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Create User Profile

This document will cover the methods to create a user and set channel preferences

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Pre-requisites

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How Suprsend identifies a user

Suprsend identifies a user by a unique identifier distinct_id. The identifier for a user is important as we use this key to create user profile and all the information related to a user, like channel preferences, is attached to that profile. You can view user profile by searching distinct_id on Subscribers page

Please note: you cannot change a user's id once it has been set, so we recommend you use a non-transient id like a primary key rather than a phone number or email address.


Create a user and add communication channels

If you regularly trigger a workflow for users on some pre-decided channels, then instead of adding user channel details in each workflow request, you can set those channel details in the user profile once, and after that, in any workflow trigger request, you only need to pass the distinct_id of the user. All associated channels in the user profile will be automatically picked when executing the workflow.

For event based workflow triggers, you'll have to add channel preference first before sending the event


Step 1. Create a new user

To create a new user or to update the profile of an existing user, you'll have to first instantiate the user object. Call supr_client.user.getInstance to instantiate user object.

import org.json.JSONObject;

import suprsend.Suprsend;
import suprsend.Subscriber;

public class Subscribers {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    getSubscriber();
  }
  
  private static Subscriber getSubscriber() throws SuprsendException {
		Suprsend suprsendClient = new Suprsend("_workspace_key_", "_workspace_secret_");
		// Instiantiate user
    String distinctId = "__distinct_id__";
		Subscriber user = suprClient.user.getInstance(distinctId);
		return user;
	}

Step 2: Set Communication Channel preferences

Communication Channel Preference decides whether a user will receive communication on a particular channel or not. Setting Channel preferences means that whenever you are triggering a workflow, the communication will be sent on the channels set in user profile (given that the template for that channel is present in the template group).

Especially for event based workflow triggers, where you just pass the user's distinct_id and the communication channels are picked from user profile

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Set Channel Preference for event based workflows

In event based workflows, since you only pass user's distinct_id in your track event call, you'll have to add channel preference first in user profile first before making the call.


1. Add User Channels

Use user.add* method(s) to add user channels in a profile

import org.json.JSONObject;

import suprsend.Suprsend;
import suprsend.Subscriber;

public class Subscribers {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    addChannel();
  }

  public static void addChannel() throws Exception {
    // SDK instance
    Suprsend suprsendClient = new Suprsend("workspace_key", "workspace_secret");
    // Subscriber Instance
    String distinctID = "__distinct_id__";
    Subscriber user = suprsendClient.user.getInstance(distinctID);
    
    // Add Email
    user.addEmail("[email protected]");
    
    //Add SMS
    user.addSms("+919999999999");
    
    //Add Whatsapp
    user.addWhatsapp("+919999999999");
    
    // Add Androidpush token.Pass the vendor as 2nd param.
    user.addAndroidpush("androidpush_fcm_token__","fcm");
    user.addAndroidpush("androidpush_xiaomi_token__", "xiaomi");
    
    // Add iospush token 
		user.addIospush("__iospush_apns_token__");
    
    // Add Slack using user email id
    JSONObject slackIdent = new JSONObject()
				.put("access_token", "xoxb-XXXXXXXX")
        .put("email", "[email protected]");
    user.addSlack(slackIdent);
    
    // Add Slack using member_id of the user if known
    JSONObject slackIdent = new JSONObject()
				.put("access_token", "xoxb-XXXXXXXX")
        .put("user_id", "U03XXXXXXXX");
    user.addSlack(slackIdent);
    
    // Add Slack channel_id
    JSONObject slackIdent = new JSONObject()
				.put("access_token", "xoxb-XXXXXXXX")
        .put("channel_id", "C04XXXXXXXX");
    user.addSlack(slackIdent);
    
    // Add Slack incoming webhook
    JSONObject slackIdent = new JSONObject()
				.put("incoming_webhook", new JSONObject().put("url", "https://hooks.slack.com/services/TXXXXXXXXX/BXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"))
    user.addSlack(slackIdent); 
    
