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Andrzej Bieda
Written by Andrzej Bieda

Updating user attributes via UE.pageHit method

Learn how to use the UE.pageHit method to update your users data.


What is UE.pageHit

It’s a JavaScript method that:

  • logs a page view for the user

  • updates user’s attributes values

  • logs and event (optionally)

Using UE.pageHit method you can update user’s attributes in User.com. Just add an attribute and a value, as in the example below. Remember to use proper formatting!

UE.pageHit({
   "email":"test@user.com"
})

How it works

UE.pageHit sends a request to User.com server and updates a URL (generates a new page view) and passes user attributes with certain data. It's the equivalent of a user navigating to a new page.

What if I don't want to log a page view? Then you can use the client update method.

userengage('client.update', {attribute: 'value'});

Attributes you can’t update

Using methods mentioned above allows us to update certain attributes only. Here’s the list of ones you cannot change:

  • Page views (integer)

  • First seen (date & time)

  • Last seen (date & time)

  • Date created (date & time)

  • Date updated (date & time)

  • Key (string)

  • Email mx valid (boolean)

  • Web push notification (boolean)

  • Country (string) 

  • Region (string)

  • City (string)

  • URL (string)

  • IP address (string)

  • Referrer (string)

  • Timezone (string)

  • Device (fixed choices; 1 - mobile, 2 - desktop, 3 - tablet)

  • Browser (string)

  • Browser language (string)

  • Browser version (string)

  • Os type (string)

  • Hostname (string)

  • Screen resolution (string)

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