From 6bf0a5cb5034a7e684dcc3500e841785237ce2dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 19:32:43 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 1:115.7.0. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- .../newtab/docs/v2-system-addon/data_dictionary.md | 360 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 360 insertions(+) create mode 100644 browser/components/newtab/docs/v2-system-addon/data_dictionary.md (limited to 'browser/components/newtab/docs/v2-system-addon/data_dictionary.md') diff --git a/browser/components/newtab/docs/v2-system-addon/data_dictionary.md b/browser/components/newtab/docs/v2-system-addon/data_dictionary.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..35bb084f38 --- /dev/null +++ b/browser/components/newtab/docs/v2-system-addon/data_dictionary.md @@ -0,0 +1,360 @@ +# Activity Stream Pings + +The Activity Stream system add-on sends various types of pings to the backend (HTTPS POST) [Onyx server](https://github.com/mozilla/onyx) : + +- a `health` ping that reports whether or not a user has a custom about:home or about:newtab page +- a `session` ping that describes the ending of an Activity Stream session (a new tab is closed or refreshed), and +- an `event` ping that records specific data about individual user interactions while interacting with Activity Stream +- an `impression_stats` ping that records data about Pocket impressions and user interactions + +Schema definitions/validations that can be used for tests can be found in `system-addon/test/schemas/pings.js`. + +## Example Activity Stream `health` log + +```js +{ + "addon_version": "20180710100040", + "client_id": "374dc4d8-0cb2-4ac5-a3cf-c5a9bc3c602e", + "locale": "en-US", + "version": "62.0a1", + "release_channel": "nightly", + "event": "AS_ENABLED", + "value": 10, + + // These fields are generated on the server + "date": "2016-03-07", + "ip": "10.192.171.13", + "ua": "python-requests/2.9.1", + "receive_at": 1457396660000 +} +``` + +## Example Activity Stream `session` Log + +```js +{ + // These fields are sent from the client + "action": "activity_stream_session", + "addon_version": "20180710100040", + "client_id": "374dc4d8-0cb2-4ac5-a3cf-c5a9bc3c602e", + "locale": "en-US", + "page": ["about:newtab" | "about:home" | "about:welcome" | "unknown"], + "session_duration": 1635, + "session_id": "{12dasd-213asda-213dkakj}", + "profile_creation_date": 14786, + "user_prefs": 7 + + // These fields are generated on the server + "date": "2016-03-07", + "ip": "10.192.171.13", + "ua": "python-requests/2.9.1", + "receive_at": 1457396660000 +} +``` + +## Example Activity Stream `user_event` Log + +```js +{ + "action": "activity_stream_user_event", + "action_position": "3", + "addon_version": "20180710100040", + "client_id": "374dc4d8-0cb2-4ac5-a3cf-c5a9bc3c602e", + "event": "click or scroll or search or delete", + "locale": "en-US", + "page": ["about:newtab" | "about:home" | "about:welcome" | "unknown"], + "source": "top sites, or bookmarks, or...", + "session_id": "{12dasd-213asda-213dkakj}", + "recommender_type": "pocket-trending", + "metadata_source": "MetadataService or Local or TippyTopProvider", + "user_prefs": 7 + + // These fields are generated on the server + "ip": "10.192.171.13", + "ua": "python-requests/2.9.1", + "receive_at": 1457396660000, + "date": "2016-03-07", +} +``` + +## Example Activity Stream `impression_stats` Logs + +```js +{ + "impression_id": "{005deed0-e3e4-4c02-a041-17405fd703f6}", + "addon_version": "20180710100040", + "locale": "en-US", + "source": "pocket", + "page": ["about:newtab" | "about:home" | "about:welcome" | "unknown"] + "tiles": [{"id": 10000}, {"id": 10001}, {"id": 10002}] + "user_prefs": 7, + "window_inner_width": 1000, + "window_inner_height" 900 +} +``` + +```js +{ + "impression_id": "{005deed0-e3e4-4c02-a041-17405fd703f6}", + "addon_version": "20180710100040", + "locale": "en-US", + "source": "pocket", + "page": "unknown", + "user_prefs": 7, + "window_inner_width": 1000, + "window_inner_height" 900, + + // "pos" is the 0-based index to record the tile's position in the Pocket section. + // "shim" is a base64 encoded shim attached to spocs, unique to the impression from the Ad server. + "tiles": [{"id": 10000, "pos": 0, "shim": "enuYa1j73z3RzxgTexHNxYPC/b,9JT6w5KB0CRKYEU+"}], + + // A 0-based index to record which tile in the "tiles" list that the user just interacted with. + "click|block|pocket": 0 +} +``` + +## Example Activity Stream `Router` Pings + +```js +{ + "client_id": "n/a", + "action": ["snippets_user_event" | "onboarding_user_event"], + "impression_id": "{005deed0-e3e4-4c02-a041-17405fd703f6}", + "source": "pocket", + "addon_version": "20180710100040", + "locale": "en-US", + "source": "NEWTAB_FOOTER_BAR", + "message_id": "some_snippet_id", + "event": "IMPRESSION", + "event_context": "{\"view\":\"application_menu\"}" +} +``` + +```{eval-rst} ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| KEY | DESCRIPTION | | ++============================+======================================================================================================================================================+==================+ +| ``action_position`` | [Optional] The index of the element in the ``source`` that was clicked. