Statistics API

Starting from version 1.3.0 the update system is able to send stats!

By default, all stats are sent to our server, to understand usage and research.

If you want to send this data to your server instead, change the config below:

// capacitor.config.json
{
  "appId": "**.***.**",
  "appName": "Name",
  "plugins": {
    "CapacitorUpdater": {
      "statsUrl": "YOUR_URL"
    }
  }
}

Data Structure

What your server will receive is:

interface AppInfosStats {
  "action": "set", // can be set, delete, set_fail, reset, revert
  // Then it's the same info as update
  "app_id": "**.***.**", // app identifier in the store
  "device_id": "*******", // unique id per app install
  "platform": "ios", // or android
  "custom_id": "user_1", // represent your user
        "version_name": "1.2.3", // version of the web build
        "version_build": "1.2.0", // version of the native build
        "version_code": "120", // build number of the native build
  "version_os": "16", // OS version of the device
        "plugin_version": "4.0.0"// to make your api behave differently with different plugins
        "is_emulator": false,
      "is_prod": false,
}

You can also totally disable it, with an empty string. Keep in mind, statistics are made private friendly and help me to understand how people use the plugin, to resolve issues and improve it.

Erwartetes Verhalten bei keiner Aktualisierung

Wenn dein Update-Endpoint keine neue Version hat, sollte er mit einem Fehler-Payload wie folgt antworten:

{ "error": "no_new_version_available", "message": "No new version available" }

Der error-Code muss exakt no_new_version_available sein. Die message kann beliebig sein (nur für Logs/Debugging). Dieses Verhalten ist erwartet und wird trotzdem mit HTTP 200 zurückgegeben. Wenn dein Endpoint stattdessen ein 200 ohne url zurückgibt, behandelt das Plugin das als Download-Fehler und sendet download_fail.

Implementation Example

Here is an example of code in JavaScript to save the stats of the plugin:

interface AppInfos {
  version_name: string
  action: 'ping' |
          'delete' |
          'reset' |
          'set' |
          'get' |
          'set_fail' |
          'update_fail' |
          'download_fail' |
          'windows_path_fail' |
          'canonical_path_fail' |
          'directory_path_fail' |
          'unzip_fail' |
          'low_mem_fail' |
          'download_10' |
          'download_20' |
          'download_30' |
          'download_40' |
          'download_50' |
          'download_60' |
          'download_70' |
          'download_80' |
          'download_90' |
          'download_complete' |
          'download_manifest_start' |
          'download_manifest_complete' |
          'download_zip_start' |
          'download_zip_complete' |
          'download_manifest_file_fail' |
          'download_manifest_checksum_fail' |
          'download_manifest_brotli_fail' |
          'decrypt_fail' |
          'app_moved_to_foreground' |
          'app_moved_to_background' |
          'uninstall' |
          'needPlanUpgrade' |
          'missingBundle' |
          'noNew' |
          'disablePlatformIos' |
          'disablePlatformAndroid' |
          'disableAutoUpdateToMajor' |
          'cannotUpdateViaPrivateChannel' |
          'disableAutoUpdateToMinor' |
          'disableAutoUpdateToPatch' |
          'channelMisconfigured' |
          'disableAutoUpdateMetadata' |
          'disableAutoUpdateUnderNative' |
          'disableDevBuild' |
          'disableEmulator' |
          'cannotGetBundle' |
          'checksum_fail' |
          'NoChannelOrOverride' |
          'setChannel' |
          'getChannel' |
          'rateLimited' |
          'disableAutoUpdate' |
          'InvalidIp' |
          'blocked_by_server_url'
  version_build: string
  version_code: string
  version_os: string
  plugin_version: string
  platform: string
  app_id: string
  device_id: string
  custom_id?: string
  is_prod?: boolean
  is_emulator?: boolean
}

export const handler: Handler = async (event) => {
  const body = JSON.parse(event.body || '{}') as AppInfos
  const {
    platform,
    app_id,
    action,
    version_code,
    version_os,
    device_id,
    version_name,
    version_build,
    plugin_version,
  } = body
  console.log('update asked', platform,
    app_id,
    action,
    version_os,
    version_code,
    device_id,
    version_name,
    version_build,
    plugin_version)
  // Save it in your database
  return { status: 'ok' }
}

This endpoint should return a JSON:

{ "status": "ok" }

Actions

For detailed descriptions of all action codes and their meanings, please refer to the debugging documentation:

Actions sent from the device: See the debugging documentation - Sent from the device section
Actions sent from the backend: See the debugging documentation - Sent from the backend section

Handling Updates