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Please make sure that you replace HOST in all the code snippets below with the host mentioned here.

WebEngage offers APIs for querying the feedback responses generated via WebEngage on-site feedback widget. These APIs also let you query replies on a particular feedback thread or even a specific reply.

/feedback/

METHOD: GET

DESCRIPTION: Get feedback data for specific feedback identified by FeedbackId.

URL STRUCTURE: <HOST>/v1/feedback/<FeedbackId>

AUTHENTICATION: Bearer Authentication Scheme

EXAMPLE

curl -X GET <HOST>/v1/feedback/<FeedbackId> \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json'

Returns

{
    "response": {
        "data": {
            "licenseCode": "311c48b3",
            "fields": [{
                "id": "1fcdjgf",
                "label": "Name",
                "type": "default",
                "value": {
                    "@class": "name",
                    "text": "John"
                }
            }, {
                "id": "ah1ihjd",
                "label": "Email",
                "type": "default",
                "value": {
                    "@class": "email",
                    "text": "[email protected]"
                }
            }, {
                "id": "cci1868",
                "label": "Category",
                "type": "default",
                "value": {
                    "@class": "category",
                    "text": "Suggestion"
                }
            }, {
                "id": "~78me196",
                "label": "Message",
                "type": "default",
                "value": {
                    "@class": "message",
                    "text": "Thank you very much for this awesome service!"
                }
            }, {
                "id": "~5d68amb",
                "label": "Attach a screenshot of this page",
                "type": "default",
                "value": {
                    "@class": "snapshot",
                    "thumbnailImageUrl": ""
                }
            }, {
                "id": "n283q0",
                "label": "Enter your mobile number",
                "type": "custom",
                "value": {
                    "@class": "text",
                    "text": "9988776655"
                }
            }, {
                "id": "pp3j84",
                "label": "Your Bio",
                "type": "custom",
                "value": {
                    "@class": "text",
                    "text": "I am an early beta user of this product."
                }
            }, {
                "id": "19jb68o",
                "label": "Which countries you have been to?",
                "type": "custom",
                "value": {
                    "@class": "list",
                    "values": ["US", "Mexico"]
                }
            }, {
                "id": "1cc6lks",
                "label": "Rate our website",
                "type": "custom",
                "value": {
                    "@class": "matrix",
                    "values": {
                        "Experience": ["Good"],
                        "Content": ["Good"],
                        "Design": ["Poor"]
                    }
                }
            }, {
                "id": "sht4k8",
                "label": "Upload your resume",
                "type": "custom",
                "value": {
                    "@class": "file",
                    "fileName": "android_sdk_developing.pdf",
                    "fileSize": 1919972,
                    "fileAccessUrl": "<HOST>/v1/accounts/<YOUR_WEBENGAGE_LICENSE_CODE>/feedback-responses/ofq4jy/download",
                    "fileType": "pdf"
                }
            }, {
                "id": "16qfkqk",
                "label": "What is your favourite color?",
                "type": "custom",
                "value": {
                    "@class": "list",
                    "values": ["Red"]
                }
            }, {
                "id": "16qhkqk",
                "label": "How likely is it that you would recommend WebEngage to a colleague?",
                "type": "custom",
                "value": {
                    "@class": "score",
                    "value": 10
                }
            }],
            "customData": {
                "userName": ["john"],
                "gender": ["male"],
                "customerType": ["Gold"],
                "jsessionid": ["CB300FEC898236FF9E5A181E468CA6BC"]
            },
            "replies": [{
                "repliedByEmail": "[email protected]",
                "repliedByName": "Mike",
                "repliedOn": "2013-02-11T08:27+0000",
                "repliedText": "Thanks for your feedback Joe. Your feature request is under development and planned for this weekend's release.\r\n\r\nRegards,\r\nMike",
                "attachments": [],
                "replyType": "ADMIN",
                "id": "8bea242d"
            }, {
                "repliedByEmail": "[email protected]",
                "repliedByName": "john",
                "repliedOn": "2013-02-11T08:37+0000",
                "repliedText": "Thanks! looking forward for the release.",
                "attachments": [],
                "replyType": "USER",
                "id": "a5828a9e"
            }, {
                "repliedByEmail": "[email protected]",
                "repliedByName": "Mike",
                "repliedOn": "2013-02-11T08:39+0000",
                "repliedText": "Sure. Meanwhile, take a look at the attached screenshot of the first draft. ",
                "attachments": [{
                    "fileName": "git.from.bottom.up.pdf",
                    "fileSize": 811094,
                    "fileAccessUrl": "<HOST>/v1/accounts/<YOUR_WEBENGAGE_LICENSE_CODE>/feedback-reply-attachments/76178a43a/download",
                    "fileType": "pdf"
                }],
                "replyType": "ADMIN",
                "id": "be1a0220"
            }],
            "id": "has7e2",
            "activity": {
                "pageUrl": "http://webengage.net/publisher/feedback-configuration/fields/311c48b3",
                "pageTitle": "Feedback Configuration - WebEngage",
                "ip": "127.0.0.1",
                "city": "Mumbai",
                "country": "India",
                "browser": "Firefox",
                "browserVersion": "18",
                "platform": "Linux",
                "activityOn": "2013-02-11T08:09+0000"
            }
        },
        "message": "success",
        "status": "success"
    }
}

The containers received in this response are described below:

  • activity: Details of the user giving feedback on your website.

