page_viewed

The page_viewed event logs an instance where a customer visited a page. This event is available on the online store, Checkout, Order status and Customer Account pages.

Note

Customer Accounts pages will only log the page_viewed event if a vanity domain is set up for the store.

Anchor to propertiesProperties

Anchor to clientId clientId string: The client-side ID of the customer, provided by Shopify
Anchor to context context
Anchor to data data: No additional data is provided by design. Use the event context to get the page metadata. E.g. event.context.document.location.href
Anchor to id id string: The ID of the customer event
Anchor to name name string: The name of the customer event
Anchor to seq seq number: The sequence index number of the event.
Anchor to timestamp timestamp string: The timestamp of when the customer event occurred, in ISO 8601 format
Anchor to type type .Standard

Context

A snapshot of various read-only properties of the browser at the time of event

document
Snapshot of a subset of properties of the `document` object in the top frame of the browser
```
WebPixelsDocument
```
navigator
Snapshot of a subset of properties of the `navigator` object in the top frame of the browser
```
WebPixelsNavigator
```
window
Snapshot of a subset of properties of the `window` object in the top frame of the browser
```
WebPixelsWindow
```

WebPixelsDocument

A snapshot of a subset of properties of the `document` object in the top frame of the browser

characterSet
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document), returns the character set being used by the document
```
string
```
location
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document), returns the URI of the current document
```
Location
```
referrer
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document), returns the URI of the page that linked to this page
```
string
```
title
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document), returns the title of the current document
```
string
```

Location

A snapshot of a subset of properties of the `location` object in the top frame of the browser

hash
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing a `'#'` followed by the fragment identifier of the URL
```
string
```
host
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing the host, that is the hostname, a `':'`, and the port of the URL
```
string
```
hostname
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing the domain of the URL
```
string
```
href
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing the entire URL
```
string
```
origin
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing the canonical form of the origin of the specific location
```
string
```
pathname
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing an initial `'/'` followed by the path of the URL, not including the query string or fragment
```
string
```
port
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing the port number of the URL
```
string
```
protocol
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing the protocol scheme of the URL, including the final `':'`
```
string
```
search
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location), a string containing a `'?'` followed by the parameters or "querystring" of the URL
```
string
```

WebPixelsNavigator

A snapshot of a subset of properties of the `navigator` object in the top frame of the browser

cookieEnabled
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator), returns `false` if setting a cookie will be ignored and true otherwise
```
boolean
```
language
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator), returns a string representing the preferred language of the user, usually the language of the browser UI. The `null` value is returned when this is unknown
```
string
```
languages
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator), returns an array of strings representing the languages known to the user, by order of preference
```
ReadonlyArray<string>
```
userAgent
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator), returns the user agent string for the current browser
```
string
```

WebPixelsWindow

A snapshot of a subset of properties of the `window` object in the top frame of the browser

innerHeight
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), gets the height of the content area of the browser window including, if rendered, the horizontal scrollbar
```
number
```
innerWidth
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), gets the width of the content area of the browser window including, if rendered, the vertical scrollbar
```
number
```
location
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), the location, or current URL, of the window object
```
Location
```
origin
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), the global object's origin, serialized as a string
```
string
```
outerHeight
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), gets the height of the outside of the browser window
```
number
```
outerWidth
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), gets the width of the outside of the browser window
```
number
```
pageXOffset
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), an alias for window.scrollX
```
number
```
pageYOffset
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), an alias for window.scrollY
```
number
```
screen
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Screen), the interface representing a screen, usually the one on which the current window is being rendered
```
Screen
```
screenX
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), the horizontal distance from the left border of the user's browser viewport to the left side of the screen
```
number
```
screenY
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), the vertical distance from the top border of the user's browser viewport to the top side of the screen
```
number
```
scrollX
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), the number of pixels that the document has already been scrolled horizontally
```
number
```
scrollY
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window), the number of pixels that the document has already been scrolled vertically
```
number
```

Screen

The interface representing a screen, usually the one on which the current window is being rendered

height
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Screen/height), the height of the screen
```
number
```
width
Per [MDN](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Screen/width), the width of the screen
```
number
```

PixelEventsPageViewedData

No additional data is provided by design. Use the event context to get the page metadata. E.g. `event.context.document.location.href`

EventType

AdvancedDom
```
advanced-dom
```
Custom
```
custom
```
Dom
```
dom
```
Meta
```
meta
```
Standard
```
standard
```

Examples

import {register} from '@shopify/web-pixels-extension';

analytics.subscribe('page_viewed', (event) => {

// Example for accessing event data

const timeStamp = event.timestamp;

const pageEventId = event.id;

const payload = {

event_name: event.name,

event_data: {

pageEventId: pageEventId,

timeStamp: timeStamp,

};

// Example for sending event data to third party servers

fetch('https://example.com/pixel', {

method: 'POST',

body: JSON.stringify(payload),

keepalive: true,

});

Examples

Accessing Standard Events

App Pixel

import {register} from '@shopify/web-pixels-extension';

register(({analytics}) => {
  analytics.subscribe('page_viewed', (event) => {
    // Example for accessing event data
    const timeStamp = event.timestamp;

    const pageEventId = event.id;

    const payload = {
      event_name: event.name,
      event_data: {
        pageEventId: pageEventId,
        timeStamp: timeStamp,
      },
    };

    // Example for sending event data to third party servers
    fetch('https://example.com/pixel', {
      method: 'POST',
      body: JSON.stringify(payload),
      keepalive: true,
    });
  });
});

Custom Pixel

analytics.subscribe('page_viewed', (event) => {
  // Example for accessing event data
  const timeStamp = event.timestamp;

  const pageEventId = event.id;

  const payload = {
    event_name: event.name,
    event_data: {
      pageEventId: pageEventId,
      timeStamp: timeStamp,
    },
  };

  // Example for sending event data to third party servers
  fetch('https://example.com/pixel', {
    method: 'POST',
    body: JSON.stringify(payload),
    keepalive: true,
  });
});

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