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Segment

Segment collects analytics data and allows you to send it to more than 250 apps.

Official Websitehttps://segment.com/
Documentationhttps://segment.com/libraries/node
NodeJS packagehttps://www.npmjs.com/package/analytics-node
Version6.2.0
Source Codehttps://github.com/segmentio/analytics-node
TagsAnalytics

Credential configuration​

To configure this credential you only need the write key of the configured Segment source. You can take a look here if you need to find it.

Optionally you can set any of the extra config params you can see here.

Here you have an example of a filled credential configuration form in YepCode:

Segment snippets available in editor​

note

The title is the triggering text for YepCode to autocomplete the script

Integration​

New integration from credential
const segment = yepcode.integration.segment('credential-slug')
New integration from plain authentication data
const Analytics = require('analytics-node');
const segmentAnalytics = new Analytics('SEGMENT_YOUR_WRITE_KEY', {
  flushAt: 20,
  flushInterval: 10000,
  enable: false
});

Identify requests​

Anonymous identify
segmentAnalytics.identify({
  anonymousId: '48d213bb-95c3-4f8d-af97-86b2b404dcfe',
  traits: {
    friends: 42
  }
});
Identify for an identified user
segmentAnalytics.identify({
  userId: '019mr8mf4r',
  traits: {
    name: 'Michael Bolton',
    email: 'mbolton@example.com',
    plan: 'Enterprise',
    friends: 42
  }
});

Track requests​

Anonymous track
segmentAnalytics.track({
  anonymousId: '48d213bb-95c3-4f8d-af97-86b2b404dcfe',
  event: 'Item Purchased',
  properties: {
    revenue: 39.95,
    shippingMethod: '2-day'
  }
});
Track for an identified user
segmentAnalytics.track({
  userId: '019mr8mf4r',
  event: 'Item Purchased',
  properties: {
    revenue: 39.95,
    shippingMethod: '2-day'
  }
});

Page requests​

Page call
segmentAnalytics.page({
  userId: '019mr8mf4r',
  category: 'Docs',
  name: 'Node.js Library',
  properties: {
    url: 'https://segment.com/docs/connections/sources/catalog/librariesnode',
    path: '/docs/connections/sources/catalog/librariesnode/',
    title: 'Node.js Library - Segment',
    referrer: 'https://github.com/segmentio/analytics-node'
  }
});

Group requests​

Group call
segmentAnalytics.group({
  userId: '019mr8mf4r',
  groupId: '56',
  traits: {
    name: 'Initech',
    description: 'Accounting Software'
  }
});

Alias requests​

Alias call
segmentAnalytics.alias({
  previousId: 'old_id',
  userId: 'new_id'
});
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