KickFire API for Google Integration

[GavinAttard]

HI All

I am currently implementing the kickfire for google integration. 

In essence the script carries out to Kickfire API calls, one of whcih returns a json from which the dimensions can be extracted and mapped. 

Has anyone done this piece of wotk previously? 

[GavinAttard]

OK, so gettign the API calls to work was easy. 

The code was added to an extention set as a pre-loader, then loading the json values into utag.data variables. 

$.getJSON('//api.kickfire.com/gip',function(kfip) { 
		  $.getJSON('//api.kickfire.com/v2/company:(all)?ip='+kfip+'&key=-blank-',function(obj) {         
		    utag.data['kf_name'] = obj['data'][0]['name'];
		    utag.data['kf_website'] = obj['data'][0]['website']; 

The variables show population in utag inspector. However when mapped to GA dimensions or say to push into another variable, the process as undefined. 

Not sure what i am missing.... 

Should i be declaring the utag vars differently?

[nathan_fleming]

Hi @GavinAttard

I will continue working with you on this via the support ticket you have open.

Once we have reached a solution I'll make sure we share it here for the benefit of other customers.

[GavinAttard · Accepted solution]

Hi Folks

So, Thanks to @nathan_fleming it was confirmed that the issue the kick fire variables where not beign passed to GA was due to a race condition. 

The solution to this was to create another extention that generated a utag.link event tied specfically to the GA tag UID. A delay of one second was also put on the utag.link function so as to ensure the api call was complete and the variables populated. 

So, kickfire API calls as Pre-loader, then a second extention like the below.

setTimeout(function(){utag.link({
  ga_event_action : "cd_upload",
  ga_event_category : "data_load",
  ga_event_label : "non_interactive",
  ga_non_interaction : true,
  kf_name : utag_data['kf_name'],
  kf_employees : utag_data['kf_employees'],
  kf_revenue : utag_data['kf_revenue'],
  kf_sic_code : utag_data['kf_sic_code'],
  kf_naics_code : utag_data['kf_naics_code']
},
function() { utag.DB("Firing KickFire event"); },
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Not sure if this is the best way to deal with this, so open to any other suggestions on how to best handle this. 

Gavin

[nathan_fleming]

Hi @GavinAttard

Thanks for following up with the solution.

Hopefully we'll have other users who can share if they are doing this in any other ways.

[kathleen_jo]

Great solution @GavinAttard. Thank you for sharing!