Response tokens
Response tokens let you automatically output information specific to 蜜豆视频 Target to your brand鈥檚 web page. This information can include details about the activity, offer, experience, user profile, geo information, and more. These details provide extra response data to share with internal or 3rd-party tools or to use for debugging.
Response tokens let you choose which variables (in key value pairs) to use and then enable them to be sent as part of a Target response. You enable a variable using the switch and the variable is sent with Target responses, which can be validated in network calls. Response tokens also work in Preview mode.
A key difference between plug-ins and response tokens is that plug-ins deliver JavaScript to the page that executes upon delivery. Response tokens, however, deliver an object that can then be read and acted upon using event listeners. The response token approach is safer and allows for easier development and maintenance of 3rd-party integrations.
Customers using at.js are encouraged to use response tokens and move away from plugins. Some plugins that rely on internal methods that existed in mbox.js (now deprecated), but not in at.js, are delivered but fail.
Using response tokens section_A9E141DDCBA84308926E68D05FD2AC62
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Ensure that you are using Platform Web SDK version 2.6.0 (or later) or at.js version 1.1 (or later).
For more information:
- Platform Web SDK: See Install the SDK in the Platform Web SDK overview guide.
- at.js: See Download at.js.
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In Target, click Administration > Response Tokens.
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Activate the desired response tokens, such as
activity.id
andoffer.id
.The following parameters are available by default:
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Returns an array of the activityIds
the visitor is qualified for. It increments as users are qualified. For example, on a page with two Target requests delivering two different activities, the second request includes both activities.profile.isFirstSession
Returns 鈥渢rue鈥 or 鈥渇alse.鈥 profile.isNewSession
Returns 鈥渢rue鈥 or 鈥渇alse.鈥 profile.daysSinceLastVisit
Returns the number of days since the visitor鈥檚 last visit. profile.tntId
Returns the visitor鈥檚 tntID profile.marketingCloudVisitorId
Returns the visitor鈥檚 Experience Cloud Visitor ID. profile.thirdPartyId
Returns the visitor鈥檚 third-party ID. profile.categoryAffinity
Returns the visitor鈥檚 favorite category. profile.categoryAffinities
Returns an array of the visitor鈥檚 top 5 categories as strings. Activity activity.name
activity.id
experience.name
experience.id
offer.name
offer.id
Details of the current activity.
Note that values for offer parameters are evaluated on the experience level.Geo geo.country
geo.state
geo.city
geo.zip
geo.dma
geo.domainName
geo.ispName
geo.connectionSpeed
geo.mobileCarrier
See Geo for more information about using geo targeting in activities. Traffic Allocation Method
(Applies to Auto-Target and Automated Personalization activities only.)experience.trafficAllocationId
Returns 0 if a visitor received an experience from being in 鈥渃ontrol鈥 traffic and 1 if a visitor received an experience from the 鈥渢argeted鈥 traffic distribution. experience.trafficAllocationType
Return 鈥渃ontrol鈥 or 鈥渢argeted.鈥 User profile attributes and Customer Attributes also display in the list.
note note NOTE Parameters with special characters do not display in the list. Only alphanumeric characters and underscores are supported. -
(Conditional) To use a profile parameter as a response token, but the parameter has not been passed through a Target request and, thus, has not loaded into the Target UI, you can use the Add Response Token button to add the profile to the UI.
Click Add Response Token, provide the token name, then click Activate.
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Create an activity.
Listen for responses and read response tokens
The process you use to listen for Target responses and read response tokens differs depending on whether you have a Platform Web SDK or at.js implementation.
Platform Web SDK using the Handle object class platform-web-sdk
Use the Handle object class, which has a meta data object and a data object to listen for Target responses and read the response tokens.
The following response example adds a Platform Web SDK custom event handler directly to the HTML page (the table explains objects used in the code):
<html>
<head>
...
<script src="alloy.js"></script>
<script>
{
"requestId": "4d0a7cfd-952c-408c-b3b8-438edc38250a",
"handle": [{
"type": "personalization:decisions",
"payload": [{
"id": "....",
"scope": "__view__",
"scopeDetails": {
"decisionProvider": "TGT",
"activity": {
"id": "..."
},
"experience": {
"id": "...."
