API client / Methods / Insights

This method is only available for JavaScript.

Required API Key: any key with the search ACL
Method signature
Only available for JavaScript

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About this method

Get the anonymous user token from the Insights API Client state.

Use this method to keep track of the anonymous user token generated by the Insights API Client.

Examples

Read the Algolia CLI documentation for more information.

The following example initializes the Insights API client aa with a generated anonymous user token.

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import aa from "search-insights";

aa('init', {
  appId: 'YourApplicationID',
  apiKey: 'YourSearchOnlyAPIKey',
});

Then, retrieve the generated user token.

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aa('getUserToken', {}, (err, userToken) => {
  if (err) {
    console.error(err);
    return;
  }

  console.log(userToken);
});

Parameters

Parameter Description
options
type: object

The options to retrieve the user token.

This argument isn’t used for now, so you can pass an empty object.

callback
type: (err: Error, userToken: string) => void

The function called with a possible error and the user token.

Response

This method doesn't return a response.

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