  • fields: The responses of feedback form fields are in the fields container.

  • id: Specifies the field ID.

  • type: Could be either default or custom. default fields are the ones present by default in the WebEngage feedback form and custom fields are the ones added by you.

  • class: Indicates the type of field. Examples of each class are listed below.

Default Fields

There are 5 types of default fields: name, email, category, message, and snapshot.

name field

{
    "id": "1fcdjgf",
    "label": "Name",
    "type": "default",
    "value": {
        "@class": "name",
        "text": "John"
    }
}

email field

{
    "id": "ah1ihjd",
    "label": "Email",
    "type": "default",
    "value": {
        "@class": "email",
        "text": "[email protected]"
    }
}

category field

{
    "id": "cci1868",
    "label": "Category",
    "type": "default",
    "value": {
        "@class": "category",
        "text": "Suggestion"
    }
}

message field

{
     "id": "~78me196",
     "label": "Message",
     "type": "default",
     "value": {
         "@class": "message",
         "text": "Thank you very much for this awesome service!"
     }
 }

snapshot field

{
    "id": "~5d68amb",
    "label": "Attach a screenshot of this page",
    "type": "default",
    "value": {
        "@class": "snapshot",
        "thumbnailImageUrl": "http://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/wk-static-files/feedback/82617417/1358664682292-095c-ed2f-06bb-thumb-small.jpg",
        "fullImageUrl": "http://s3-ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/wk-static-files/feedback/82617417/1358664682292-095c-ed2f-06bb-full.jpg"
    }
}

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thumbnailImageUrl and fullImageUrl are public URLs of the screenshot of the page on which feedback was submitted.

Custom Form Fields

There are 4 types of default fields: text, matrix, file and text.

text field

{
     "id": "pp3j84",
     "label": "Your Bio",
     "type": "custom",
     "value": {
         "@class": "text",
         "text": "I am an early beta user of this product."
     }
 }

list field

Single option (radio and single-select drop-down) fields 

{
    "id": "16qfkqk",
    "label": "What is your favourite color?",
    "type": "custom",
    "value": {
        "@class": "list",
        "values": ["Red"]
    }
}

List of multi-option (radio and multi-select drop-down) fields 

{
    "id": "19jb68o",
    "label": "Which countries you have been to?",
    "type": "custom",
    "value": {
        "@class": "list",
        "values": ["US", "Mexico"]
    }
}

matrix field

Values for matrix type questions 

{
    "id": "1cc6lks",
    "label": "Rate our website",
    "type": "custom",
    "value": {
        "@class": "matrix",
        "values": {
            "Experience": ["Good"],
            "Content": ["Good"],
            "Design": ["Poor"]
        }
    }
}

file field

Values for file uploads 

{
    "id": "sht4k8",
    "label": "Upload your resume",
    "type": "custom",
    "value": {
        "@class": "file",
        "fileName": "android_sdk_developing.pdf",
        "fileSize": 1919972,
        "fileAccessUrl": "<HOST>/v1/accounts/<YOUR_WEBENGAGE_LICENSE_CODE>/feedback-responses/ofq4jy/download",
        "fileType": "pdf"
    }
}

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Files can be downloaded by accessing the fileAccessUrl with your API credentials.

You can use the fileName value to save the downloaded file as illustrated below.

curl -H "Authorization: bearer your_api_token" -o android_sdk_developing.pdf <HOST>/v1/accounts/311c48b3/feedback-responses/ofq4jy/download

Custom Data

These are the custom data fields that are submitted along with the feedback on your site.

{
    "userName": ["john"],
    "gender": ["male"],
    "customerType": ["Gold"],
    "jsessionid": ["CB300FEC898236FF9E5A181E468CA6BC"]
}

/feedback//replies

METHOD: GET

DESCRIPTION: Get the replies of a specific feedback thread identified by FeedbackId. This includes all the data related to a particular reply including all the attachments.

URL STRUCTURE: <HOST>/v1/feedback/<FeedbackId>/replies

AUTHENTICATION: User Authentication

EXAMPLE

curl -X GET <HOST>/v1/feedback/<FeedbackId>/replies \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json'

Returns

First reply added by site owner (Mike).

