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product_added_to_cart
interface

The product_added_to_cart event logs an instance where a customer adds a product to their cart. This event is available on the online store page.

Anchor to propertiesProperties

Anchor to clientId
clientId
string

The client-side ID of the customer, provided by Shopify

Anchor to context
context
Anchor to data
data
Anchor to id
id
string

The ID of the customer event

Anchor to name
name
string

The name of the customer event

Anchor to seq
seq
number

The sequence index number of the event.

Anchor to timestamp
timestamp
string

The timestamp of when the customer event occurred, in ISO 8601 format

Anchor to type
type
.Standard
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Accessing Standard Events

import {register} from '@shopify/web-pixels-extension';

register(({analytics}) => {
analytics.subscribe('product_added_to_cart', (event) => {
// Example for accessing event data
const cartLine = event.data.cartLine;

const cartLineCost = cartLine.cost.totalAmount.amount;

const cartLineCostCurrency = cartLine.cost.totalAmount.currencyCode;

const merchandiseVariantTitle = cartLine.merchandise.title;

const payload = {
event_name: event.name,
event_data: {
cartLineCost: cartLineCost,
cartLineCostCurrency: cartLineCostCurrency,
merchandiseVariantTitle: merchandiseVariantTitle,
},
};

// Example for sending event to third party servers
fetch('https://example.com/pixel', {
method: 'POST',
body: JSON.stringify(payload),
keepalive: true,
});
});
});