The Go SDK makes it easy to track events from Go applications.
Installation
The Go SDK can be installed from GitHub:
go get github.com/ht-sdks/events-sdk-go
To initialize the Go SDK in your application, create a new Client instance:
package main
import (
"github.com/ht-sdks/events-sdk-go"
)
func main() {
client, _ := htevents.NewWithConfig("WRITE_KEY", htevents.Config{
Endpoint: "https://us-east-1.hightouch-events.com"
})
defer client.Close()
}
API
Identify
The htevents.Identify message sends an identify event.
Unlike the Browser SDK, it does not persist the user ID and traits locally, so user IDs must be explicitly added to other events. This is because server side events are usually servicing many different users at once.
Example usage:
client.Enqueue(htevents.Identify{
UserId: "123",
Traits: htevents.Traits{
"location": "San Francisco",
},
})
Method parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
UserId | string | The user's persistent ID |
AnonymousId | string | The user's anonymous ID |
Traits | Traits | Additional traits about the user, such as email and name. |
Context | Context | Overrides to values in the event Context. By default, Context contains information autocollected by the SDK. |
Timestamp | Time | The date of the message. When backfilling data, this can be set to a date in the past. By default, this is autoset to the current date. |
Track
The htevents.Track message sends a track event.
Example usage:
client.Enqueue(htevents.Track{
Event: "Order completed",
UserId: "123",
Properties: htevents.Properties{
"total": 29.99,
},
})
Method parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
UserId | string | The user's persistent ID |
AnonymousId | string | The user's anonymous ID |
Event | string | The name of the event. |
Properties | Properties | Additional properties about the event, such as product_id. |
Context | Context | Overrides to values in the event Context. By default, Context contains information autocollected by the SDK. |
Timestamp | Time | The date of the message. When backfilling data, this can be set to a date in the past. By default, this is autoset to the current date. |
Page
The htevents.Page message sends a page event.
Example usage:
client.Enqueue(htevents.Page{
Name: "Getting started",
UserId: "123",
Properties: htevents.Properties{
"total": 29.99,
},
})
Method parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
UserId | string | The user's persistent ID |
AnonymousId | string | The user's anonymous ID |
Name | string | The page's name. For example "Getting started" |
Properties | Properties | Additional properties about the event, such as url. |
Context | Context | Overrides to values in the event Context. By default, Context contains information autocollected by the SDK. |
Timestamp | Time | The date of the message. When backfilling data, this can be set to a date in the past. By default, this is autoset to the current date. |
Screen
The htevents.Screen message sends a screen event.
Example usage:
client.Enqueue(htevents.Screen{
Name: "Getting started",
UserId: "123",
Properties: htevents.Properties{
"total": 29.99,
},
})
Method parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
UserId | string | The user's persistent ID |
AnonymousId | string | The user's anonymous ID |
Name | string | The page's name. For example "Getting started" |
Properties | Properties | Additional properties about the event, such as url. |
Context | Context | Overrides to values in the event Context. By default, Context contains information autocollected by the SDK. |
Timestamp | Time | The date of the message. When backfilling data, this can be set to a date in the past. By default, this is autoset to the current date. |
Group
The htevents.Group message sends a group event.
Example usage:
client.Enqueue(htevents.Group{
GroupId: "G-1",
UserId: "123",
Traits: htevents.Traits{
"company_location": "San Francisco",
},
})
Method parameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
UserId | string | The user's persistent ID |
AnonymousId | string | The user's anonymous ID |
GroupId | string | The id for the group. |
Traits | Traits | Additional traits about the group, such as company_name. |
Context | Context | Overrides to values in the event Context. By default, Context contains information autocollected by the SDK. |
Timestamp | Time | The date of the message. When backfilling data, this can be set to a date in the past. By default, this is autoset to the current date. |
Close
The Go SDK buffers events locally before sending them to Hightouch's servers. This minimizes the number of requests made by the SDK and makes the tracking non-blocking.
To force the local buffer to be sent to Hightouch immediately call the Close
method. Close should be called when shutting down your app to make sure no events are lost.
Example usage:
client.Close()