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``action`` | [Required] Either ``activity_stream_event`` or ``activity_stream_session``. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``addon_version`` | [Required] Firefox build ID, i.e. ``Services.appinfo.appBuildID``. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``advertiser`` | [Optional] An identifier for the advertiser used by the sponsored TopSites telemetry pings. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``client_id`` | [Required] An identifier for this client. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``card_type`` | [Optional] ("bookmark", "pocket", "trending", "pinned", "search", "spoc", "organic") | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``context_id`` | [Optional] An identifier used by the sponsored TopSites telemetry pings. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``search_vendor`` | [Optional] the vendor of the search shortcut, one of ("google", "amazon", "wikipedia", "duckduckgo", "bing", etc.). This field only exists when | | +| | ``card_type = "search"`` | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``date`` | [Auto populated by Onyx] The date in YYYY-MM-DD format. | :three: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``shield_id`` | [Optional] DEPRECATED: use `experiments` instead. The unique identifier for a specific experiment. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``event`` | [Required] The type of event. Any user defined string ("click", "share", "delete", "more\_items") | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``event_context`` | [Optional] A string to record the context of an AS Router event ping. Compound context values will be stringified by JSON.stringify | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``highlight_type`` | [Optional] Either ["bookmarks", "recommendation", "history"]. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``impression_id`` | [Optional] The unique impression identifier for a specific client. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``ip`` | [Auto populated by Onyx] The IP address of the client. | :two: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``locale`` | [Auto populated by Onyx] The browser chrome's language (eg. en-US). | :two: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``load_trigger_ts`` | [Optional][Server Counter][Server Alert for too many omissions] DOMHighResTimeStamp of the action perceived by the user to trigger the load of this | | +| | page. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``load_trigger_type`` | [Server Counter][Server Alert for too many omissions] Either ["first\_window\_opened", "menu\_plus\_or\_keyboard", "unexpected"]. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``metadata_source`` | [Optional] The source of which we computed metadata. Either (``MetadataService`` or ``Local`` or ``TippyTopProvider``). | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``page`` | [Required] One of ["about:newtab", "about:home", "about:welcome", "unknown" (which either means not-applicable or is a bug)]. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``position`` | [Optional] An integer indicating the placement (1-based) of the sponsored TopSites tile. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``recommender_type`` | [Optional] The type of recommendation that is being shown, if any. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``reporting_url`` | [Optional] A URL used by Mozilla services for impression and click reporting for the sponsored TopSites. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``session_duration`` | [Optional][Server Counter][Server Alert for too many omissions] Time in (integer) milliseconds of the difference between the new tab becoming visible| :one: | +| | and losing focus | | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``session_id`` | [Optional] The unique identifier for a specific session. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``source`` (AS) | [Required] Either ("recent\_links", "recent\_bookmarks", "frecent\_links", "top\_sites", "spotlight", "sidebar") and indicates what ``action``. | :two: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``source`` (CS) | [Optional] Either "newtab" or "urlbar" indicating the location of the TopSites pings for Contextual Services. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``received_at`` | [Auto populated by Onyx] The time in ms since epoch. | :three: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``tile_id`` | [Optional] An integer identifier for a sponsored TopSites tile. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``total_bookmarks`` | [Optional] The total number of bookmarks in the user's places db. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``total_history_size`` | [Optional] The number of history items currently in the user's places db. