Recommendations Data & Events

The Recommendations drop-in uses the event bus to emit and listen to events for communication between drop-ins and external integrations. For common events shared across multiple drop-ins (such as locale, error, authenticated, etc.), see the Common events reference.

Version: 1.1.1

Tip

New to drop-in events? Learn about the event system architecture, including the publish-subscribe pattern, subscription configuration, and best practices for event handling.

Events reference

Event	Direction	Description
recommendations/data	Emits and listens	Triggered when data is available or changes

Event details

The following sections provide detailed information about each event, including its direction, data payload structure, and usage examples.

recommendations/data (emits and listens)

Triggered when data is available or changes

Data payload

RecommendationUnitModel[] | null

Usage

Listen to this event in your storefront:

import { events } from '@dropins/tools/event-bus.js';

const recommendationsDataListener = events.on('recommendations/data', (data) => {
  console.log('recommendations/data event received:', data);
  // Add your custom logic here
});

// Later, when you want to stop listening
recommendationsDataListener.off();