plugins/browser-plugin-ad-tracking/README.md
# Snowplow Advertising Tracking
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Browser Plugin to be used with `@snowplow/browser-tracker`.
Adds advertising based events to your Snowplow tracking.
## Maintainer quick start
Part of the Snowplow JavaScript Tracker monorepo.
Build with [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) (14 or 16) and [Rush](https://rushjs.io/).
### Setup repository
```bash
npm install -g @microsoft/rush
git clone https://github.com/snowplow/snowplow-javascript-tracker.git
rush update
```
## Package Installation
With npm:
```bash
npm install @snowplow/browser-plugin-ad-tracking
```
## Usage
Initialize your tracker with the AdTrackingPlugin:
```js
import { newTracker } from '@snowplow/browser-tracker';
import { AdTrackingPlugin } from '@snowplow/browser-plugin-ad-tracking';
newTracker('sp1', '{{collector}}', { plugins: [ AdTrackingPlugin() ] }); // Also stores reference at module level
```
Then use the `trackX` functions from this package to track to all trackers which have been initialized with this plugin:
```js
import { trackAdClick } from '@snowplow/browser-plugin-ad-tracking';
trackAdClick({
targetUrl: 'http://www.example.com',
clickId: '12243253',
costModel: 'cpm',
cost: 2.5,
bannerId: '23',
zoneId: '7',
impressionId: '67965967893',
advertiserId: '201',
campaignId: '12',
});
```
## Copyright and license
Licensed and distributed under the [BSD 3-Clause License](LICENSE) ([An OSI Approved License][osi]).
Copyright (c) 2022 Snowplow Analytics Ltd, 2010 Anthon Pang.
All rights reserved.
[npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@snowplow/browser-plugin-ad-tracking
[npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/@snowplow/browser-plugin-ad-tracking
[docs]: https://docs.snowplowanalytics.com/docs/collecting-data/collecting-from-own-applications/javascript-tracker/
[osi]: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause
[license-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/l/@snowplow/browser-plugin-ad-tracking