}
},
"items": [{
"id": "123",
"schema": "https://ns.adobe.com/personalization/dom-action",
"meta": {
"activity.id": "...",
"activity.name": "...",
"profile.foo": "...",
"profile.bar": "..."
},
"data": {
"id": "123",
"type": "setHtml",
"selector": "#foo",
"prehidingSelector": "#foo",
"content": "<div>Hello world</div>"
}
}]
}]
}]
}
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
...
</body>
</html>
at.js using custom events
Use at.js custom events to listen for the Target response and read the response tokens.
The following code sample adds an at.js custom event handler directly to the HTML page:
<html>
<head>
....
<script src="at.js"></script>
<script>
document.addEventListener(adobe.target.event.REQUEST_SUCCEEDED, function(e) {
console.log("Request succeeded", e.detail);
});
</script>
<head>
<body>
...
</body>
</html>
Response token FAQs section_3DD5F32C668246289CDF9B4CDE1F536D
Which role is required to activate or deactivate response tokens?
Response tokens can be activated or deactivated only by users with the Target Administrator role.
What happens if I am running Platform Web SDK 2.6.0 (or earlier)?
You do not have access to response tokens.
What happens if I am running at.js 1.0 (or earlier)?
You see the response tokens, but at.js cannot use them.
Can I have both Target Classic plugins and response tokens active at the same time?
Plugins and response tokens are available in parallel; however, plugins will be deprecated in the future.
Are response tokens delivered through all Target responses or only through Target responses delivering an activity?
Response tokens are delivered only through Target responses delivering an activity.
My Target Classic plugin included JavaScript. How do I replicate its functionality using response tokens?
When migrating to response tokens, this type of JavaScript must be kept in your codebase or tag management solution. You can trigger this code using Platform Web SDK or at.js custom events and pass the response token values to your JavaScript functions.
Why does my profile/Customer Attributes parameter not display in the response tokens list?
Target normally refreshes parameters every 15 minutes. This refresh depends on user action and data is refreshed only when you view the response tokens page. If your parameters do not display in the response token list, Target has not yet refreshed the data.
Also, if your parameter contains anything but non-alphanumeric characters or any symbol other than underscores, the parameter does not appear in the list. Currently, only alphanumeric and underscore characters are supported.
Does the response token still deliver content if it uses a deleted profile script or a profile parameter?
Response tokens extract information from user profiles and then deliver that information. If you delete a profile script or parameter, that does not mean that the information has been removed from the user profiles. The user profiles still have data corresponding to the profile script. The response token continues delivering the content. For users that do not have that information saved in their profiles, or for new visitors, that token is not delivered because the data is not present in their profiles.
Target does not toggle off the token automatically. If you delete a profile script and no longer want the token to be delivered, you must toggle off the token yourself.
I renamed my profile script, but why is the token using that script still active with the old name?
As mentioned above, response tokens work on the profile information saved for users. Even though you renamed your profile script, users who have visited your website have the old profile script value saved in their profiles. The token continues to pick up the old value that is already saved in the user profiles. If you now want to deliver content on the new name, you must toggle off the previous token and toggle on the new token.
If my attributes have changed, when are they be removed from the list?
Target performs a refresh of attributes at regular intervals. Any attribute that is not toggled on is removed during the next refresh. However, if you have an attribute that was toggled on and has been removed, that script is not removed from the attribute list until you toggle it off. As an example, you removed a profile script that was used as a token. Target removes only the toggled-off attributes from the list when they are deleted or renamed.
Send data to Google Analytics
The following sections describe how to send Target data to Google Analytics 4. Data sent by response tokens can also be sent to other other 3rd-party integrations.
Sending data to Google Analytics via Platform Web SDK
Google Analytics can be sent data via Platform Web SDK version 2.6.0 (or later) by adding the following code in the HTML page.
