Handle multiple trackers with shared state such that they share the p…

…age view IDs for events tracked after each other
snowplow · May 3, 2024 · f0620b9 · f0620b9
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diff --git a/libraries/browser-tracker-core/src/tracker/index.ts b/libraries/browser-tracker-core/src/tracker/index.ts
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ export function Tracker(
       preservePageViewId = false,
       // Whether pageViewId should be kept the same until the page URL changes. Affects web_page context
       preservePageViewIdForUrl = trackerConfiguration.preservePageViewIdForUrl ?? false,
-      // Whether first trackPageView was fired and pageViewId should not be changed anymore until reload
-      pageViewSent = false,
+      // The pageViewId of the last page view event or undefined if no page view tracked yet. Used to determine if pageViewId should be regenerated for a new page view.
+      lastSentPageViewId: string | undefined = undefined,
       // Activity tracking config for callback and page ping variants
       activityTrackingConfig: ActivityTrackingConfig = {
         enabled: false,
@@ -734,7 +734,6 @@ export function Tracker(
       if (shouldGenerateNewPageViewId()) {
         state.pageViewId = uuid();
         state.pageViewUrl = configCustomUrl || locationHrefAlias;
-        pageViewSent = false;
       }
       return state.pageViewId!;
     }
@@ -980,11 +979,11 @@ export function Tracker(
 
     function logPageView({ title, context, timestamp, contextCallback }: PageViewEvent & CommonEventProperties) {
       refreshUrl();
-      if (pageViewSent) {
-        // Do not reset pageViewId if previous events were not page_view
+      if (lastSentPageViewId && lastSentPageViewId == getPageViewId()) {
+        // Do not reset pageViewId if a page view was not tracked yet or a different page view ID was used (in order to support multiple trackers with shared state)
         resetPageView();
       }
-      pageViewSent = true;
+      lastSentPageViewId = getPageViewId();
 
       // So we know what document.title was at the time of trackPageView
       lastDocumentTitle = document.title;

diff --git a/libraries/browser-tracker-core/test/helpers/index.ts b/libraries/browser-tracker-core/test/helpers/index.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export function createTestSessionIdCookie(params?: CreateTestSessionIdCookie) {
   return `_sp_ses.${domainHash}=*; Expires=; Path=/; SameSite=None; Secure;`;
 }
 
-export function createTracker(configuration?: TrackerConfiguration) {
+export function createTracker(configuration?: TrackerConfiguration, sharedState?: SharedState) {
   let id = 'sp-' + Math.random();
-  return addTracker(id, id, '', '', new SharedState(), configuration);
+  return addTracker(id, id, '', '', sharedState ?? new SharedState(), configuration);
 }
diff --git a/libraries/browser-tracker-core/test/tracker/page_view_id.test.ts b/libraries/browser-tracker-core/test/tracker/page_view_id.test.ts
@@ -305,4 +305,55 @@ describe('Tracker API: page view IDs', () => {
       expect(pageView1).not.toEqual(pageView2);
     });
   });
+
+  describe('Multiple trackers with a shared state', () => {
+    it('Keeps the page view ID for each page view pairs', () => {
+      const tracker1 = createTracker();
+      const tracker2 = createTracker(undefined, tracker1?.sharedState);
+
+      tracker1?.setCustomUrl('http://example.com/1');
+      tracker1?.trackPageView();
+      const pageView1 = tracker1?.getPageViewId();
+
+      tracker2?.trackPageView();
+      const pageView2 = tracker2?.getPageViewId();
+
+      expect(pageView1).toEqual(pageView2);
+
+      tracker1?.trackPageView();
+      const pageView3 = tracker1?.getPageViewId();
+
+      tracker2?.trackPageView();
+      const pageView4 = tracker2?.getPageViewId();
+
+      expect(pageView1).not.toEqual(pageView3);
+      expect(pageView3).toEqual(pageView4);
+    });
+
+    it("Doesn't keep the page view ID for multiple calls to one tracker", () => {
+      const tracker1 = createTracker();
+      const tracker2 = createTracker(undefined, tracker1?.sharedState);
+
+      tracker1?.setCustomUrl('http://example.com/1');
+      tracker1?.trackPageView();
+      const pageView1 = tracker1?.getPageViewId();
+      tracker1?.trackPageView();
+      const pageView2 = tracker1?.getPageViewId();
+
+      tracker2?.trackPageView();
+      const pageView3 = tracker2?.getPageViewId();
+
+      expect(pageView1).not.toEqual(pageView2);
+      expect(pageView2).toEqual(pageView3);
+
+      tracker1?.trackPageView();
+      const pageView4 = tracker1?.getPageViewId();
+
+      tracker2?.trackPageView();
+      const pageView5 = tracker2?.getPageViewId();
+
+      expect(pageView3).not.toEqual(pageView4);
+      expect(pageView4).toEqual(pageView5);
+    });
+  });
 });