined visitor context keys

The Flagship SDK contains predefined visitor context keys.

The keys marked as Yes in the Auto-set by SDK column will be automatically set, while the ones marked as No need to be set by the client.

They are nevertheless overridable at anytime. Then these predefined context keys-value pairs will be sent to the server and be editable in the Persona section of the Flagship platform.

SDK Variable name	Description	Context Variable name	Type	Auto-set by SDK	Example
FIRST_TIME_INIT	First init of the app	sdk_firstTimeInit	Boolean	Yes	true (false if the init isn’t the first one)
LOCALE	Language of the device	sdk_deviceLanguage	String	Yes	fr_FR
DEVICE_TYPE	Type of the device (Tablet/Mobile/Watch)	sdk_deviceType	String	Yes	mobile
DEVICE_MODEL	Model of the device	sdk_deviceModel	String	Yes	iPhone12,8
LOCATION_CITY	City geolocation	sdk_city	String	No	toulouse
LOCATION_REGION	Region geolocation	sdk_region	String	No	occitanie
LOCATION_COUNTRY	Country geolocation	sdk_country	String No	France
LOCATION_LAT	Current Latitude	sdk_lat	Double	No	43.623647
LOCATION_LONG	Current Longitude	sdk_long	Double	No	1.445397
OS_NAME	Name of the OS	sdk_osName	String	Yes	iOS / macOS
OS_VERSION_CODE	Version of OS	sdk_osVersionCode	String	Yes	9.0
OS_VERSION_NAME	Name of OS	sdk_osVersionName	String	Yes	iOS / tvOS
MVNO / carrierName	(Mobile virtual network operator)"	sdk_carrierName	String	No	orange
DEV_MODE	Is the app in debug mode?	sdk_devMode	Boolean	No	true
INTERNET_CONNECTION	What is the internet connection	sdk_internetConnection	String	No	3g
APP_VERSION_NAME	Version name of the app	sdk_versionName	String	No	1.1.2-beta
APP_VERSION_CODE	Version code of the app	sdk_versionCode	Number (int)	No	40
FLAGSHIP_VERSION	Version of the Flagship SDK	sdk_fsVersion	String	Yes	1.1.2
INTERFACE_NAME	Name of the interface	sdk_interfaceName	String	No	ProductPage

Here you can see how a predefined key is used to filter a report in the Flagship interface:

📘

To overwrite the keys, use the updateContext method