Appboy

Class: User

User

ab.User provides an object which lets you update the attributes stored by Braze for your user.

This class has been designed to provide fire and forget semantics and to not impact the performance or lifecycle of calling code. As such, changes made to an ab.User are enqueued locally and flushed to Braze's servers asynchronously.

new User()

Do not construct directly - use appboy.getUser() to get the user object.

Members

<static, readonly> Genders :string

Enum to represent valid genders.

Type:
  • string
Properties:
Name Type Default Description
MALE string m
FEMALE string f
OTHER string o
UNKNOWN string u
NOT_APPLICABLE string n
PREFER_NOT_TO_SAY string p

<static, readonly> NotificationSubscriptionTypes :string

Enum to represent notification status for email and push notifications.

Type:
  • string
Properties:
Name Type Default Description
OPTED_IN string opted_in
SUBSCRIBED string subscribed
UNSUBSCRIBED string unsubscribed

Methods

addAlias(alias, label) → {boolean}

Adds an an alias for the user. (alias, label) pairs can exist on one and only one user. If a different user already has this alias or external user id, the alias attempt will be rejected on the server.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
alias string

An identifier for this user.
label string

A label for the alias. e.g. the source of the alias, like "internal_id"
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

addToCustomAttributeArray(key, value) → {boolean}

Adds a string to a custom atttribute string array, or creates that array if one doesn't exist.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
key string

The identifier of the custom attribute. Limited to 255 characters in length, cannot begin with a $, and can only contain alphanumeric characters and punctuation.
value string

The string to be added to the array. Strings are limited to 255 characters in length, cannot begin with a $, and can only contain alphanumeric characters and punctuation.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

getUserId(callback)

Asynchronously retrieves the current user's id, or null if the user is anonymous / has not been identified. For example:

appboy.getUser().getUserId(function(userId) {
   console.log('The user is ' + userId);
});
Parameters:
Name Type Description
callback function

Asynchronous callback - this will be invoked with the userId.

incrementCustomUserAttribute(key, incrementValue) → {boolean}

Increment/decrement the value of a custom attribute. Only numeric custom attributes can be incremented. Attempts to increment a custom attribute that is not numeric will be ignored. If you increment a custom attribute that has not previously been set, a custom attribute will be created and assigned the value of incrementValue. To decrement the value of a custom attribute, use a negative incrementValue.

Parameters:
Name Type Argument Default Description
key string

The identifier of the custom attribute. Limited to 255 characters in length, cannot begin with a $, and can only contain alphanumeric characters and punctuation.
incrementValue integer <optional>
 1

May be negative to decrement.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

removeFromCustomAttributeArray(key, value) → {boolean}

Removes a string from a custom attribute string array.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
key string

The identifier of the custom attribute. Limited to 255 characters in length, cannot begin with a $, and can only contain alphanumeric characters and punctuation.
value string

The string to be removed from the array. Strings are limited to 255 characters in length, cannot beging with a $, and can only contain alphanumeric characters and punctuation.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setAvatarImageUrl(avatarImageUrl) → {boolean}

Sets the url for the avatar image for the user, which will be displayed on the user profile and throughout the Braze dashboard.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
avatarImageUrl string
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setCountry(country) → {boolean}

Sets the country for the user.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
country string

Limited to 255 characters in length. Accepts an explicit null value to null out attribute.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setCustomLocationAttribute(key, latitude, longitude) → {boolean}

Sets a custom user location attribute.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
key string

The identifier of the custom location attribute. Limited to 255 characters in length, cannot begin with a $, and can only contain alphanumeric characters and punctuation.
latitude float

The latitude of the user's location in (valid values are between -90 to 90 degrees). Passing a null value for both latitude and longitude will remove this custom attribute from the user.
longitude float

The longitude of the user's location (valid values are between -180 to 180 degrees). Passing a null value for both latitude and longitude will remove this custom attribute from the user.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setCustomUserAttribute(key, value) → {boolean}

Sets a custom user attribute. This can be any key/value pair and is used to collect extra information about the user.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
key string

The identifier of the custom attribute. Limited to 255 characters in length, cannot begin with a $, and can only contain alphanumeric characters and punctuation.
value

Can be numeric, boolean, a Date object, a string, or an array of strings. Strings are limited to 255 characters in length, cannot begin with a $, and can only contain alphanumeric characters and punctuation. Passing a null value will remove this custom attribute from the user.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setDateOfBirth(year, month, day) → {boolean}

Sets the date of birth of the user. Alternatively takes in null values for all parameters to set date of birth to null.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
year integer
month integer

1-12
day integer
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setEmail(email) → {boolean}

Sets the email address of the user.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
email string

Must pass RFC-5322 email address validation. Accepts an explicit null value to null out attribute.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setEmailNotificationSubscriptionType(notificationSubscriptionType) → {boolean}

Sets whether the user should be sent email campaigns.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
notificationSubscriptionType ab.User.NotificationSubscriptionTypes

Notification setting (explicitly opted-in, subscribed, or unsubscribed).
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setFirstName(firstName) → {boolean}

Sets the first name of the user.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
firstName string

Limited to 255 characters in length. Accepts an explicit null value to null out attribute.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setGender(gender) → {boolean}

Sets the gender of the user.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
gender ab.User.Genders

Generally 'm' or 'f'. Accepts an explicit null value to null out attribute.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setHomeCity(homeCity) → {boolean}

Sets the home city for the user.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
homeCity string

Limited to 255 characters in length. Accepts an explicit null value to null out attribute.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setLanguage(language) → {boolean}

Sets the language for this user. By default, the user's language is detected automatically from the browser. If you call this method, Braze will ignore the detected language and use the language you have provided instead.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
language string

An ISO 639-1 Language Code. Accepts an explicit null value to null out attribute.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setLastKnownLocation(latitude, longitude, accuracy, altitude, altitudeAccuracy) → {boolean}

Sets the last known location for the user.

Parameters:
Name Type Argument Description
latitude float

The latitude of the user's location in (valid values are between -90 to 90 degrees)
longitude float

The longitude of the user's location (valid values are between -180 to 180 degrees)
accuracy float <optional>

The accuracy of the user's lat/long in meters.
altitude float <optional>

The altitude of the user's location in meters above or below the WGS 84 reference ellipsoid.
altitudeAccuracy float <optional>

The accuracy of the user's altitude in meters.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setLastName(lastName) → {boolean}

Sets the last name of the user.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
lastName string

Limited to 255 characters in length. Accepts an explicit null value to null out attribute.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setPhoneNumber(phoneNumber) → {boolean}

Sets the phone number of the user.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
phoneNumber string

A phone number is considered valid if it is no more than 255 characters in length and contains only numbers, whitespace, and the following special characters +.-() Accepts an explicit null value to null out attribute.
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean

setPushNotificationSubscriptionType(notificationSubscriptionType) → {boolean}

Sets whether the user should be sent push campaigns.

Parameters:
Name Type Description
notificationSubscriptionType ab.User.NotificationSubscriptionTypes

Notification setting (explicitly opted-in, subscribed, or unsubscribed).
Returns:

Whether the update was successfully enqueued.

Type
boolean