{
    "response": {
        "data": [{
            "repliedByEmail": "[email protected]",
            "repliedByName": "Mike",
            "repliedOn": "2013-02-11T08:27+0000",
            "repliedText": "Thanks for your feedback Joe. Your feature request is under development and planned for this weekend's release.\r\n\r\nRegards,\r\nMike",
            "attachments": [],
            "replyType": "ADMIN",
            "id": "8bea242d"
        }]
    }
}

Subsequent reply from John gets appended in the same return object.

{
    "response": {
        "data": [{
            "repliedByEmail": "[email protected]",
            "repliedByName": "Mike",
            "repliedOn": "2013-02-11T08:27+0000",
            "repliedText": "Thanks for your feedback Joe. Your feature request is under development and planned for this weekend's release.\r\n\r\nRegards,\r\nMike",
            "attachments": [],
            "replyType": "ADMIN",
            "id": "8bea242d"
        }, {
            "repliedByEmail": "[email protected]",
            "repliedByName": "john",
            "repliedOn": "2013-02-11T08:37+0000",
            "repliedText": "Thanks! looking forward for the release.",
            "attachments": [{
                "fileName": "pic-feautre-beta.jpg",
                "fileSize": 811094,
                "fileAccessUrl": "<HOST>/v1/accounts/<YOUR_WEBENGAGE_LICENSE_CODE>/feedback-reply-attachments/76178a43a/download",
                "fileType": "jpg"
            }],
            "replyType": "USER",
            "id": "a5828a9e"
        }]
    }
}

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Attachments can be downloaded by accessing the fileAccessUrl with your API credentials.

You can use the fileName value to save the downloaded file as illustrated below.

curl -H "Authorization: bearer your_api_token" -o pic-feautre-beta.jpg <HOST>/v1/accounts/311c48b3/feedback-reply-attachments/76178a43a/download

/feedback//reply/

METHOD: GET

DESCRIPTION: Get a specific reply of a feedback thread identified by ReplyId.

URL STRUCTURE: <HOST>/v1/feedback/<FeedbackId>/reply/<ReplyId>

AUTHENTICATION: User Authentication

EXAMPLE

curl -X GET <HOST>/v1/feedback/<FeedbackId>/reply/<ReplyId> \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json'

Returns 

{
    "response": {
        "data": {
            "repliedByEmail": "[email protected]",
            "repliedByName": "Mike",
            "repliedOn": "2013-02-11T08:27+0000",
            "repliedText": "Thanks for your feedback Joe. Your feature request is under development and planned for this weekend's release.\r\n\r\nRegards,\r\nMike",
            "attachments": [],
            "replyType": "ADMIN",
            "id": "8bea242d"
        },
        "message": "success",
        "status": "success"
    }
}

/feedbacks/searches

METHOD: POST

DESCRIPTION: Search for feedback(s).

URL STRUCTURE: <HOST>/v1/accounts/<YOUR_WEBENGAGE_LICENSE_CODE>/feedbacks/searches

AUTHENTICATION: User Authentication

EXAMPLE

curl -X POST <HOST>/v1/accounts/<YOUR_WEBENGAGE_LICENSE_CODE>/feedbacks/searches \
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>' \
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data '{
    "pageNo" : "1",
    "pageSize" : "5",
    "filter" : {
        "feedback_id": "~12l3ohu",
        "action": "unread",             //Status
        "activity_type": "Question",    //Category 
        "email": "[email protected]",      //Email 
        "content": "hi",                //Message
        "url": "https://dashboard.webengage.net/accounts/311c48b3/web/feedback-configuration/fields",                  //PageURL
        "ip": "192.168.1.1",            //IP
        "browser":"Firefox",            //Browser
        "browser_version": "51",        // Browser version
        "to": "2013-02-11T08:25+0800", //To date
        "from": "2016-01-11T08:25+0800", // From date
        "country": "India",             //Country
        "city": "mumbai",               //City
        "tags":["ignore","test"]            //Tags array
        "client_data": {
            "package": "Free 12k"
    }
}'

Parameters

{
    "pageNo" : "1",
    "pageSize" : "5",
    "filter" : {
        "feedback_id": "~12l3ohu",
        "action": "unread",             //Status
        "activity_type": "Question",    //Category 
        "email": "[email protected]",      //Email 
        "content": "hi",                //Message
        "url": "https://dashboard.webengage.net/accounts/311c48b3/web/feedback-configuration/fields",                  //PageURL
        "ip": "192.168.1.1",            //IP
        "browser":"Firefox",            //Browser
        "browser_version": "51",        // Browser version
        "to": "2013-02-11T08:25+0800", //To date
        "from": "2016-01-11T08:25+0800", // From date
        "country": "India",             //Country
        "city": "mumbai",               //City
        "tags":["ignore","test"]            //Tags array
        "client_data": {
            "package": "Free 12k"
    }
}

