This guide will help you understand how to interact with the Data Collection API to collect events at the edge. Please note that the Data Collection API is used automatically by the Edgee SDK, but could also be used directly for other purposes, such as custom mobile integrations.

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Base URL

The data collection API is special because it is project-specific: 
https://{PROJECT_ID}.edgee.app
You can find your project’s ID on the Edgee dashboard under each project. The API domain corresponds to your Edgee SDK domain: 
<script id="__EDGEE_SDK__" async src="https://{PROJECT_ID}.edgee.app/_edgee/sdk.js"></script>

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Authentication

The Data Collection API is meant for your client-side devices to use both for logged-in and anonymous users, so it doesn’t require any authentication.

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Data structures

Please refer to the Edgee Data Layer docs to learn more about the events and context fields.

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Debugging

To enable debugging via API you’ll need to include a _edgeedebug=true cookie in your requests. For example: 
curl --request POST \
  --url https://{project_id}.edgee.app/_edgee/event \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --cookie '_edgeedebug=true' \
  --data '...'

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Errors

When an error occurs, the Edgee API responds with a conventional HTTP response code and a JSON object containing more details about the error. For more information, please refer to the Errors page.