Singular's integration with Segment is based on a server-to-server implementation. To integrate with Segment, follow the steps below:
Getting Started
- Get your Singular API Key from the Singular web app under Developer Tools > API Keys.
- In the Segment Destinations page, click Add Destination.
- Search for "Singular" in the Destinations Catalog and confirm the source you'd like to connect to.
- In Segment Settings, add your Singular API Key.
What's supported
- Install Attribution
- Apple Search Ads Attribution
- Custom Event Tracking
- Revenue tracking
- Custom User ID
- "Install Attributed" Postback to Segment (Requires Singular SDK)
Install Attribution
Enable automatic tracking of lifecycle events (Application Opened, Application Installed, Application Updated) via initialization config parameters (iOS, Android) to track installs and sessions in Singular. The Singular session will be sent automatically by the integration as long as you are including the events above.
Apple Search Ads Attribution
To get iAD attribution data into Singular, you must include the analytics-ios-iads-attribution dependency and version 3.6.0 or higher of the Analytics SDK.
To install it, add the following line to your Podfile:
pod "Analytics"
pod "Analytics-iAds-Attribution"
Then import the header and initialize the configuration:
iOS (Obj-C):
#import <Analytics-iAds-Attribution/SEGADTracker.h>
// Initialize the configuration as you would normally.
SEGAnalyticsConfiguration *configuration = [SEGAnalyticsConfiguration configurationWithWriteKey:@"YOUR_WRITE_KEY"];
...
// Configure the client with the iAD middleware to attach iAd properties.
configuration.middlewares = @[ [SEGADTracker middleware] ];
[SEGAnalytics setupWithConfiguration:configuration];
iOS (Swift):
import Analytics-iAds-Attribution
// Initialize the configuration as you would normally.
var configuration = SEGAnalyticsConfiguration(writeKey: "WriteKey")
...
// Configure the client with the iAD middleware to attach iAd properties.
configuration.middlewares = [SEGADTracker.middleware()]
SEGAnalytics.setup(with: configuration)
When iAd information is available, the attribution information is transformed to Segment context this way:
[analytics track:@"Application Installed",
properties: nil,
options: @{
@"context" : @{
@"campaign" : @{
@"provider" : @"Apple",
@"click_date" : attributionInfo[@"iad-click-date"],
@"conversion_date" : attributionInfo[@"iad-conversion-date"],
@"source" : @"iAd",
@"name" : attributionInfo[@"iad-campaign-name"],
@"content" : attributionInfo[@"iad-keyword"],
@"ad_creative" : attributionInfo[@"iad-org-name"],
@"ad_group" : attributionInfo[@"iad-adgroup-name"],
@"id" : attributionInfo[@"iad-campaign-id"],
@"ad_group_id" : attributionInfo[@"iad-adgroup-id"]
}
}
}];
Singular has explicitly mapped the Application Installed lifecycle event to provide the iAd Information.
Tracking Custom Events
Review the Track method documentation. An example call (in Android):
Analytics.with(context).track("Signup")
Analytics.with(context).track("Level9Passed")
These calls are sent to Singular and processed as custom post-install events. They are then available in reporting and user-level exports.
Revenue Tracking
Singular will receive revenue tracking when an event containing the revenue property is sent (including zero value). You can optionally pass the currency (as an iso3 code). The default currency is USD.
Android example:
Analytics.with(context).track("Order Completed", new Properties().putRevenue(1.99));
Custom User ID
Singular has mapped the Custom User ID to the Segment User ID value. Follow the steps here to configure for: iOS, Android.
Enabling the "Install Attributed" Segment Event
Requires the Native Singular SDK:
Analytics.with(context).getAnalyticsContext().traits().anonymousId()
Example SDK Event to be sent immediately after Singular Initialization:
Be sure to pass in the appropriate value for the userId and anonymousId.
iOS (Objective-C):
NSString *userId = @"myUserId";
NSString *anonymousId = [[SEGAnalytics sharedAnalytics] getAnonymousId];
[Singular eventWithArgs:@"Install Attributed",
@"s_user_id",userId,
@"s_anonymous_id",anonymousId, nil];
iOS (Swift):
let userId = "myUserId"
let anonymousId = SEGAnalytics.shared().getAnonymousId()
Singular.event("Install Attributed", withArgs: ["s_user_id":userId,
"s_anonymous_id":anonymousId])
Android (Java):
String userId = new String("myUserID");
String anonymousId = Analytics.with(context).getAnalyticsContext().traits().anonymousId();
Singular.event("Install Attributed", "s_user_id",userId,
"s_anonymous_id",anonymousId);
Once Singular starts receiving the "Install Attributed" Event, you may enable the Event in the Singular UI Partner Configuration screen under Segment: