How to get user's unique session id in Shopify plugins

ajs540 · ‎06-18-2024

I'm new to shopify

I'm developing an app for Shopify. It consists of three parts: plugin, a front-end (non-embedded) app, and a backend. Any website/shop built with Shopify has the ability to install our app and integrate our plugin into a section of the product page. The plugin basically embeds videos on product page

The problem is that I want to perform certain analytics on videos shown via plugins.
I can easily get total views on a video but ...
I want to get unique views per user session. For example, how many distinct user sessions are present and how many views a video receives in each session

Is there a method to distinguish a distinct user session in Shopify so that I may transfer that {sessionId} and the number of views.

- Any shopify API from which I can fetch a unique {sessionID} for every new user session?
- Something already available in localStorage/cookies/sessionStorage etc?

BSSCommerce-B2B · ‎06-18-2024

Hi @ajs540,

- Did you try this? The result is shown below.

ShopifyAnalytics.lib.user().traits().uniqToken

- The value is stored in cookies

- I cleared site data, and the value is refreshed.

I hope this information is helpful to you.

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BSSCommerce-B2B · ‎06-18-2024

Hi @ajs540,

- Did you try this? The result is shown below.

ShopifyAnalytics.lib.user().traits().uniqToken

- The value is stored in cookies

- I cleared site data, and the value is refreshed.

I hope this information is helpful to you.

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B2B Portal, Quote, Net 30: Speed up purchasing and streamline your quotation process with advanced features like quick order, request for quote.

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How to get user's unique session id in Shopify plugins

How to get user's unique session id in Shopify plugins

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