Google Cloud Retail V2 Client - Class UserEventServiceClient (1.3.1)

Reference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Retail V2 Client class UserEventServiceClient.

Service Description: Service for ingesting end user actions on the customer website.

This class is currently experimental and may be subject to changes.

Namespace

Google \ Cloud \ Retail \ V2 \ Client

Methods

__construct

Constructor.

Parameters
Name	Description
`options`	`array` Optional. Options for configuring the service API wrapper.
`↳ apiEndpoint`	`string` The address of the API remote host. May optionally include the port, formatted as "
`↳ credentials`	`string\|array\|FetchAuthTokenInterface\|CredentialsWrapper` The credentials to be used by the client to authorize API calls. This option accepts either a path to a credentials file, or a decoded credentials file as a PHP array. Advanced usage: In addition, this option can also accept a pre-constructed Google\Auth\FetchAuthTokenInterface object or Google\ApiCore\CredentialsWrapper object. Note that when one of these objects are provided, any settings in $credentialsConfig will be ignored.
`↳ credentialsConfig`	`array` Options used to configure credentials, including auth token caching, for the client. For a full list of supporting configuration options, see Google\ApiCore\CredentialsWrapper::build() .
`↳ disableRetries`	`bool` Determines whether or not retries defined by the client configuration should be disabled. Defaults to `false`.
`↳ clientConfig`	`string\|array` Client method configuration, including retry settings. This option can be either a path to a JSON file, or a PHP array containing the decoded JSON data. By default this settings points to the default client config file, which is provided in the resources folder.
`↳ transport`	`string\|TransportInterface` The transport used for executing network requests. May be either the string `rest` or `grpc`. Defaults to `grpc` if gRPC support is detected on the system. Advanced usage: Additionally, it is possible to pass in an already instantiated Google\ApiCore\Transport\TransportInterface object. Note that when this object is provided, any settings in $transportConfig, and any $apiEndpoint setting, will be ignored.
`↳ transportConfig`	`array` Configuration options that will be used to construct the transport. Options for each supported transport type should be passed in a key for that transport. For example: $transportConfig = [ 'grpc' => [...], 'rest' => [...], ]; See the Google\ApiCore\Transport\GrpcTransport::build() and Google\ApiCore\Transport\RestTransport::build() methods for the supported options.
`↳ clientCertSource`	`callable` A callable which returns the client cert as a string. This can be used to provide a certificate and private key to the transport layer for mTLS.

collectUserEvent

Writes a single user event from the browser. This uses a GET request to due to browser restriction of POST-ing to a 3rd party domain.

This method is used only by the Retail API JavaScript pixel and Google Tag Manager. Users should not call this method directly.

The async variant is Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\Client\BaseClient\self::collectUserEventAsync() .

Parameters
Name	Description
`request`	`Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\CollectUserEventRequest` A request to house fields associated with the call.
`callOptions`	`array` Optional.
`↳ retrySettings`	`RetrySettings\|array` Retry settings to use for this call. Can be a Google\ApiCore\RetrySettings object, or an associative array of retry settings parameters. See the documentation on Google\ApiCore\RetrySettings for example usage.

Returns
Type	Description
`Google\Api\HttpBody`

importUserEvents

Bulk import of User events. Request processing might be synchronous. Events that already exist are skipped.

Use this method for backfilling historical user events.

Operation.response is of type ImportResponse. Note that it is possible for a subset of the items to be successfully inserted. Operation.metadata is of type ImportMetadata.

The async variant is Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\Client\BaseClient\self::importUserEventsAsync() .

Parameters
Name	Description
`request`	`Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\ImportUserEventsRequest` A request to house fields associated with the call.
`callOptions`	`array` Optional.
`↳ retrySettings`	`RetrySettings\|array` Retry settings to use for this call. Can be a Google\ApiCore\RetrySettings object, or an associative array of retry settings parameters. See the documentation on Google\ApiCore\RetrySettings for example usage.

Returns
Type	Description
`Google\ApiCore\OperationResponse`

purgeUserEvents

Deletes permanently all user events specified by the filter provided.

Depending on the number of events specified by the filter, this operation could take hours or days to complete. To test a filter, use the list command first.

The async variant is Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\Client\BaseClient\self::purgeUserEventsAsync() .

Parameters
Name	Description
`request`	`Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\PurgeUserEventsRequest` A request to house fields associated with the call.
`callOptions`	`array` Optional.
`↳ retrySettings`	`RetrySettings\|array` Retry settings to use for this call. Can be a Google\ApiCore\RetrySettings object, or an associative array of retry settings parameters. See the documentation on Google\ApiCore\RetrySettings for example usage.