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``ua`` | [Auto populated by Onyx] The user agent string. | :two: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``unload_reason`` | [Required] The reason the Activity Stream page lost focus. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``url`` | [Optional] The URL of the recommendation shown in one of the highlights spots, if any. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``value`` (event) | [Optional] An object with keys "icon\_type", "card\_type" and "pocket\_logged\_in\_status" to record the extra information for event ping | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``ver`` | [Auto populated by Onyx] The version of the Onyx API the ping was sent to. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``highlights_size`` | [Optional] The size of the Highlights set. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| highlights_data_late_by_ms | [Optional] Time in ms it took for Highlights to become initialized | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| topsites_data_late_by_ms | [Optional] Time in ms it took for TopSites to become initialized | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| topsites_first_painted_ts | [Optional][Service Counter][Server Alert for too many omissions] Timestamp of when the Top Sites element finished painting (possibly with only | | +| | placeholder screenshots) | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``custom_screenshot`` | [Optional] Number of topsites that display a custom screenshot. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``screenshot_with_icon`` | [Optional] Number of topsites that display a screenshot and a favicon. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``screenshot`` | [Optional] Number of topsites that display only a screenshot. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``tippytop`` | [Optional] Number of topsites that display a tippytop icon. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``rich_icon`` | [Optional] Number of topsites that display a high quality favicon. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``no_image`` | [Optional] Number of topsites that have no screenshot. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``topsites_pinned`` | [Optional] Number of topsites that are pinned. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| topsites_search_shortcuts | [Optional] Number of search shortcut topsites. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| visibility_event_rcvd_ts | [Optional][Server Counter][Server Alert for too many omissions] DOMHighResTimeStamp of when the page itself receives an event that | | +| | document.visibilityState == visible. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``tiles`` | [Required] A list of tile objects for the Pocket articles. Each tile object mush have a ID, optionally a "pos" property to indicate the tile | | +| | position, and optionally a "shim" property unique to the impression from the Ad server | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``click`` | [Optional] An integer to record the 0-based index when user clicks on a Pocket tile. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``block`` | [Optional] An integer to record the 0-based index when user blocks a Pocket tile. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``pocket`` | [Optional] An integer to record the 0-based index when user saves a Pocket tile to Pocket. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``window_inner_width`` | [Optional] Amount of vertical space in pixels available to the window. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``window_inner_height`` | [Optional] Amount of horizontal space in pixels available to the window. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``user_prefs`` | [Required] The encoded integer of user's preferences. | :one: & :four: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``is_preloaded`` | [Required] A boolean to signify whether the page is preloaded or not | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``icon_type`` | [Optional] ("tippytop", "rich\_icon", "screenshot\_with\_icon", "screenshot", "no\_image", "custom\_screenshot") | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``region`` | [Optional] A string maps to pref "browser.search.region", which is essentially the two letter ISO 3166-1 country code populated by the Firefox | | +| | search service. Note that: 1). it reports "OTHER" for those regions with smaller Firefox user base (less than 10000) so that users cannot be | | +| | uniquely identified; 2). it reports "UNSET" if this pref is missing; 3). it reports "EMPTY" if the value of this pref is an empty string. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``profile_creation_date`` | [Optional] An integer to record the age of the Firefox profile as the total number of days since the UNIX epoch. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``message_id`` | [required] A string identifier of the message in Activity Stream Router. