- HTTP request
- Path parameters
- Query parameters
- Request body
- Response body
- Authorization scopes
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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.
HTTP request
GET https://retail.googleapis.com/v2alpha/{parent=projects/*/locations/*/catalogs/*}/userEvents:collect
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
parent |
Required. The parent catalog name, such as |
Query parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
user |
Required. URL encoded UserEvent proto with a length limit of 2,000,000 characters. |
uri |
The URL including cgi-parameters but excluding the hash fragment with a length limit of 5,000 characters. This is often more useful than the referer URL, because many browsers only send the domain for 3rd party requests. |
ets |
The event timestamp in milliseconds. This prevents browser caching of otherwise identical get requests. The name is abbreviated to reduce the payload bytes. |
raw |
An arbitrary serialized JSON string that contains necessary information that can comprise a user event. When this field is specified, the userEvent field will be ignored. Note: line-delimited JSON is not supported, a single JSON only. |
Union parameter conversion_rule. The rule that can convert the raw_json to a user event. It is needed only when the raw_json is set. conversion_rule can be only one of the following: |
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prebuilt |
The prebuilt rule name that can convert a specific type of rawJson. For example: "ga4_bq" rule for the GA4 user event schema. |
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response is a generic HTTP response whose format is defined by the method.
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview.