acquire

acquire method of REST API is an additional method to send information that the user acquired the resources. It is convenient to use in the case when the user spent one unit of the resource for the acquisition of some amount of another resource (for example, he spent 1 item1 to acquire 100 coins). In order to reflect more complicated cases of resource converting (for example, the user spent 2 items to acquire 1 bike and 100 coins) converting method should be called.

If the user has never logged the game in before the calling of acquire method, the new profile will be created for the user in Game of Whales.

POST https://api.gameofwhales.com:8488/acquire

version 2.0.0
version 1.0.0

version 2.0.0

REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Arguments are in JSON format with the Content-Type application/json.

Request argument	Required or optional	Type	Description
game	required	string	Game key.
user	required	string	User’s ID. Any string can be used, but it should be unique for each user.
common	required	object	Common information about the user. The object includes the following parameters:
{
ip	optional	string	User's IP. It's used to define country, timezone, timezone offset, weather. If the argument is not set, "country" argument should be defined.
country	optional	string	Code of the user's country. It's required if "ip" parameter is not defined. If "ip" is set, "country" argument will be ignored. The list of supporting countries is here.
locale	required	string	User's device's locale defined by RFC 1766. It's used to select the language of push notifications.
platform	required	enum	User's device's platform. Allowed values are "android", "ios", "macosx", "uwp", "web".
store	required	enum	Used store. Allowed values are "AmazonStore", "AppleAppStore", "Facebook", "GooglePlay", "HuaweiStore", "Kongregate", "MacAppStore", "Odnoklassniki", "SamsungApps", "SFRPixtel", "VK", "WindowsStore", "XiaomiStore", "Other".
version	required	string	User's application version.
expId	optional	string	ID of A/B testing experiment. Should be sent as a confirmation of the user's participation in the experiment.
}
event	required	object	Additional information about the event. Should contain the following arguments:
{
amount	required	number	The amount of acquired resource.
currency	required	string	In-game or in-app product identifier (it's sku for in-app products) of an acquired resource.
source	required	string	In-game or in-app product identifier (it's sku for in-app products) of a consumed resource.
at	optional	timestamp	The date of the event. If the argument isn't defined, the current date will be used.
place	optional	string	The place where the operation was made.
}

A template for a request using cURL on the command line:

curl -XPOST $URL -H 'Accept-Version: 2.0.0' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d @- << EOF 
$REQUEST_JSON
EOF

An example values:

URL = api.gameofwhales.com:8488/acquire

REQUEST_JSON = {"game": "$YOUR_GAME_KEY", "user": "3A15982E-C4CB-0000-0000-D88861BA0C49", "common": {"ip": "91.232.111.204", "locale": "en_EN", "platform": "ios", "store": "AppleAppStore", "version": "1.0.0", "expId": "5d2effe09236b00e38e34c3b"},"event": {"amount": 100, "currency": "coins", "source": "item1", "place": "shop"}}

An actual request with the example values:

curl -XPOST 'api.gameofwhales.com:8488/acquire' -H 'Accept-Version: 2.0.0' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d @- << EOF
{"game": "$YOUR_GAME_KEY", "user": "3A15982E-C4CB-0000-0000-D88861BA0C49", "common": {"ip": "91.232.111.204", "locale": "en_EN", "platform": "ios", "store": "AppleAppStore", "version": "1.0.0", "expId": "5d2effe09236b00e38e34c3b"},"event": {"amount": 100, "currency": "coins", "source": "item1", "place": "shop"}}
EOF

RESPONSE ARGUMENTS

Response argument	Required or optional	Type	Description
properties	required	object	User's properties. The object includes the following properties:
{
user	required	string	User’s ID.
group	required	string	User's group. The property is used for analyzing of push and special offer campaigns.
revenue	required	number	The current amount of the user's purchases.
custom property	optional	string, boolean, object	Additional custom properties. They are returned only if they are defined on Game of Whales side.
}
experiment	optional	object	The data about A/B testing experiment in which the user was included. The object isn't returned if the user doesn't take part in any experiment.
{
id	required	string	ID of the experiment.
key	required	string	String-key of the experiment.
groupKey	required	string	Experiment's group in which the user was included.
payload	optional	string	Payload for the experiment's group.
signature	required	string	Encrypted data about the experiment. It can be used to verify the experiment on the game server side.
}
serverTime	required	timestamp	The current time of Game of Whales server.

An example of a response:

{
    "properties": {
        "user": "3A15982E-C4CB-0000-0000-D88861BA0C49",
        "group": "b",
        "revenue": 2,
        "boolTestField": true,
        "stringArrayTestField": [
            "test",
            "test2"
        ],
        "objectTestField": {
            "key1": "value1",
            "key2": 100,
            "key3": 100.4,
            "key4": true
        }
    },
    "experiment": {
       "id": "5d2effe09236b00e38e34c3b",
       "key": "exp_cr",
       "groupKey": "B",
       "payload": "{\"btnColor\": \"grean\", \"btnSize\": \"big\"}",
       "signature": "f6c66c70f459b13..."
    },
    "serverTime": 1545296120344
}

version 1.0.0