Get Attributes (Java)

Last update: July 17, 2023

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Description

getAttributes() is used to fetch experimentation and personalized experiences from Target and extract attribute values.

Method

getAttributes

Attributes TargetClient.getAttributes(TargetDeliveryRequest targetRequest, String ...mboxes)

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
targetRequest	TargetDeliveryRequest	Yes	None	The same target request as used for Get Offers
mboxNames	var-args array	No	None	A var-args array of mbox names

Result

An Attributes object is returned from TargetClient.getAttributes() which has the following methods:

Name	Type	Description
getBoolean(mboxName, key)	Boolean	Returns the value for a specified mbox name and attribute key
getString(mboxName, key)	String	Returns the value for a specified mbox name and attribute key
getInteger(mboxName, key)	Integer	Returns the value for a specified mbox name and attribute key
getDouble(mboxName, key)	Double	Returns the value for a specified mbox name and attribute key
toMboxMap(mboxName)	Map	Returns a simple Map with key value pairs
getResponse()	TargetDeliveryResponse	Returns the response object normally returned by getOffers

Example

Java

ClientConfig clientConfig = ClientConfig.builder()
        .client("acmeclient")
        .organizationId("1234567890@AdobeOrg")
        .build();

TargetClient targetJavaClient = TargetClient.create(clientConfig);

TargetDeliveryRequest targetDeliveryRequest = TargetDeliveryRequest.builder()
        .context(new Context().channel(ChannelType.WEB))
        .build();

Attributes offerAttributes = targetJavaClient.getAttributes(targetDeliveryRequest, "demo-engineering-flags");

//returns just the value of searchProviderId from the mbox offer
String searchProviderId = offerAttributes.getString("demo-engineering-flags", "searchProviderId");

//returns a simple Map representing the mbox offer
Map<String, Object> engineeringFlags = offerAttributes.toMboxMap("demo-engineering-flags");

//  the value of engineeringFlags looks like this
//  {
//      "cdnHostname": "cdn.cloud.corp.net",
//      "searchProviderId": 143,
//      "hasLegacyAccess": false
//  }

String assetUrl = "http://" + engineeringFlags.cdnHostname + "/path/to/asset";

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