experiment
experiment method of REST API is used to get information about the experiment in which the user takes part. If the user was included in any experiment, the method returns some experiment details. The method can be used to get the data about the experiment without any other actions (like login, profile, etc.).
If the user has never logged the game in before, the new profile will be created for the user in Game of Whales.
POST https://api.gameofwhales.com:8488/experiment
version 2.2.0
version 2.1.0
version 2.0.0
version 1.0.0
version 2.2.0
There are no differences from version 2.0.0
version 2.1.0
There are no differences from version 2.0.0.
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. |
} |
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 $REQUEST_JSON EOF
An example values:
URL = api.gameofwhales.com:8488/offers
REQUEST_JSON = {"game": "$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"}}
An actual request with the example values:
curl -XPOST 'api.gameofwhales.com:8488/offers' -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"}} 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
The method is not supported in version 1.0.0.