API Reference / API Methods / Insights / Clicked Object IDs After Search

Clicked Object IDs After Search

Required API Key: any key with the search ACL
Method signature
$insights->user(string userToken)->clickedObjectIDsAfterSearch(
  string eventName,
  string indexName,
  array objectIDs,
  array positions,
  string queryID
)

About this method # A

Send a click event to capture a query and its clicked items and positions.

Unlike clickedObjectIDs, ClickedObjectIDsAfterSearch takes a queryID.

Examples # A

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$insights = Algolia\AlgoliaSearch\InsightsClient::create(
  'AJ0P3S7DWQ',
  '90dfaaf5755e694f341fe68f6e41a6d4'
);

$insights->user("user-1")->clickedObjectIDsAfterSearch(
  'your_event_name',
  'your_index_name',
  ['objectID1', 'objectID2'],
  [17, 19],
  'queryID'
);

Parameters # A

userToken #
type: string
Required

A user identifier.

Format: alpha numeric string [a-zA-Z0-9_-=/+]{1,128}

Length: between 1 and 64 characters.

eventName #
type: string
Required

Name of the event.

It’s best to follow the event naming guidelines.

Format: any ASCII character except control characters.

Length: between 1 and 64 characters.

indexName #
type: string
Required

Name of the index related to the click.

objectIDs #
type: string[]
Required

A list of up to 20 objectIDs.

This list is often just one click (objectID), but there are cases where users can select multiple objects (for instance, selecting multiple options and then clicking “Submit”).

positions #
type: uint[]
Required

Position of the click in the list of Algolia search results.

  • The first object in the list of search results has a position of 1 (not zero), the second has a position of 2, etc.
  • The position value must be absolute, not relative to the result page. For example, when clicking on the third record on the second result page, assuming 10 results per page, the position should be 13, not 3.
queryID #
type: string
Required

Algolia queryID in the search response when using clickAnalytics

Format: hexadecimal string [a-f0-9]

Length: 32 characters.

Response # A

No response

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