    // Add Webpush token json (VAPID)
    JSONObject webpush = new JSONObject()
        .put("endpoint", "__end_point__")
        .put("expirationTime", "")
        .put("keys", new JSONObject()
            .put("p256dh", "__p256dh__")
            .put("auth", "__auth_key__"));
    user.addWebpush(webpush, "vapid");
    
    // Save
    JSONObject response = user.save();
    System.out.println(response);
  }

2. Remove User Channels

Use user.remove* method(s) to remove channels from a user profile

import org.json.JSONObject;

import suprsend.Suprsend;
import suprsend.Subscriber;

public class Subscribers {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    removeChannel();
  }

  public static void removeChannel() throws Exception {
    // SDK instance
    Suprsend suprsendClient = new Suprsend("workspace_key", "workspace_secret");
    // Subscriber Instance
    String distinctID = "__distinct_id__";
    Subscriber user = suprsendClient.user.getInstance(distinctID);
    
    // Remove Email
    user.removeEmail("[email protected]");
    
    //Remove SMS
    user.removeSms("+919999999999");
    
    //Remove Whatsapp
    user.removeWhatsapp("+919999999999");
    
    // Remove Androidpush token.Pass the vendor as 2nd param.
    user.removeAndroidpush("androidpush_fcm_token__","fcm");
    user.removeAndroidpush("androidpush_xiaomi_token__", "xiaomi");
    
    // Remove iospush token 
		user.removeIospush("__iospush_apns_token__");
    
    // Remove Slack using user email id
    JSONObject slackIdent = new JSONObject()
				.put("access_token", "xoxb-XXXXXXXX")
        .put("email", "[email protected]");
    user.removeSlack(slackIdent);
    
    // Remove Slack using member_id of the user if known
    JSONObject slackIdent = new JSONObject()
				.put("access_token", "xoxb-XXXXXXXX")
        .put("user_id", "U03XXXXXXXX");
    user.removeSlack(slackIdent);
    
    // Remove Slack channel_id
    JSONObject slackIdent = new JSONObject()
				.put("access_token", "xoxb-XXXXXXXX")
        .put("channel_id", "C04XXXXXXXX");
    user.removeSlack(slackIdent);
    
    // Remove Slack incoming webhook
    JSONObject slackIdent = new JSONObject()
				.put("incoming_webhook", new JSONObject().put("url", "https://hooks.slack.com/services/TXXXXXXXXX/BXXXXXXXX/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"))
    user.removeSlack(slackIdent); 
    
    // Remove Webpush token json (VAPID)
    JSONObject webpush = new JSONObject()
        .put("endpoint", "__end_point__")
        .put("expirationTime", "")
        .put("keys", new JSONObject()
            .put("p256dh", "__p256dh__")
            .put("auth", "__auth_key__"));
    user.removeWebpush(webpush, "vapid");
    
    // Save
    JSONObject response = user.save();
    System.out.println(response);
  }

3. Remove User Channels in bulk

If you need to delete/unset all emails (or any other channel) of a user, you can call user.unset() method on the user instance. The method accepts the channel key/s (a single key or list of keys)

import org.json.JSONObject;

import suprsend.Suprsend;
import suprsend.Subscriber;

public class Subscribers {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    unsetChannel();
  }

  public static void unsetChannel() throws Exception {
    // SDK instance
    Suprsend suprsendClient = new Suprsend("workspace_key", "workspace_secret");
    // Subscriber Instance
    String distinctID = "__distinct_id__";
    Subscriber user = suprsendClient.user.getInstance(distinctID);

    // --- To unset one channel, for example to delete all emails associated with user
    user.unset("$email");
    
    //what value to pass to unset channels
    // for email:                $email
    // for whatsapp:             $whatsapp
    // for SMS:                  $sms
    // for androidpush tokens:   $androidpush
    // for iospush tokens:       $iospush
    // for webpush tokens:       $webpush
    // for slack:                $slack
    
    // --- multiple channels can also be deleted in one call by passing argument as a list
    ArrayList<String> channels =  new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList("$email","$slack","$androidpush","$iospush","$webpush","$whatsapp"));
    user.unset(channels);
    
    // Save
    JSONObject response = user.save();
    System.out.println(response);
  }

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Note

After calling add*/remove*/unset methods, don't forget to call user.save(). On call of save(), SDK sends the request to SuprSend platform to update the User Profile.


