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  • Introduction
  • Getting Started
  • Add User to Contact List
  • Add Contact to Segment

    • Introduction

    The Hive Javascript SDK allows you to update your contact list in Hive from your own web properties - based on how users interact with your website or signup form.

    Getting Started

    Whitelist Your Domain

    Your website's domain must be whitelisted in our system (i.e. approved) before you can run the Hive SDK on it. To whitelist a new domain, please email hello@hive.co. Domains used for production and development sites can be whitelisted at the same time.

    SDK Initialization

    To initialize the Hive SDK on your site, use the following code:

    (function(h,i,v,e,s,d,k){h.HiveSDKObject=s;h[s]=h[s]||function(){(h[s].q=h[s].q||[]).push(arguments)},d=i.createElement(v),k=i.getElementsByTagName(v)[0];d.async=1;d.id=s;d.src=e+'?r='+parseInt(new Date()/60000);k.parentNode.insertBefore(d,k)})(window,document,'script','https://cdn-prod.hive.co/static/js/sdk-loader.js','HIVE_SDK')

HIVE_SDK('init', YOUR_BRAND_HIVE_ID, function(data){  // Initialization success callback
  // data.user contains info about the currently user (if available)
  console.log(data)
});

    The above command will call the callback function, containing the current user's information if the current user is already authenticated with Hive and your brand:

    {
  user: {
    id: 1,  // the user's id in Hive, useful for identifying users if saved within your application
    email: 'patrick@hive.co',
    firstName: 'Patrick',
    lastName: 'Hannigan',
  }
}

    You must initialize the Hive SDK on your website before calling any of the SDK's events (such as fbSignup). Events fired before a call to init will be discarded, while any events fired afterwards (even during initialization) will be handled as soon as initialization is complete.

    Make sure that you're initializing the SDK on a domain (or subdomain) that's been whitelisted for your brand id. If you are not sure that your domain has been whitelisted for your brand, please reach out to your account manager.

    The callback argument in the init call will be executed once the SDK sucessfully initializes. If the current user is authenticated with Hive and your brand, the callback will be passed an object containing a user field including information about the currently authenticated user.

    Add User to Contact List

    Making a call to any of the Hive SDK's "signup" events will take care of authenticating the user and adding them to your brand's contact list in Hive. After a user is authenticated, any calls to the SDK's init event will pass that user's data into the init success callback.

    Add via Email Address

    To add a user via an email address, call the following code:

    HIVE_SDK(
  'emailSignup',
  {
    email: 'patrick@hive.co',
    firstName: 'Patrick',  // optional
    lastName: 'Hannigan',  // optional
    birthday: '01/25/1985',  // optional, MM/DD/YYYY formatted
    location: 'Kitchener, Ontario, Canada',  // optional
    zipCode: 'N2H 3X7',  // optional
    country: 'Canada',  // optional
    city: 'Kitchener',  // optional
    state: 'Ontario',  // optional
    mailingAddress: '283 Duke St West, Unit 304',  // optional
  },
  function(data){  // Success Callback
    // data.user contains info about the currently auth'ed user
    console.log(data)
  },
  function(data){  // Error Callback
    // data contains error information
    console.log(data)
  }
);

    The above call will in turn call the 'success' callback with the following JSON:

    {
  user: {
    id: 1,  // the user's id in Hive, useful for identifying users if saved within your application
    email: 'patrick@hive.co',
    firstName: 'Patrick',
    lastName: 'Hannigan',
  }
}

    This call will take the provided user data, and use it to authenticate the current user and add them to your brand's contact list in Hive.

    The email field is the only required field, although passing along as much data as possible is recommended. For instance, including firstName will help to generate a gender for your contacts in Hive. location should be a string with as much location granularity as possible (we'll take care of geocoding, etc. on our own).

    After the signup is successful, the 'success' callback will be called with information about the user. If something goes wrong, the 'error' callback function will be called with details regarding what went wrong.

    Add Contact to Segment

    After a user has been authenticated (either returned in the response of an init call, or by a subsequent emailSignup or fbSignup call), you can add them to a segment within Hive.

    Add to Static Segment

    To add a user to a segment, call the following code:

    HIVE_SDK(
  'addToSegment',
  'VIP Contacts Segment',  // any segment name you choose
  function(){},  // Success Callback
  function(data){  // Error Callback
    // data contains error information
    console.log(data)
  }
);

    This call will add the currently authenticated user to a static segment in Hive that matches the name you provide. If a segment does not exist for the name you provided, one will be created.

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