3. Store and rse the JSON payload
The mechanism you use to store the JSON payload depends on your system architecture. You can use a local file, a database, or a memory object caching system such as Memcached. You need to be able to read this JSON from your application for consumption. In this guide, we use a local file as the storage.
//... Code removed for brevity
function onArtifactDownloadSucceeded(event) {
const jsonPath = 'src/config/target-rules.json'
fs.writeFile(jsonPath, JSON.stringify(event.artifactPayload), 'utf8', (err) => {
if (err) {
throw err;
};
console.log(`The artifact from '${event.artifactLocation}' is now saved to '${jsonPath}'`);
});
}
function onArtifactDownloadFailed(event) {
console.log(`The local decisioning artifact failed to download from '${event.artifactLocation}' with the following error message: ${event.error.message}`);
}
//... Code removed for brevity
MboxRequest mbox = new MboxRequest().name("homepage").index(0);
TargetDeliveryRequest request = TargetDeliveryRequest.builder()
.context(new Context().channel(ChannelType.WEB))
.execute(new ExecuteRequest().mboxes(Arrays.asList(mbox)))
.build();
TargetDeliveryResponse response = targetClient.getOffers(request);
By initializing the Adobe TargetSDK via the JSON payload, your server is ready to serve requests immediately with on-device decisioning activities, since the Adobe TargetSDK does not need to wait for the rule artifact to be downloaded.
Here is an example demonstrating the JSON payload-initializing capability.
const express = require("express");
const cookieParser = require("cookie-parser");
const TargetClient = require("@adobe/target-nodejs-sdk");
const CONFIG = {
client: "<your target client code>",
organizationId: "your EC org id",
decisioningMethod: "on-device",
pollingInterval : 300000,
events: {
clientReady : startWebServer,
artifactDownloadSucceeded : onArtifactDownloadSucceeded,
artifactDownloadFailed : onArtifactDownloadFailed
},
};
function onArtifactDownloadSucceeded(event) {
const jsonPath = 'src/config/target-rules.json'
fs.writeFile(jsonPath, JSON.stringify(event.artifactPayload), 'utf8', (err) => {
if (err) {
throw err;
};
console.log(`The artifact from '${event.artifactLocation}' is now saved to '${jsonPath}'`);
});
}
function onArtifactDownloadFailed(event) {
console.log(`The on-device decisioning artifact failed to download from '${event.artifactLocation}' with the following error message: ${event.error.message}`);
}
const app = express();
const targetClient = TargetClient.create(CONFIG);
app.use(cookieParser());
function saveCookie(res, cookie) {
if (!cookie) {
return;
}
res.cookie(cookie.name, cookie.value, {maxAge: cookie.maxAge * 1000});
}
const getResponseHeaders = () => ({
"Content-Type": "text/html",
"Expires": new Date().toUTCString()
});
function sendSuccessResponse(res, response) {
res.set(getResponseHeaders());
saveCookie(res, response.targetCookie);
res.status(200).send(response);
}
function sendErrorResponse(res, error) {
res.set(getResponseHeaders());
res.status(500).send(error);
}
function startWebServer() {
app.get('/*', async (req, res) => {
const targetCookie = req.cookies[TargetClient.TargetCookieName];
const request = {
execute: {
mboxes: [{
address: { url: req.headers.host + req.originalUrl },
name: "on-device-homepage-banner" // Ensure that you have a LIVE Activity running on this location
}]
}};
try {
const response = await targetClient.getOffers({ request, targetCookie });
sendSuccessResponse(res, response);
} catch (error) {
console.error("Target:", error);
sendErrorResponse(res, error);
}
});
app.listen(3000, function () {
console.log("Listening on port 3000 and watching!");
});
}
import com.adobe.target.edge.client.ClientConfig;
import com.adobe.target.edge.client.TargetClient;
import com.adobe.target.delivery.v1.model.ChannelType;
import com.adobe.target.delivery.v1.model.Context;
import com.adobe.target.delivery.v1.model.ExecuteRequest;
import com.adobe.target.delivery.v1.model.MboxRequest;
import com.adobe.target.edge.client.entities.TargetDeliveryRequest;
import com.adobe.target.edge.client.model.TargetDeliveryResponse;
@Controller
public class TargetController {
private TargetClient targetClient;
TargetController() {
// You should instantiate TargetClient in a Bean and inject the instance into this class
// but we show the code here for demonstration purpose.
ClientConfig config = ClientConfig.builder()
.client("<you target client code>")
.organizationId("<your EC org id>")
.onDeviceDecisioningHandler(
new OnDeviceDecisioningHandler() {
void onDeviceDecisioningReady() {
// On-Device Decision is ready.
}
void artifactDownloadSucceeded(byte[] artifactData) {
// Store artifactData to local disk.
// ...
}
}
)
.build();
targetClient = TargetClient.create(config);
}
@GetMapping("/")
public String homePage() {
MboxRequest mbox = new MboxRequest().name("homepage").index(0);
TargetDeliveryRequest request = TargetDeliveryRequest.builder()
.context(new Context().channel(ChannelType.WEB))
.execute(new ExecuteRequest().mboxes(Arrays.asList(mbox)))
.build();
TargetDeliveryResponse response = targetClient.getOffers(request);
// ...
}
}
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