Add Preferences in User Profile

You can also set custom properties in user profile that is used to set user preferences


Set Preferred language

If you want to send notification in user's preferred language, you can set it by passing language code in user.setPreferredLanguage() method. This is useful especially for the applications which offer vernacular or multi-lingual support.

import org.json.JSONObject;

import suprsend.Suprsend;
import suprsend.Subscriber;

public class Subscribers {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    setPreference();
  }

  public static void setPreference() throws Exception {
    // SDK instance
    Suprsend suprsendClient = new Suprsend("workspace_key", "workspace_secret");
    // Subscriber Instance
    String distinctID = "__distinct_id__";
    Subscriber user = suprsendClient.user.getInstance(distinctID);

    // Pass language in ISO 639-1 code
    user.setPreferredLanguage("es");
    
    // Save
    JSONObject response = user.save();
    System.out.println(response);
  }

Response

When you call user.save(), the SDK internally makes an HTTP call to SuprSend Platform to register this request, and you'll immediately receive a response indicating the acceptance / failure status.

// Response structure
{
    "success": true, // if true, request was accepted.
    "status": "success",
    "status_code": 202, // http status code
    "message": "OK",
}

{
    "success": false, // error will be present in message
    "status": "fail",
    "status_code": 500, // http status code
    "message": "error message",
}

Bulk API for handling multiple user profiles

To update user profiles in bulk, use Bulk users API. There isn't any limit on number-of-records that can be added to bulkIns instance.

Use .append() on bulk_users instance to add however-many-records to call in bulk.

import org.json.JSONObject;

import suprsend.Suprsend;
import suprsend.Subscriber;

public class Subscribers {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    bulkSubscriber();
  }

  public static void bulkSubscriber() throws Exception {
    // SDK instance
    Suprsend suprsendClient = new Suprsend("workspace_key", "workspace_secret");
    
    //Creating bulk instance
    BulkSubscribers bulkIns = suprClient.bulkUsers.newInstance();
    
    // Prepare multiple users
    String distinctID1 = "__distinct_id1__"; // User 1
    Subscriber u1 = suprsendClient.user.getInstance(distinctID1);
    u1.addEmail("[email protected]");
    
    String distinctID2 = "__distinct_id2__"; // User 2
    Subscriber u2 = suprsendClient.user.getInstance(distinctID2);
    u2.addEmail("[email protected]");
    
    // --- use .append on bulk instance to add one or more records
    bulkIns.append(u1);
    bulkIns.append(u2);
    // OR
    bulkIns.append(u1, u2);

    // Save
    JSONObject response = bulkIns.save();
    System.out.println(response);
  }

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Bulk API supported in SDK version 0.5.0 and above

Bulk API is supported in SuprSend java-sdk version 0.5.0 and above. If you are using an older version, please upgrade to the latest SDK version.

How SuprSend Processes the bulk API request

  • On calling bulkIns.save(), the SDK internally makes one-or-more Callable-chunks.
  • Each callable-chunk contains a subset of records, the subset calculation is based on each record's bytes-size and max allowed chunk-size, chunk-length etc.
  • For each callable-chunk SDK makes an HTTP call to SuprSend to register the request.

Response

Response is an instance of suprsend.BulkResponse class

// Response structure
import suprsend.BulkResponse;

BulkResponse{status: 'success' | total: 2 | success: 2 | failure: 0 | warnings: 0}

BulkResponse{status: 'fail' | total: 2 | success: 0 | failure: 2 | warnings: 0}

BulkResponse{status: 'partial' | total: 2 | success: 1 | failure: 1 | warnings: 0}

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What’s Next

Once channels are set in user profile, just add user's distinct_id in send event or workflow trigger call and all the user channels will automatically be fetched from user profile