Parameter

Type

Description

feedback_id

String

Unique ID for the feedback

action

String

Status of feedback (read/unread/done)

activity_type

String

Category of feedback (Like/Question/Suggestion/Problem)

email

String

Email ID of the user submitting the feedback

content

String

Feedback message

url

String

Page URL

ip

String

IP address of the user submitting the feedback

browser

String

Browser through which feedback was submitted

browser_version

String

Browser version

tags

String Array

Feedback tags
Note: WebEngage will consider AND of all tags as the criteria

country

String

Country in which feedback was submitted

city

String

City in which feedback was submitted

client_data

Object
{"key","value"}

Client data passed from publisher

pageNo

String

Page number

pageSize

String

Page size

from

String

From date for search in ISO format: "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss±hhmm"

to

String

To date for search in ISO format: "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss±hhmm"

Returns

With reference to the below code snippet, response contains the list of feedback with following information:

1. Feedback Fields with Values: Includes all the feedback fields, default and custom, with the response submitted.

2. Client Data/ Custom Data: Details about the custom data passed from publisher.

3. Replies: Details of replies in feedback thread including any attachments.

4. User Information: The information of the user who has submitted the feedback.

  1. Page Information:** Since the response can be large, it is divided into pages. This includes total page count and size of each page.
{
  "response": {
    "data": {
      "pageNo": 1,
      "contents": [
        {
          "licenseCode": "311c48b3",
          "fields": [
            {
              "id": "1fcdjgf",
              "label": "Name",
              "type": "NAME",
              "value": {
                "@class": "name",
                "text": "David"
              }
            },
            {
              "id": "ah1ihjd",
              "label": "Email",
              "type": "EMAIL",
              "value": {
                "@class": "email",
                "text": "[email protected]"
              }
            },
            {
              "id": "cci1868",
              "label": "Category",
              "type": "CATEGORY",
              "value": {
                "@class": "category",
                "text": "Like"
              }
            },
            {
              "id": "~78me196",
              "label": "Message",
              "type": "MESSAGE",
              "value": {
                "@class": "message",
                "text": "Splendid Experience, Thank you!"
              }
            },
            {
              "id": "~5d68amb",
              "label": "Attach a screenshot of this page",
              "type": "SCREENSHOT",
              "value": {
                "@class": "snapshot",
                "thumbnailImageUrl": "",
                "fullImageUrl": ""
              }
            },
            {
              "id": "~33egg4",
              "label": "Your Bio",
              "type": "TEXT",
              "value": {
                "@class": "text",
                "text": "I am an early beta user of this product."
              }
            },
            {
              "id": "~1ljk72m",
              "label": "Rate our website",
              "type": "RATING",
              "value": {
                "@class": "list",
                "values": [
                  "4"
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "customData": {
            "package": [
              "Lite Package Usage"
            ],
            "user_id": [
              1736491
            ]
          },
          "replies": [
            {
              "repliedByEmail": "[email protected]",
              "repliedByName": "michael",
              "repliedOn": "2016-07-26T14:46:54+0000",
              "repliedText": "Thank you for the feedback!",
              "replyType": "ADMIN",
              "id": "27aa6849"
            },
            {
              "repliedByEmail": "[email protected]",
              "repliedByName": "david",
              "repliedOn": "2016-07-26T14:29:28+0000",
              "repliedText": "Thanks! looking forward for the release.",
              "attachments": [
                {
                  "fileName": "thanks.jpg",
                  "fileSize": 79418,
                  "fileAccessUrl": "webengage/311c48b3/attachment/thanks_1469543364679.jpg",
                  "fileType": "jpg"
                }
              ],
              "replyType": "USER",
              "id": "e2301c8"
            }
          ],
          "tags": [
            "test",
            "ignore"
          ],
          "id": "~12l3ohu",
          "activity": {
            "pageUrl": "https://dashboard.webengage.net/accounts/311c48b3/web/feedback-configuration/fields",
            "pageTitle": "Feedback Configuration - WebEngage",
            "ip": "127.0.0.1",
            "city": "Mumbai",
            "country": "India",
            "browser": "Chrome",
            "browserVersion": "51",
            "platform": "Mac",
            "activityOn": "2016-07-26T11:18:58+0000"
          }
        }
      ],
      "totalCount": 1,
      "numberOfPages": 1,
      "ascending": false,
      "pageSize": 25
    },
    "message": "success",
    "status": "success"
  }
}

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