@braze/web-sdk

What is @braze/web-sdk?

@braze/web-sdk is a JavaScript library that allows developers to integrate Braze's customer engagement platform into web applications. It provides functionalities for user tracking, messaging, and analytics, enabling personalized and targeted communication with users.

What are @braze/web-sdk's main functionalities?

User Identification

This feature allows you to identify and track users by setting a unique user ID. This is essential for personalizing user experiences and tracking user-specific data.

Braze.changeUser('user_id');

Custom Events

This feature allows you to log custom events that users trigger within your application. These events can be used for analytics and to trigger personalized messaging.

Braze.logCustomEvent('event_name', { property1: 'value1', property2: 'value2' });

In-App Messaging

This feature enables you to display in-app messages to users. These messages can be used for announcements, promotions, or any other type of user communication.

Braze.showInAppMessage();

Push Notifications

This feature allows you to handle push notifications within your web application. You can subscribe to and manage incoming push notifications to engage users effectively.

Braze.subscribeToInAppMessage((message) => { console.log(message); });

User Attributes

This feature allows you to set user attributes, which can be used to personalize user experiences and segment users for targeted messaging.

Braze.setUserAttributes({ firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Doe', email: '[e-mail]' });

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README

Braze Web SDK

$ npm install --save @braze/web-sdk

Note: The Braze Web SDK is meant to be used client-side in a web application and may not work as expected in a Node.js server environment.

See the Public Github Repo for getting started instructions or our documentation pages for use-case based documentation.

(c) Braze, Inc. 2023 - http://braze.com
License available at https://github.com/braze-inc/braze-web-sdk/blob/master/LICENSE

Changelog

5.0.1

Fixed

• Fixed a bug where toggling noCookies initialization option from true to false did not create all the necessary cookies.
• Fixed an issue where user attributes could not be nulled out by setting a specific null value.