Product Recommendations (iOS SDK)

Method Objective

The method returns an API response when requesting product recommendations.

Syntax and parameters

PersonaClick.recommend(code, params, callback);

Name	Type	Requirement	Description
code	string	required	Unique code of the recommendation block. See this value in the "data-recommender-code" attribute of the block created in PersonaClick account.
params	enum	required	Request parameters.
callback	function	required	A callback function, to which the API response will be passed. Response type: object.

Request parameters

Name	Type	Requirement	Description
ITEM	string	required in some cases	Product ID. This parameter is mandatory for the requests of blocks that use the algorithms "Similar" and "Also bought".
CATEGORY_ID	string	required in some cases	Category ID. This parameter is mandatory for all blocks set on category pages.
SEARCH_QUERY	string	required in some cases	The text of the search query. This parameter is mandatory for the requests of blocks that use the "Search" algorithm.
LIMIT	string	optionally	A maximum number of products in the API response.
LOCATIONS	string	optionally	String with location IDs separated by comma. If used, the API response will return products available in the listed locations.
BRANDS	string	optionally	String with brand names separated by comma. If used, only the products of the listed brands will be returned in the API response.
EXCLUDE_BRANDS	string	optionally	String with brand names separated by comma. If used, the API response will exclude the products of the listed brands.
CATEGORIES	string	optionally	String with category IDs separated by comma. If used, the API response will only return products that are included in the listed categories.
DISCOUNT	boolean	optionally	If used with "true" value, then only those products, the value of which is less than the "oldprice" value, will be returned in the API response.
EXTENDED	boolean	optionally	Allows getting extended data in the "recommeds" property of the API response.

API response properties

Name	Type	Description
html	string	HTML-code of the block with products. The template is customized in the PersonaClick account.
title	string	The block title. Corresponds to the value of the "Action" element in the block rules.
recommends	array/Object	Array with product IDs. If an extended response is requested, this property will have an object array with extended information for each product.
id	number	Unique block identifier. Corresponds to the block ID in the list of blocks in the PersonaClick account.

Examples of use

For blocks with algorithms that require the "Product ID":

Params recommender_params = new Params();
recommender_params.put(Params.Parameter.ITEM, "100500");
PersonaClick.recommend("1fd1b3495137bc3c9299816026acf36f", recommender_params, new Api.OnApiCallbackListener() {
    @Override
    public void onSuccess(JSONObject response) {
        // the functionality of rendering a block of product recommendations
    }
});

For blocks with algorithms that require the "Category ID":

Params recommender_params = new Params();
recommender_params.put(Params.Parameter.CATEGORY_ID, "146");
PersonaClick.recommend("1fd1b3495137bc3c9299816026acf36f", recommender_params, new Api.OnApiCallbackListener() {
    @Override
    public void onSuccess(JSONObject response) {
        // the functionality of rendering a block of product recommendations
    }
});

For blocks with an algorithm that requires the "Search Query":

Params recommender_params = new Params();
recommender_params.put(Params.Parameter.SEARCH_QUERY, "To be or not to be");
PersonaClick.recommend("1fd1b3495137bc3c9299816026acf36f", recommender_params, new Api.OnApiCallbackListener() {
    @Override
    public void onSuccess(JSONObject response) {
        // the functionality of rendering a block of product recommendations
    }
});

Full example:

Params recommender_params = new Params();
recommender_params.put(Params.Parameter.ITEM, "100500");
recommender_params.put(Params.Parameter.SEARCH_QUERY, "To be or not to be");
recommender_params.put(Params.Parameter.CATEGORY_ID, "146");
recommender_params.put(Params.Parameter.LIMIT, "15");
recommender_params.put(Params.Parameter.BRANDS, "Alas,poor,Yorick");
recommender_params.put(Params.Parameter.CATEGORIES, "1,146,100500");
PersonaClick.recommend("1fd1b3495137bc3c9299816026acf36f", recommender_params, new Api.OnApiCallbackListener() {
    @Override
    public void onSuccess(JSONObject response) {
        // the functionality of rendering a block of product recommendations
    }
});