Custom actions

Batch Actions is a module allowing you to register remotely-configurable runnable code to the SDK, when simple deeplinks wouldn't be enough. They can be triggered at any time by the SDK, allowing you to focus on the action code rather than when to trigger it.

Batch comes with builtin actions (deeplinking, user data edition, etc...)

Note: On iOS, actions are mainly used for mobile landings, but their usage will be extended in future Batch versions.

Registering an action

An action has two components:

• An identifier (case-unsensitive string), which will allow you to reference this action

  • While the identifier string is up to you, it cannot start with "batch.": these identifiers are reserved for built-in actions.

• An implementation block

Registering them is easy, and should be done every time your app starts, right before starting Batch:

Swift

BatchActions.register(BatchUserAction(identifier: "<YOUR_ACTION_NAME>",
                                      actionBlock: { (identifier: String, arguments: [String : Any], source: BatchUserActionSource?) in
    // Your action code here
}))

Objective-C

BatchUserActionBlock alertActionBlock = ^(NSString * _Nonnull identifier, NSDictionary<NSString *,NSObject *> * _Nonnull arguments, id<BatchUserActionSource>  _Nullable source) {
    // Your action code here
};
[BatchActions registerAction:[BatchUserAction userActionWithIdentifier:@"<YOUR_ACTION_NAME>"
                                                           actionBlock:alertActionBlock]];

The source argument represents what caused the action to be triggered. You can use isKindOfClass (or a swift cast using as?) to check what source it comes from, and read what you need. Two sources classes are currently used: BatchPushMessage and BatchManualUserActionSource. More will be added in the future.

Unregistering an action

Simply call the unregister method with the previously set identifier:

Swift

BatchActions.unregister(actionIdentifier: "<YOUR_ACTION_NAME>")

Objective-C

[BatchActions unregisterActionIdentifier:@"<YOUR_ACTION_NAME>"];

Triggering an action

You might want to re-use the code you've already registered to Batch from your own code by triggering an action.

Simply give Batch the action identifier and arguments, and it will call your action:

Swift

BatchActions.perform(actionIdentifier: "alert", arguments: ["title": "Hello", "body": "How are you doing?"])

Objective-C

[BatchActions performActionIdentifiedBy:@"alert" withArguments:@{@"title":@"Hello", @"body":@"How are you doing?"}];

Note: Built-in Batch actions are reserved to the SDK and not triggerable that way

Built-in actions

Batch provide a set of pre-defined actions, allowing you to easily trigger a specific behavior without implementing them yourself.

batch.dismiss

Simply dismiss the notification and exit

Arguments

N/A

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batch.deeplink

Open the provided deeplink (will call the Deeplink Interceptor if one is set).

Arguments (required)

Name	Value
l	String - Required The deeplink to open E.g.{"l":"https://google.com"}
li	Boolean - Optional - Default false If true the Batch SDK will try to open your deeplink inside the app E.g.{"li":false}

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batch.ios_request_notifications

Show the notification permissions pop-up.

Arguments

N/A

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batch.ios_redirect_settings

Open the notifications settings of the current application.

Arguments

N/A

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batch.ios_smart_reoptin

Checks if the user has already been asked for notifications, if not it shows the notification permissions pop-up, otherwise it opens the notifications settings of the current application.

Arguments

N/A

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batch.user.tag

Add or remove a tag associated with the current user.

Arguments (required)

Name	Value
a	String - Required The action to perform. Acceptable values are add and remove E.g.{"a":"remove"}
c	String - Required The collection to use when updating the tag E.g.{"c":"actions"}
t	String - Required The tag to update E.g.{"t":"has_bought"}

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batch.user.event

Send an event with associated tags and data.

Arguments (required)

Name	Value
e	String - Required The name of the event to send E.g.{"e":"my_awesome_event"}
l	String - Optional - default null The label associated with the event E.g.{"l":"label1"}
t	Array - Optional - default empty list A list of tags to be send with the event E.g.{"t":["tag1","tag2","tag3"]}
a	Object - Optional - default empty object The data to send with the event E.g.{"a":{"key":"value","key2":12,"key3":true}}

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batch.group

Execute a list of up to 10 nested actions successively.

Arguments (required)

Name	Value
actions	Array - Required A list of actions to perform. This list must not be longer than 10 elements and can't contains batch.group actions E.g.{"actions":[["batch.deeplink",{"l":"https://google.com"}],["batch.user.tag",{"add":"..."}]]}

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batch.ios_tracking_consent

On iOS 14, asks for Tracking consent using the AppTrackingTransparency framework. If the user has already been asked and refused to consent, opens the app's settings where tracking can be enabled. Does nothing on iOS 13 and earlier, or if tracking has been restricted by the device's manager. Your application needs to have a 'NSUserTrackingUsageDescription' key in its Info.plist or else iOS will crash it. Available since Batch 1.16.

Arguments

N/A

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batch.clipboard

Copy a text to the device's clipboard.

Arguments (required)

Name	Value
t	String - Required The text to copy E.g.{"t":"My awesome text !"}

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batch.rating

On iOS 10.3+, asks for the user to rate the app using SKStoreReviewController (this API's restrictions apply). Available since Batch 1.17.

Arguments

N/A

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