[aerogear-dev] Metrics Endpoint (was: Re: Advanced Analtyics, new PR and call to the client tech leads)

Matthias Wessendorf matzew at apache.org
Mon May 11 09:44:25 EDT 2015


iOS is also semi automatic ;-)

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Daniel Passos <dpassos at redhat.com> wrote:

> Of course. My point was just to be clear we can't do it "automatic" :)
>
> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Erik Jan de Wit <edewit at redhat.com>
> wrote:
>
>> but the android sdk could have a method for uploading the metrics, so
>> that a developer can opt for having that displayed on the dashboard.
>>
>> This method can then also be used for cordova ;)
>>
>> On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 3:30 PM, Daniel Passos <dpassos at redhat.com>
>> wrote:
>> > On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 2:10 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <matzew at apache.org>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 11:58 PM, Daniel Passos <dpassos at redhat.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Just to be clear, we are talking about metrics for messages delivered
>> >>> (received on device) or about really read/open?
>> >>>
>> >>> Because in Android land is not possible know when message was
>> >>> read/opened. We delegate how the message will be delivered/showed to
>> the
>> >>> MessageHandler[1] and we don't have access to it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> when the user clicks on the message, the app opens. That's what we
>> track
>> >> w/ this PR, not the actual: I read the message - more "App was opened
>> due to
>> >> push", see:
>> >> https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AGPUSH-971
>> >
>> >
>> > I can't do that. I can't do an action when app was opened. To do that we
>> > would need to create our own application[1] class, and all projects
>> would
>> > need to extend it. As I have told in my previous email, for now I only
>> can
>> > do something when the message is delivered to the device.
>> >
>> > [1] http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Application.html
>> >
>> >>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Today we only have access when the message is delivered. Basically we
>> >>> receive the message in a AeroGearGCMMessageReceiver[2] do some checks
>> and
>> >>> push the message for all Handles registered[3][4]
>> >>>
>> >>> [1]
>> >>>
>> https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-android-push/blob/master/aerogear-android-push/src/main/java/org/jboss/aerogear/android/unifiedpush/MessageHandler.java
>> >>> [2]
>> >>>
>> https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-android-push/blob/master/aerogear-android-push/src/main/java/org/jboss/aerogear/android/unifiedpush/gcm/AeroGearGCMMessageReceiver.java
>> >>> [3]
>> >>>
>> https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-android-push/blob/master/aerogear-android-push/src/main/java/org/jboss/aerogear/android/unifiedpush/RegistrarManager.java#L118
>> >>> [4]
>> >>>
>> https://github.com/aerogear/aerogear-android-push/blob/master/aerogear-android-push/src/main/java/org/jboss/aerogear/android/unifiedpush/RegistrarManager.java#L130
>> >>>
>> >>> -- Passos
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 6:38 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <
>> matzew at apache.org>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hi,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> as discussed on the previous thread, there will be a new endpoint to
>> >>>> 'track' the "App opened/launched due to received push notification".
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Internally, on the UPS, the Push Message has an ID, which get's
>> append
>> >>>> to the payload of the notification, like here:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> https://github.com/matzew/aerogear-unifiedpush-server/blob/analytics/push/sender/src/main/java/org/jboss/aerogear/unifiedpush/message/sender/APNsPushNotificationSender.java#L107-L108
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On the client SDKs this will be read and a HTTP call made to the soon
>> >>>> introduced MetricsEndpoint. Currently this info is send to the
>> >>>> RegistrationEndpoint, including the deviceToken/registrationId.
>> However, I
>> >>>> think that the deviceToken/registrationId is currently not needed for
>> >>>> metrics, since we are just interested in anonymous "app
>> launched/opened due
>> >>>> to push", and not a specific "DEVICE X did open, while DEVICE Y did
>> not yet
>> >>>> open".
>> >>>>
>> >>>> So all we really need is the ID of the push notification, to be
>> >>>> processed by our Metrics Service
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> https://github.com/matzew/aerogear-unifiedpush-server/blob/analytics/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/jboss/aerogear/unifiedpush/rest/registry/installations/InstallationRegistrationEndpoint.java#L128-L133
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Therefore my proposal is have an endpoint:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> PUT /metrics/pushmessage/{pushMessageID}
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I think PUT is good/best, because there is nothing really created on
>> the
>> >>>> server, it's more updating the 'counter' on the existing
>> >>>> PushMessageInformation object.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thoughts?
>> >>>> -Matthias
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >>
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