The purpose of this API is to allow you to send events which occur outside the mobile app, directly to the AppsFlyer server. For example, if you have both a web and mobile interface, you can record all events from both mediums in AppsFlyer.
For the event to be recorded under the real-time that the event was triggered, all events must be sent to AppsFlyer by 2.00am the following day.
Events which are not sent by 2:00am are recorded under the time that they were sent.
Example 1:
Event Triggered: 2 May @ 22:00
Event Sent to AppsFlyer's servers: 3 May @ 01:00
Event is recorded in AppsFlyer's platform under the real time that the event occurred (2 May @ 22:00).
Example 2:
Event Triggered: 2 May @ 22:00
Event Sent to AppsFlyer's servers: 4 May @ 09:00
Event is recorded in AppsFlyer's platform at the time it was sent to the AppsFlyer server and not the time that the event occurred (4 May @ 09:00).
NOTE: The Content Type must be set as application/json.
URL: https://api2.appsflyer.com/inappevent/{app_id}
Android example: https://api2.appsflyer.com/inappevent/com.appsflyer.myapp
iOS example: https://api2.appsflyer.com/inappevent/id123456789
It is important to pay extra attention that the App ID on iOS contains the leading "id" before the ID, otherwise the request ends with HTTPS 200 OK, but the event is not be registered.
Method: POST
Header - "authentication"= {dev-key} --- The dev key is found in Dashboard >> Settings >> Integrate the SDK
iOS
Body - (JSON)
{
"appsflyer_id": {This is a mandatory field, AppsFlyer Device ID must be used }, // i.e. 1415211453000-6513894
"idfa":{idfa},
"bundle_id":{bundle_id},
"eventName": { Event Name as appears in the SDK}, // i.e "af_purchase"
"eventValue": { A JSON containing a rich in-app event value}, // i.e "{\"af_revenue\":\"6\" ,\"af_content_type\":\"wallets\", \"af_content_id\":\"15854\"}"
"eventCurrency": {Event currency}, // i.e "USD"
"ip": {device IP},
"eventTime": {Event timestamp in UTC}, // i.e "2014-05-15 12:17:00.000"
"af_events_api" :"true"
}
Android
Body - (JSON)
{
"appsflyer_id": {This is a mandatory field, "AppsFlyer Device id" must be used }, // i.e. "1415211453000-6513894"
"advertising_id": {advertising_id},
"eventName": { Event Name as appears in the SDK}, // i.e "af_purchase"
"eventValue": { A JSON containing a rich in-app event value}, // i.e "{\"af_revenue\":\"6\" ,\"af_content_id\":\"15854\"}"
"eventCurrency": {Event currency}, // i.e "USD"
"ip": {device IP},
"eventTime": {Event timestamp in UTC}, // i.e "2014-05-15 12:17:00.000"
"af_events_api" :"true"
}
Requirements
- eventName, eventValue, appsflyer_id (AppsFlyer Device id), idfa, advertising_id and af_events_api are all required parameters
- eventValue can be empty:
e.g. "eventValue": “”, (no space is needed) - eventTime format is as follows and must be reported in UTC timezone:
"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS" (e.g. "2014-05-15 12:17:00.000")
* The event time is optional. If it is not sent, the system uses the timestamp from the HTTPS message received. - IP address should be the IP of the mobile device.
How to Fetch the appsflyer_id (AppsFlyer Device ID)
- From the mobile device. Refer to the section that describes Get AppsFlyer’s Unique Device UID from the AppsFlyer SDK integration guide (click on link for more information about the SDK for iOS or Android)
- Via the Pull or Push API (click on link for more information about Push API or Pull API)
Service Return Codes
- 200: ok when the request has been processed by the Appsflyer system.
- 401: unauthorized when the key provided in the authentication header is not the dev-key for this app.
- 400: Bad request when the request failed at least one of the validation criteria
- 500: Internal server error this indicates a server error
Request Body Example
In this case, AppsFlyer receives an S2S in-app event which represents a purchase event with revenue, as well as additional properties such as content type etc. AppsFlyer is then able, according to the advertiser's configuration, to send such rich in-app events to media sources for advanced targeting, optimisation and audience creation purposes.