swdc-tracker

swdc-tracker

Sends data to snowplow. Use this to track events in plugins written in js.

Install

yarn add swdc-tracker

Usage

extension.ts

import swdcTracker from 'swdc-tracker'

// initialize it once with the backend api host, namespace and appId
swdcTracker.initialize("https://api.software.com", "codetime-events", "codetime-vscode")

./Utils.ts

import swdcTracker from 'swdc-tracker'

export function openSomeFile() {
  swdcTracker.trackEditorAction({
    jwt: jwt,
    entity: "editor",
    type: "activate",
    tz_offset_minutes: 420,
    file_name: "your_file.js",
    file_path: "/path/to/your_file.js",
    file_syntax: "javascript",
    file_line_count: 10,
    file_character_count: 100,
    project_name: "your_project_name",
    project_directory: "/path/to/your/project",
    plugin_id: 1,
    plugin_version: "1.2.3"
  })
  ...
}

Test mode

swdc-tracker has test mode on by default. In order to send events to snowplow, set env ENABLE_SWDC_TRACKER to "true"

test mode will log the event's properties and contexts so you can easily debug payloads being sent to snowplow.

Development

Install Deps

yarn

Build

yarn build