Send Notifications (.NET)

Last update: July 17, 2023

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  • Developer

Description

SendNotifications() is used to send display or click notifications to Adobe Target for measurement and reporting.

NOTE
When an Execute object with required params is within the request itself, the impression will be incremented automatically for qualifying activities.

SDK methods that will increment an impression automatically are:

  • GetOffers()
  • GetAttributes()

When a Prefetch object is passed within the request, the impression is not automatically incremented for the activities with mboxes within the Prefetch object. SendNotifications() must be used for prefetched experiences for incrementing impressions and conversions.

Method

Create

TargetDeliveryResponse TargetClient.SendNotifications(TargetDeliveryRequest request)

Example

First, let’s build the Target Delivery API request for prefetching content for the home and product1 mboxes.

.NET

var mboxRequests = new List<MboxRequest>
    {
        new (index: 1, name: "home"),
        new (index: 2, name: "product1"),
    };

var targetDeliveryRequest = new TargetDeliveryRequest.Builder()
    .SetPrefetch(new PrefetchRequest(mboxes: mboxRequests))
    .Build();

// Next, we fetch the offers via Target .NET SDK GetOffers() API
var targetResponse = targetClient.GetOffers(targetDeliveryRequest);

A successful response will contain a Target Delivery API response object, which contains prefetched content for the requested mboxes. A sample targetResponse.Response object may appear as follows:

.NET

{
  "status": 200,
  "requestId": "e8ac2dbf5f7d4a9f9280f6071f24a01e",
  "id": {
    "tntId": "08210e2d751a44779b8313e2d2692b96.21_27"
  },
  "client": "adobetargetmobile",
  "edgeHost": "mboxedge21.tt.omtrdc.net",
  "prefetch": {
    "mboxes": [
      {
        "index": 0,
        "name": "home",
        "options": [
          {
            "type": "html",
            "content": "HOME OFFER",
            "eventToken": "t0FRvoWosOqHmYL5G18QCZNWHtnQtQrJfmRrQugEa2qCnQ9Y9OaLL2gsdrWQTvE54PwSz67rmXWmSnkXpSSS2Q==",
            "responseTokens": {
              "profile.memberlevel": "0",
              "geo.city": "dublin",
              "activity.id": "302740",
              "experience.name": "Experience B",
              "geo.country": "ireland"
            }
          }
        ],
        "state": "J+W1Fq18hxliDDJonTPfV0S+mzxapAO3d14M43EsM9f12A6QaqL+E3XKkRFlmq9U"
      },
      {
        "index": 1,
        "name": "product1",
        "options": [
          {
            "type": "html",
            "content": "TEST OFFER 1",
            "eventToken": "t0FRvoWosOqHmYL5G18QCZNWHtnQtQrJfmRrQugEa2qCnQ9Y9OaLL2gsdrWQTvE54PwSz67rmXWmSnkXpSSS2Q==",
            "responseTokens": {
              "profile.memberlevel": "0",
              "geo.city": "dublin",
              "activity.id": "302740",
              "experience.name": "Experience B",
              "geo.country": "ireland"
            }
          }
        ],
        "state": "J+W1Fq18hxliDDJonTPfV0S+mzxapAO3d14M43EsM9f12A6QaqL+E3XKkRFlmq9U"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Note the mbox name and state fields, as well as the eventToken field, in each of the Target content options. These should be provided in the SendNotifications() request, as soon as each content option is displayed. Let’s suppose the product1 mbox has been displayed on a non-browser device. The notifications request will appear as follows:

.NET

var mboxNotifications = new List<Notification>
{
    new (id: "1", type: MetricType.Display, timestamp: DateTimeOffset.UtcNow.ToUnixTimeMilliseconds(),
        mbox: new NotificationMbox("product1", "J+W1Fq18hxliDDJonTPfV0S+mzxapAO3d14M43EsM9f12A6QaqL+E3XKkRFlmq9U"),
        tokens: new List<string> { "t0FRvoWosOqHmYL5G18QCZNWHtnQtQrJfmRrQugEa2qCnQ9Y9OaLL2gsdrWQTvE54PwSz67rmXWmSnkXpSSS2Q==" })
};

var mboxNotificationRequest = new TargetDeliveryRequest.Builder()
    .SetNotifications(mboxNotifications)
    .Build();

Notice we have included both the mbox state and the event token corresponding to the Target offer delivered in the prefetch response. Having built the notifications request, we can send it to Target via the SendNotifications() API method:

.NET

var notificationResponse = targetClient.SendNotifications(mboxNotificationRequest);
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