alloy("sendEvent"
object.<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=TAG_ID"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
alloy("sendEvent", {
})
.then(({ renderedPropositions, nonRenderedPropositions }) => {
// concatenate all the propositions
const propositions = [...renderedPropositions, ...nonRenderedPropositions];
// extractResponseTokens() extract the meta from item -> meta
const tokens = extractResponseTokens(propositions);
const activityNames = [];
const experienceNames = [];
const uniqueTokens = distinct(tokens);
uniqueTokens.forEach(token => {
activityNames.push(token["activity.name"]);
experienceNames.push(token["experience.name"]);
});
gtag('config', 'TAG_ID');
gtag('event', 'action_name', {'eventCategory': 'target',
'eventAction': experienceNames, 'eventLabel': activityNames
});
});
</script>
Sending data to Google Analytics via at.js section_04AA830826D94D4EBEC741B7C4F86156
Google Analytics can be sent data via at.js by adding the following code in the HTML page:
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=TAG_ID"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.addEventListener(adobe.target.event.REQUEST_SUCCEEDED, function(e) {
var tokens = e.detail.responseTokens;
if (isEmpty(tokens)) {
return;
}
var activityNames = [];
var experienceNames = [];
var uniqueTokens = distinct(tokens);
uniqueTokens.forEach(function(token) {
activityNames.push(token["activity.name"]);
experienceNames.push(token["experience.name"]);
});
gtag('config', 'TAG_ID');
gtag('event', 'action_name', {'eventCategory': 'target',
'eventAction': experienceNames, 'eventLabel': activityNames
});
});
function isEmpty(val) {
return (val === undefined || val == null || val.length <= 0) ? true : false;
}
function key(obj) {
return Object.keys(obj)
.map(function(k) { return k + "" + obj[k]; })
.join("");
}
function distinct(arr) {
var result = arr.reduce(function(acc, e) {
acc[key(e)] = e;
return acc;
}, {});
return Object.keys(result)
.map(function(k) { return result[k]; });
}
</script>
Debugging
The following sections provide information about debugging response tokens:
Google Analytics and debugging
The following code lets you debug using Google Analytics:
<script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=TAG_ID"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
document.addEventListener(adobe.target.event.REQUEST_SUCCEEDED, function(e) {
var tokens = e.detail.responseTokens;
if (isEmpty(tokens)) {
return;
}
var activityNames = [];
var experienceNames = [];
var uniqueTokens = distinct(tokens);
uniqueTokens.forEach(function(token) {
activityNames.push(token["activity.name"]);
experienceNames.push(token["experience.name"]);
});
gtag('config', 'TAG_ID');
gtag('event', 'action_name', {'eventCategory': 'target',
'eventAction': experienceNames, 'eventLabel': activityNames
});
});
function isEmpty(val) {
return (val === undefined || val == null || val.length <= 0) ? true : false;
}
function key(obj) {
return Object.keys(obj)
.map(function(k) { return k + "" + obj[k]; })
.join("");
}
function distinct(arr) {
var result = arr.reduce(function(acc, e) {
acc[key(e)] = e;
return acc;
}, {});
return Object.keys(result)
.map(function(k) { return result[k]; });
}
</script>
Debugging using the equivalent of the ttMeta plugin
The equivalent of the ttMeta plugin for debugging purposes can be created by adding following code to HTML page:
<script type="text/javascript" >
document.addEventListener(adobe.target.event.REQUEST_SUCCEEDED, function (e) {
window.ttMETA= typeof(window.ttMETA)!="undefined" ? window.ttMETA : [];
var tokens=e.detail.responseTokens;
if (isEmpty(tokens)) {
return;
}
var uniqueTokens = distinct(tokens);
uniqueTokens.forEach(function(token) {
window.ttMETA.push({
'CampaignName': token["activity.name"],
'CampaignId' : token["activity.id"],
'RecipeName': token["experience.name"],
'RecipeId': token["experience.id"],
'OfferId': token["offer.id"],
'OfferName': token["offer.name"],
'MboxName': e.detail.mbox});
console.log(ttMETA);
});
});
function isEmpty(val){
return (val === undefined || val == null || val.length <= 0) ? true : false;
}
function key(obj) {
return Object.keys(obj)
.map(function(k) { return k + "" + obj[k]; })
.join("");
}
function distinct(arr) {
var result = arr.reduce(function(acc, e) {
acc[key(e)] = e;
return acc;
}, {});
return Object.keys(result)
.map(function(k) { return result[k]; });
}
</script>
Training Video: Response Tokens and at.js Custom Events section_3AA0A6C8DBD94A528337A2525E3E05D5
The following video explains how to use response tokens and at.js custom events to share profile information from Target to 3rd-party systems.
option.name
and option.id
, which have been replaced with offer.name
and offer.id
, respectively.