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ana boies
ana boies

Reputation: 155

Adobe Analytics - Different domain for s_vi cookie

I'm working on a ecommerce site which uses both Data Insertion Api and javascript (AppMeasurment.js) to send data to Adobe collecting servers. I need to read the s_vi cookie value in order to send data from backend.

When I look a the requests in firefox, the s_vi cookie has a different domain than my domain (I'm testing on localhost), so I can't read it.

Any help is appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 788

Answers (2)

CrayonViolent
CrayonViolent

Reputation: 32517

By default, Adobe Analytics is implemented with 3rd party cookies, but because of the Same-Origin Policy, javascript can only read cookies that are set on the same domain as the page.

If you already have your own system in place for tracking visitors by an id, you can explicitly set s.visitorID and it will override the default id. If you go this route, then you don't need to read the cookie, as you already have the value exposed.

Alternatively, you can implement the Visitor ID Service which is a cross-domain 1st party cookie solution (Note: I have found that it does not work 100% cross-domain though, depending on how strict a visitor's browser settings are, particularly in IE). Because this is a first party cookie solution, you will then be able to read the cookie with javascript.

Upvotes: 0

Nils
Nils

Reputation: 151

The s_vi cookie is set in a response from your Data Collection Server (e.g. 'metrics.yoursite.com'), so you can only see that cookie in a matching domain space (e.g. 'yoursite.com'.)

To test on localhost, you could try using Fiddler to map requests for 'yoursite.com' to your localhost (or machine name) so your browser will send the cookie with those requests.

Upvotes: 1

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