Returns
Type	Description
`Google\ApiCore\OperationResponse`

rejoinUserEvents

Starts a user-event rejoin operation with latest product catalog. Events are not annotated with detailed product information for products that are missing from the catalog when the user event is ingested. These events are stored as unjoined events with limited usage on training and serving. You can use this method to start a join operation on specified events with the latest version of product catalog. You can also use this method to correct events joined with the wrong product catalog. A rejoin operation can take hours or days to complete.

The async variant is Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\Client\BaseClient\self::rejoinUserEventsAsync() .

Parameters
Name	Description
`request`	`Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\RejoinUserEventsRequest` A request to house fields associated with the call.
`callOptions`	`array` Optional.
`↳ retrySettings`	`RetrySettings\|array` Retry settings to use for this call. Can be a Google\ApiCore\RetrySettings object, or an associative array of retry settings parameters. See the documentation on Google\ApiCore\RetrySettings for example usage.

Returns
Type	Description
`Google\ApiCore\OperationResponse`

writeUserEvent

Writes a single user event.

The async variant is Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\Client\BaseClient\self::writeUserEventAsync() .

Parameters
Name	Description
`request`	`Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\WriteUserEventRequest` A request to house fields associated with the call.
`callOptions`	`array` Optional.
`↳ retrySettings`	`RetrySettings\|array` Retry settings to use for this call. Can be a Google\ApiCore\RetrySettings object, or an associative array of retry settings parameters. See the documentation on Google\ApiCore\RetrySettings for example usage.

Returns
Type	Description
`Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\UserEvent`

collectUserEventAsync

Parameters
Name	Description
`request`	`Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\CollectUserEventRequest`
`optionalArgs = []`	`array`

Returns
Type	Description
`GuzzleHttp\Promise\PromiseInterface`

importUserEventsAsync

Parameters
Name	Description
`request`	`Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\ImportUserEventsRequest`
`optionalArgs = []`	`array`

Returns
Type	Description
`GuzzleHttp\Promise\PromiseInterface`

purgeUserEventsAsync

Parameters
Name	Description
`request`	`Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\PurgeUserEventsRequest`
`optionalArgs = []`	`array`

Returns
Type	Description
`GuzzleHttp\Promise\PromiseInterface`

rejoinUserEventsAsync

Parameters
Name	Description
`request`	`Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\RejoinUserEventsRequest`
`optionalArgs = []`	`array`

Returns
Type	Description
`GuzzleHttp\Promise\PromiseInterface`

writeUserEventAsync

Parameters
Name	Description
`request`	`Google\Cloud\Retail\V2\WriteUserEventRequest`
`optionalArgs = []`	`array`

Returns
Type	Description
`GuzzleHttp\Promise\PromiseInterface`

getOperationsClient

Return an OperationsClient object with the same endpoint as $this.

Returns
Type	Description
`Google\ApiCore\LongRunning\OperationsClient`

resumeOperation

Resume an existing long running operation that was previously started by a long running API method. If $methodName is not provided, or does not match a long running API method, then the operation can still be resumed, but the OperationResponse object will not deserialize the final response.

Parameters
Name	Description
`operationName`	`string` The name of the long running operation
`methodName`	`string` The name of the method used to start the operation

Returns
Type	Description
`Google\ApiCore\OperationResponse`

static::catalogName

Formats a string containing the fully-qualified path to represent a catalog resource.

Parameters
Name	Description
`project`	`string`
`location`	`string`
`catalog`	`string`

Returns
Type	Description
`string`	The formatted catalog resource.

static::productName

Formats a string containing the fully-qualified path to represent a product resource.

Parameters
Name	Description
`project`	`string`
`location`	`string`
`catalog`	`string`
`branch`	`string`
`product`	`string`

Returns
Type	Description
`string`	The formatted product resource.

static::parseName

Parses a formatted name string and returns an associative array of the components in the name.

The following name formats are supported: Template: Pattern

catalog: projects/{project}/locations/{location}/catalogs/{catalog}
product: projects/{project}/locations/{location}/catalogs/{catalog}/branches/{branch}/products/{product}

The optional $template argument can be supplied to specify a particular pattern, and must match one of the templates listed above. If no $template argument is provided, or if the $template argument does not match one of the templates listed, then parseName will check each of the supported templates, and return the first match.

Parameters
Name	Description
`formattedName`	`string` The formatted name string
`template`	`string` Optional name of template to match

Returns
Type	Description
`array`	An associative array from name component IDs to component values.