Product

The product object represents a product line item that is in the cart or that has been purchased in an order.

Properties

id

• Type: string

• Required

A unique product identifier. Used to differentiate products in the cart or order.

Some shopping carts use the same identifier or SKU for different variants of a product. If multiple products appear with the same id, Fanplayr will consider them identical and merge their quantities together. This can lead to undesired data being tracked so it is important that you provide a unique id for each distinct product being tracked.

See: Product merging strategy

qty

• Type: integer

• Required

The quantity of the line item in the cart or order.

sku

• Type: string

• Required

The product SKU. This may be the same as id, but is also made available as a segmentation option.

name

• Type: string

• Required

The product name. E.g. "Red Shoes".

price

• Type: float

• Required

The unit price of the product visible to the user.

For carts that implement a base price and a discounted/sale price, use the discounted price if it is the price shown to users when they add the product to the cart.

brands

• Type: string[]

• Scope: Only applies to Product objects used in Shopping Cart and Order Confirmation pages. For Product pages, use the page-level brands property.

An array of brand names associated with the product.

Example: ["Nike"]

categories

• Type: string[]

• Scope: Only applies to Product objects used in Shopping Cart and Order Confirmation pages. For Product pages, use the page-level categories property.

An array of category names associated with the product.

Example: ["Women", "Shoes"]

catId

• Type: string

• Deprecated. Use categories instead.

The ID of the category that this product belongs to. Multiple categories can be specified by separating them by commas. E.g. "32,762".

catName

• Type: string

• Deprecated. Use categories instead.

The name of the category that this product belongs to. Multiple categories can be specified by separating them by commas. E.g. "Hardwood floors,Benches".

url

• Type: string

The URL of the page that displays full details of the product.

image

• Type: string

The URL of the product image.

Product merging strategy

Fanplayr will not be able to track these as separate products as they share the same id:

[
  {
    id: 'aygwi',
    sku: 'aygwi',
    name: 'Crew Tee (Black)',
    price: 10.00,
    qty: 1
  },
  {
    id: 'aygwi',
    sku: 'aygwi',
    name: 'Crew Tee (White)',
    price: 15.00,
    qty: 1
  }
]

Instead, Fanplayr will see these as a single product because it merges quantities of products with the same id. This can lead to incorrect calculation of product prices and quantities.

[
  {
    id: 'aygwi',
    sku: 'aygwi',
    name: 'Crew Tee (Black)',
    price: 10.00,
    qty: 2
  }
]

This can be avoided by providing unique identifiers for products:

[
  {
    id: 'aygwi-black',
    sku: 'aygwi',
    name: 'Crew Tee (Black)',
    price: 10.00,
    qty: 1
  },
  {
    id: 'aygwi-white',
    sku: 'aygwi',
    name: 'Crew Tee (White)',
    price: 15.00,
    qty: 1
  }
]