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REST API - Recommendation events

https://support.intershop.com/kb/259R40

Note

Starting with Intershop 7.10 our REST API is provided in the Open API 3.0 format, see Reference - Intershop Commerce Management 7.10 REST API.

URI	/recommendationcontexts/<context-id>/events
Http Method	POST
Short Description	Sends an event to the recommendation engine
Query Parameters	none
Example Requests	/recommendationcontexts/13157ff6-e645-49a6-ba46-7787563d7214/events
HTTP Status Codes	204 No Content (Successful) 400 Bad Request (invalid request data) 403 Forbidden (try to access an order from a different user - [OrderRecommendationEvent]) 404 Not found (if Order for given OrderID not found - [OrderRecommendationEvent])
Description	If a recommendation service is configured this sends one of the following events to the recommendation engine: ProductViewRecommendationEvent - The product with given ID [SKU] that has been viewed. BasketRecommendationEvent - The items that have been added to the basket. OrderRecommendationEvent - The items that have been ordered or the order with the given order number which were submitted. SearchRecommendationEvent - A search with given search term has been processed UserToSessionRecommendationEvent - Connects the current recommendation context with the given userid (after login). This event may affect the results of the recommendation requests. The event can only be dispatched successfully if the installed Recommendation Engines support the event type and if the corresponding back office preference in "Channel preferences / Recommendation Engines" is activated for the given event type. The used <contextid> can be any alpha-numeric string. It will be used to distinguish between different users/customers.
Cartridge	app_sf_rest_recomm
Application	B2C Web Shop, SMB Web Shop

Product Version	7.5
Product To Version
Status	Final

JSON

Request data format	application/json
Request related java object	com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resource.EventRecommendationsListResource com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resourceobject.RecommendationEventRO com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resourceobject.ProductViewRecommendationEventRO com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resourceobject.BasketRecommendationEventRO com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resourceobject.OrderRecommendationEventRO com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resourceobject.SearchRecommendationEventRO com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resourceobject.UserRecommendationEventRO
Request data example	Send the "ProductViewRecommendationEvent": { "type": "ProductViewRecommendationEvent", "productID": "123456" } Send the "BasketRecommendationEvent": { "type": "BasketRecommendationEvent", "items": [ { "type": "BasketLineItem", "productID": "3957286", "quantity": 2 }, { "type": "BasketLineItem", "productID": "M7972533", "quantity": 1 }, { "type": "BasketLineItem", "productID": "4555724", "quantity": 3 } ] } Send the "OrderRecommendationEvent": Alternative 1 - via OrderID: The header must include a valid header value "Authorization" or "authentication-token" for the owner of the order. { "type": "OrderRecommendationEvent", "orderID": "NvwKDgAbqUcAAAFHPnBiREkK" } Alternative 2 - via Items: No authorization required { "type": "OrderRecommendationEvent", "items": [ { "type": "BasketLineItem", "productID": "3957286", "quantity": 2 }, { "type": "BasketLineItem", "productID": "M7972533", "quantity": 1 }, { "type": "BasketLineItem", "productID": "4555724", "quantity": 3 } ] } Send the "SearchRecommendationEvent": { "type": "SearchRecommendationEvent", "searchTerm": "Acer" } Send the "UserToSessionRecommendationEvent": { "type": "UserRecommendationEvent", "userID": "patricia" }
Response data format	application/json
Response related java object	com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resource.EventRecommendationsListResource
Response data example	No response data

XML

Request data format	text/xml
Request related java object	com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resource.EventRecommendationsListResource com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resourceobject.RecommendationEventRO com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resourceobject.ProductViewRecommendationEventRO com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resourceobject.BasketRecommendationEventRO com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resourceobject.OrderRecommendationEventRO com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resourceobject.SearchRecommendationEventRO com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resourceobject.UserRecommendationEventRO
Request data example	Send the "ProductViewRecommendationEvent": <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <ProductViewRecommendationEvent type="ProductViewRecommendationEvent"> <productID>123456</productID> </ProductViewRecommendationEvent> Send the "BasketRecommendationEvent": <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <BasketRecommendationEvent type="BasketRecommendationEvent"> <BasketLineItems> <item type="BasketLineItem"> <productID>3957286</productID> <quantity>2</quantity> </item> <item type="BasketLineItem"> <productID>M7972533</productID> <quantity>1</quantity> </item> <item type="BasketLineItem"> <productID>4555724</productID> <quantity>3</quantity> </item> </BasketLineItems> </BasketRecommendationEvent> Send the "OrderRecommendationEvent": Alternative 1 - via OrderID: The header must include a valid header value "Authorization" or "authentication-token" for the owner of the order. <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <OrderRecommendationEvent type="OrderRecommendationEvent"> <orderID>NvwKDgAbqUcAAAFHPnBiREkK</orderID> </OrderRecommendationEvent> Alternative 2 - via Items: No authorization required <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <OrderRecommendationEvent type="OrderRecommendationEvent"> <OrderedItems> <item type="BasketLineItem"> <productID>3957286</productID> <quantity>2</quantity> </item> <item type="BasketLineItem"> <productID>M7972533</productID> <quantity>1</quantity> </item> <item type="BasketLineItem"> <productID>4555724</productID> <quantity>3</quantity> </item> </OrderedItems> </OrderRecommendationEvent> Send the "SearchRecommendationEvent": <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <SearchRecommendationEvent type="SearchRecommendationEvent"> <searchTerm>Acer</searchTerm> </SearchRecommendationEvent> Send the "UserToSessionRecommendationEvent": <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <UserRecommendationEvent type="UserRecommendationEvent"> <userID>patricia</userID> </UserRecommendationEvent>
Response data format	text/xml
Response related java object	com.intershop.component.recommendation.capi.rest.resource.EventRecommendationsListResource
Response data example	No response data

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