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.. _webextension-telemetry:
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WebExtension API for Telemetry
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Use the ``browser.telemetry`` API to send telemetry data to the Mozilla Telemetry service. Restricted to Mozilla privileged webextensions.
Types
-----
``ScalarType``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Type of scalar: 'count' for numeric values, 'string' for string values, 'boolean' for boolean values. Maps to ``nsITelemetry.SCALAR_TYPE_*``.
``ScalarData``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Represents registration data for a Telemetry scalar.
Properties:
* ``kind`` - See ScalarType_.
* ``keyed`` - *(optional, boolean)* True if this is a keyed scalar. Defaults to ``false``.
* ``record_on_release`` - *(optional, boolean)* True if this data should be recorded on release. Defaults to ``false``.
* ``expired`` - *(optional, boolean)* True if this scalar entry is expired. Operations on an expired scalar don't error (operations on an undefined scalar do), but the operations are no-ops. No data will be recorded. Defaults to ``false``.
``EventData``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Represents registration data for a Telemetry event.
Properties:
* ``methods`` - *(array)* List of methods for this event entry.
* ``objects`` - *(array)* List of objects for this event entry.
* ``extra_keys`` - *(array)* List of allowed extra keys for this event entry.
* ``record_on_release`` - *(optional, boolean)* True if this data should be recorded on release. Defaults to ``false``.
* ``expired`` - *(optional, boolean)* True if this event entry is expired. Recording an expired event doesn't error (operations on undefined events do). No data will be recorded. Defaults to ``false``.
Functions
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``submitPing``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: js
browser.telemetry.submitPing(type, message, options);
Submits a custom ping to the Telemetry backend. See :ref:`submitting-customping`.
* ``type`` - *(string)* The type of the ping.
* ``message`` - *(object)* The data payload for the ping.
* ``options`` - *(optional, object)* Options object.
* ``addClientId`` - *(optional, boolean)* True if the ping should contain the client id. Defaults to ``false``.
* ``addEnvironment`` - *(optional, boolean)* True if the ping should contain the environment data. Defaults to ``false``.
* ``overrideEnvironment`` - *(optional, object)* Set to override the environment data. Default: not set.
* ``usePingSender`` - *(optional, boolean)* If true, send the ping using the PingSender. Defaults to ``false``.
``canUpload``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: js
browser.telemetry.canUpload();
Checks if Telemetry upload is enabled.
``scalarAdd``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: js
browser.telemetry.scalarAdd(name, value);
Adds the value to the given scalar.
* ``name`` - *(string)* The scalar name.
* ``value`` - *(integer)* The numeric value to add to the scalar. Only unsigned integers supported.
``scalarSet``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: js
browser.telemetry.scalarSet(name, value);
Sets the named scalar to the given value. Throws if the value type doesn't match the scalar type.
* ``name`` - *(string)* The scalar name.
* ``value`` - *(string|boolean|integer|object)* The value to set the scalar to.
``scalarSetMaximum``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: js
browser.telemetry.scalarSetMaximum(name, value);
Sets the scalar to the maximum of the current and the passed value
* ``name`` - *(string)* The scalar name.
* ``value`` - *(integer)* The numeric value to set the scalar to. Only unsigned integers supported.
``recordEvent``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: js
browser.telemetry.recordEvent(category, method, object, value, extra);
Record an event in Telemetry. Throws when trying to record an unknown event.
* ``category`` - *(string)* The category name.
* ``method`` - *(string)* The method name.
* ``object`` - *(string)* The object name.
* ``value`` - *(optional, string)* An optional string value to record.
* ``extra`` - *(optional, object)* An optional object of the form (string -> string). It should only contain registered extra keys.
``registerScalars``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: js
browser.telemetry.registerScalars(category, data);
Register new scalars to record them from addons. See :ref:`registerscalars` for more details.
* ``category`` - *(string)* The unique category the scalars are registered in.
* ``data`` - *(object)* An object that contains registration data for multiple scalars. Each property name is the scalar name, and the corresponding property value is an object of ScalarData_ type.
``registerEvents``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: js
browser.telemetry.registerEvents(category, data);
Register new events to record them from addons. See :ref:`registerevents` for more details.
* ``category`` - *(string)* The unique category the events are registered in.
* ``data`` - *(object)* An object that contains registration data for 1+ events. Each property name is the category name, and the corresponding property value is an object of EventData_ type.
``setEventRecordingEnabled``
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.. code-block:: js
browser.telemetry.setEventRecordingEnabled(category, enabled);
Enable recording of events in a category. Events default to recording disabled. This allows to toggle recording for all events in the specified category.
* ``category`` - *(string)* The category name.
* ``enabled`` - *(boolean)* Whether recording is enabled for events in that category.
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