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``has_flow_params`` | [required] One of [true, false]. A boolean identifier that indicates if Firefox Accounts flow parameters are set or unset. | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``displayed`` | [required] 1: a SPOC is displayed; 0: non-displayed | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``reason`` | [required] The reason if a SPOC is not displayed, "n/a" for the displayed, one of ("frequency\_cap", "blocked\_by\_user", "flight\_duplicate", | | +| | "probability\_selection", "below\_min\_score", "out\_of\_position", "n/a") | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``full_recalc`` | [required] Is it a full SPOCS recalculation: 0: false; 1: true. Recalculation case: 1). fetch SPOCS from Pocket endpoint. Non-recalculation cases: | | +| | 1). An impression updates the SPOCS; 2). Any action that triggers the ``selectLayoutRender`` | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``experiments`` | [Optional] An object to record all active experiments (an empty object will be sent if there is no active experiment). The experiments IDs are | :one: | +| | stored as keys, and the value object stores the branch information. | | +| | `Example: {"experiment_1": {"branch": "control"}, "experiment_2": {"branch": "treatment"}}`. This deprecates the `shield_id` used in Activity Stream | | +| | and Messaging System. | | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``browser_session_id`` | [Optional] The unique identifier for a browser session, retrieved from TelemetrySession | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``attribution.source`` | [Optional] Referring partner domain, when install happens via a known partner | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``attribution.medium`` | [Optional] Category of the source, such as 'organic' for a search engine | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``attribution.campaign`` | [Optional] Identifier of the particular campaign that led to the download of the product | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``attribution.content`` | [Optional] Identifier to indicate the particular link within a campaign | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``attribution.experiment`` | [Optional] Funnel experiment identifier, see bug 1567339 | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``attribution.variantion`` | [Optional] Funnel experiment variant identifier, see bug 1567339 | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +| ``attribution.ua`` | [Optional] Derived user agent, see bug 1595063 | :one: | ++----------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------+ +``` + +**Where:** + +- :one: Firefox data +- :two: HTTP protocol data +- :three: server augmented data +- :four: User preferences encoding table + +Note: the following session-related fields are not yet implemented in the system-addon, +but will likely be added in future versions: + +```js +{ + "total_bookmarks": 19, + "total_history_size": 9, + "highlights_size": 20 +} +``` + +## Encoding and decoding of `user_prefs` + +This encoding mapping was defined in `system-addon/lib/TelemetryFeed.jsm` + +```{eval-rst} ++-------------------+------------------------+ +| Preference | Encoded value (binary) | ++===================+========================+ +| `showSearch` | 1 (00000001) | ++-------------------+------------------------+ +| `showTopSites` | 2 (00000010) | ++-------------------+------------------------+ +| `showTopStories` | 4 (00000100) | ++-------------------+------------------------+ +| `showHighlights` | 8 (00001000) | ++-------------------+------------------------+ +| `showSnippets` | 16 (00010000) | ++-------------------+------------------------+ +| `showSponsored` | 32 (00100000) | ++-------------------+------------------------+ +| `showCFRAddons` | 64 (01000000) | ++-------------------+------------------------+ +| `showCFRFeatures` | 128 (10000000) | ++-------------------+------------------------+ +| `showSponsoredTopSites` | 256 (100000000) | ++-------------------+------------------------+ +``` + +Each item above could be combined with other items through bitwise OR (`|`) operation. + +Examples: + +- Everything is on, `user_prefs = 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128 | 256 = 511` +- Everything is off, `user_prefs = 0` +- Only show search and Top Stories, `user_prefs = 1 | 4 = 5` +- Everything except Highlights, `user_prefs = 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128 | 256 = 503` + +Likewise, one can use bitwise AND (`&`) for decoding. + +- Check if everything is shown, `user_prefs & (1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128 | 256)` or `user_prefs == 511` +- Check if everything is off, `user_prefs == 0` +- Check if search is shown, `user_prefs & 1` +- Check if both Top Sites and Top Stories are shown, `(user_prefs & 2) && (user_prefs & 4)`, or `(user_prefs & (2 | 4)) == (2 | 4)` -- cgit v1.2.3