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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 19:33:14 +0000 |
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diff --git a/browser/components/pagedata/docs/index.md b/browser/components/pagedata/docs/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..47b507d13a --- /dev/null +++ b/browser/components/pagedata/docs/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +# PageDataService + +The page data service is responsible for collecting additional data about a page. This could include +information about the media on a page, product information, etc. When enabled it will automatically +try to find page data for pages that the user browses or it can be directed to asynchronously look +up the page data for a url. + +The `PageDataService` is an EventEmitter and listeners can subscribe to its notifications via the +`on` and `once` methods. + +The service can be enabled by setting `browser.pagedata.enabled` to true. Additional logging can be +enabled by setting `browser.pagedata.log` to true. + +## PageData Data Structure + +At a high level the page data service can collect many different kinds of data. When queried the +service will respond with a `PageData` structure which holds some general information about the +page, the time when the data was discovered and a map of the different types of data found. This map +will be empty if no specific data was found. The key of the map is from the +`PageDataSchema.DATA_TYPE` enumeration. The value is the JSON data which differs in structure +depending on the data type. + +``` +{ + "url": <url of the page as a string>, + "date": <epoch based timestamp>, + "siteName": <a friendly name for the website>, + "image": <url for an image for the page as a string>, + "data": <map of data types>, +} +``` + +## PageData Collection + +Page data is gathered in one of two ways. + +Page data is automatically gathered for webpages the user visits. This collection is trigged after +a short delay and then updated when necessary. Any data is cached in memory for a period of time. +When page data has been found a `page-data` event is emitted. The event's argument holds the +`PageData` structure. The `getCached` function can be used to access any cached data for a url. + +## Supported Types of page data + +The following types of page data (`PageDataSchema.DATA_TYPE`) are currently supported: + +- `PRODUCT` +- `DOCUMENT` +- `ARTICLE` +- `AUDIO` +- `VIDEO` |