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Change Log

All notable changes to the RedPoint JavaScript Web Client will be documented in this file.

[Unreleased]

[RPI 6.6.0] - 2022 TBD

Fixed

Added

Changed

  • Removed backwards compatibility for legacy (pre 5.2) visitor cookies

Deprecated

Removed

[RPI 6.5.0] - 2022 April

Fixed

Added

Changed

  • Added DOM element as an argument to registerForClickEvents

Deprecated

Removed

[RPI 6.4.0] - 2021 December

Fixed

Added

  • Added properties to RpiWebClientConfig to support doNotTrack
    • enableDoNotTrack

Changed

Deprecated

Removed

[RPI 6.3.0] - 2021 July

Fixed

Added

  • Added properties to RpiWebClientConfig to support Smart Asset updates
    • smartAssetDecisions
    • visitorProfileMergeMode
    • realtimeContextSearchMode
  • Added data property to RpiWebClient to store decision results, lens results and tag data
  • Added events to support Smart Asset updates
    • rpiWebClientSmartAssetDecisionRender
    • rpiDecisionTagLoad
    • rpiDecisionRecommendationLoad

Changed

  • Changed function getDecision to remove the optional slotName method parameter
  • Changed functions getDecision/getDecisions to call /SmartAssets/{clientID}/Results for improved performance
  • Changed functions getContextDecision/getContextsDecisions to call /SmartAssets/{clientID}/Results for improved performance

Deprecated

  • Deprecated function getDecision, use getSmartAssetDecisions instead
  • Deprecated function getDecisions, use getSmartAssetDecisions instead
  • Deprecated function renderDecision, use renderSmartAssetDecisions instead
  • Deprecated function renderDecisions, use renderSmartAssetDecisions instead
  • Deprecated interface ContentDecision, use SmartAssetDecision instead

Removed

  • Removed unused declarations
    • getApiDecisionRequest
    • serializeFormData
    • getIsMasterMessage
    • getDecisionUrl
    • getDecisionContextUrl
  • Removed property contentDecisions of RpiWebClientConfig
  • Removed property enableDecisionCaching of RpiWebClientConfig
  • Removed event rpiWebClientDecisionRender

[RPI 6.2.0] - 2021 March

Fixed

  • Fixed bug that prevented the flushing of pending events on init when enablePageVisitTracking is set to false

Added

  • Added support for sending list parameters to the realtime web service
  • Added support for Realtime Lens functionality to assist in collecting visitor profile data

Changed

  • Changed RPIWebClient to transpile from Typescript with a target of ECMAScript 6 (ES6)

Deprecated

Removed

[RPI 6.1.0] - 2020 June

Added

  • Added decisionResults array to track decision results for an RPIWebClient instance
  • Added realtimeCookieSameSite setting to RpiWebClientConfig to control the SameSite setting for the visitor cookie
  • Added serverCookieEnabled setting to RpiWebClientConfig to control specify if the server-side visitor cookie is in use
  • Added support for specifying realtime slot names in the DOM using the rg-content-slot custom attribute
    • getDomElement will fall back to using DOM IDs if the query for rg-content-slot is undefined
  • Added rg-decision-meta custom attribute to the DOM elements replaced with content returned from the realtime service

Changed

  • Updated internal implementation to use navigator.sendBeacon for link click tracking, where supported
    • Improves link click tracking in Safari 11.1+ and Firefox 31+
    • Implemented local storage solution for older versions of Safari and Firefox where click events will be recorded on the subsequent page visit
  • Renamed parseDecisionResponse to parseResponseJSON to be concise with usage
  • The visitor cookie has been updated to only be transmitted on secure requests

Deprecated

Removed

[RPI 6.0.0] - 2020 February

Added

  • Added getDomElement function to enhance plugability of rendering functionality
  • Added isInitialized property to track the initialization status of the web client

Changed

Deprecated

Removed

[RPI 5.2.0] - 2019 August

Added

  • Added this CHANGELOG file to track web client changes between RPI versions
  • Added rpiWebClientInitVisitor event to notify subscribers when the visitor object is initialized
  • Added plugin to support LiveRamp pixel redirect implementation with realtime
    • Added rpiVisitorIdentityLinkSet event to notify subscribers when a LiveRamp IdentityLink has been associated with a visitor profile
  • Added getCachedVisitor function to retrieve the visitor object from realtime service
  • Added enablePageVisitTracking configuration option to enable/disable page visit tracking from the web client

Changed

  • Migrated content and context decision logic from deprecated GET decision endpoints to POST endpoints
  • Fixed bug with getDecision callback to handle multiple results returned from the realtime service
  • Consolidated visitor, device and geolocation cookies into a single cookie, including new visitor profile object returned from realtime service
    • Code added to migrate old cookies to new visitor cookie format
  • Implemented UUID for generating visitor IDs from the web client
  • Refactored flushRealtimeParameters function to reduce unnecessary calls to cache/visit endpoint

Deprecated

Removed

  • Removed private functions for supporting legacy RPI content publishing features
    • _renderDynamicContent
    • _getDecision
    • _renderDecision
    • _renderMultipleDecisions

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