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Logging an event is how you start collecting data.

An event can be anything you wish, from tracking page hits and app logins through to form submissions and app usage.

By default, a timestamp of the log will be automatically inserted, and so there is no need to include a timestamp yourself. You can, however, add as much extra information to the log as you wish. This extra information can also be queried on, as we will show later.

 The code snippet example will generate a simple pdf from the PDF service.

Code Snippet Example:

//to import the PDF Service classes
$t->runInteraction("Pdf.class.php");
//import config class which contains keys
$t->runInteraction("Config.class.php");

//set header/footer keys
$header_html="{_BLINK_PAGE_NO_}/{_BLINK_PAGES_}<br><hr>";
$footer_html = "<hr><br>{_BLINK_PAGE_NO_}/{_BLINK_PAGES_}";
$body = "<table><td>PDF Example: " . date("c") . "</td></tr></table>";

$content = array(
   "page" => array(
       "orientation" => "Portrait",
       "size" => "A4",
       "margins" => array(
           "top" => "5mm",
           "right" => "1cm",
           "bottom" => "5mm",
           "left" => "1cm"
       )
   ),
   "header" => array(
       "height" => "1in",
       "html" => $header_html
   ),
   "footer" => array(
       "height" => "1in",
       "html" => $footer_thml
   ),
   "body" => array(
       "html" => $body
   )
);


echo "About to build<BR>";

//create object
$pdf = new PDFBuilder(Config::$PDF);
//build pdf, if base64 is required
$result = $pdf->build($content);

echo "<pre>";
print_r($result);
echo "</pre>";

/*
 try {
print_r($result);
 } catch (Exception $e) {
      print_r($result);
 }
*/

return "Done<BR>";


/**
* $result = array(
*  "id" => "<UNIQUE OBJECT ID>",
*  "url" => "http://url.to.pdf/valid.for.3.minutes",
*  "content" => "base64 pdf content"
* );
**/

Explanation:

The first two "runInteraction" lines will simply "include" the class files you already uploaded. Make sure your have used the correct interaction names. You will need to put both of these lines on any page, or interaction, that you will be calling the class.

//create object
$analytics = new Event(Config::$ANALYTICS_COLLECTOR);

This line will simply create the $analytics object, using the details from the the Config.class.php file. You don't need to modify this line.

//register login event with username, returns saved event with unique id
$response = $analytics->log("Login", array("username" => "johnsmith", "group" => "Inspector"));

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After running this method, you will receive a response object that will simply return the data you logged. You can use this to double check values if you wish, but this is optional.

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