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diff --git a/toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/collection/webextension-api.rst b/toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/collection/webextension-api.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a3e73e11fa --- /dev/null +++ b/toolkit/components/telemetry/docs/collection/webextension-api.rst @@ -0,0 +1,158 @@ +.. _webextension-telemetry: + +============================== +WebExtension API for Telemetry +============================== + +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 +--------- + +``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. |