CJ Tracking API Connector Setup Guide | Server-Side Connectors |Preview of Tealium Docs

CJ recommends that you use the Universal Tag and Tracking API concurrently for web tracking events because each will support or enhance CJ’s offerings. Using the Tracking API requires back-end changes on the CJ side and requires collaboration with your Client Integration team. Contact your CJ account team or support@cj.com for more details.

API Information

This connector uses the following vendor API:

API Name: CJ API
API Endpoint: https://tracking.api.cj.com
Documentation: CJ API

Batch Limits

This connector uses batched requests to support high-volume data transfers to the vendor. For more information, see Batched Actions. Requests are queued until one of the following thresholds is met or the profile is published:

Max number of requests: 10000
Max time since oldest request: 10 minutes
Max size of requests: 100 MB

Connector Actions

Action Name	AudienceStream	EventStream
Send Order Data	✗	✓

Configure Settings

Navigate to the Connector Marketplace and add a new connector. For general instructions on how to add a connector, see the About Connectors article.

After adding the connector, configure the following settings:

Personal Access Token
Required: Your CJ Tracking API personal access token. Generate your personal access token by navigating to the CJ personal access tokens page and logging into your account.

Click Done when you are finished configuring the connector.

Action Settings — Parameters and Options

Click Continue to configure the connector actions. Enter in a name for the action and then select the action type from the drop-down menu.

The following section describes how to set up parameters and options for each action.

Action — Send Order Data

Parameters

Parameter	Destination	Description
Enterprise ID	enterpriseId	(Required) The unique client ID assigned by CJ’s Client Integration team.
Action Tracker ID	actionTrackerId	(Required) The static value given by the CJ’s Client Integration team for the action taken.
CJ Event	ciEvent	(Required) CJ-defined correlating event ID (also known as the CJ Click ID).
Order ID	orderId	(Required) Client-defined Order identifier.
Event Time	eventTime	(Required) The timestamp of the event.
Order Amount	amount	(Required) The total order amount.
Order Discount	discount	The discount applied to the order.
Coupon Code	coupon	The coupon code applied to the order.
Currency	currency	The currency used on the order.
Product Prices	unitPrice	An array of the unit price of each product in the order.
Product SKUs	sku	An array of each product’s SKU in the order.
Product Quantities	quantity	An array of the amount ordered of each product.
Product Discounts	discount	An array of the amount of a product discount applied to the product’s unit price.
Advertiser Vertical		Supported values are: Retail, Finance, Travel, NetworkServices.
Ancillary Spend	ancillarySpend	The ancillary spend amount for the transaction (Advertiser-only attribute),
Annual Fee	annualFee	Annual fee associated with this product.
Application Status	applicationStatus	Identifies the status of the application at the time the transaction is sent to CJ.
Apr	apr	APR at time of application approval.
Apr Transfer	aprTransfer	APR for transfers.
Apr Transfer Time	aprTransferTime	APR transfer period in months.
Booking Date	bookingDate	The date booking was made in format `YYYY-MM-DD`.
Booking Status	bookingStatus	The status of the booking (for example: confirmed, pending, et cetera).
Booking Value Post Tax	bookingValuePostTax	The value of the booking after taxes.
Booking Value Pre Tax	bookingValuePreTax	The value of the booking before taxes.
Brand	brand	The brand of item or items purchased.
Brand ID	brandId	The brand identifier of the item booked.
Business Unit	businessUnit	The business unit the customer purchased through.
Campaign ID	campaignId	The advertiser-specific marketing campaign ID.
Campaign Name	campaignName	The advertiser-specific marketing campaign name.
Card Category	cardCategory	The card category’s name.
Car Options	carOptions	Other car options chosen during the transaction (for example, insurance).
Cash Advance Fee	cashAdvanceFee	The cash advance fee associated with this product.
Category	category	The category of the item. (For example: if a customer applies for a Personal Cash-back Credit card; `service_type=cc&item_type=personal&category=cashback`).
City	city	The city name of the hotel or event’s location.
Class	class	The class rating of the item booked or purchased.
Confirmation Number	confirmationNumber	The confirmation number for the provider (for example, a flight confirmation number from an airline).
Contract Length	contractLength	The length of the contract, in months.
Contract Type	contractType	An advertiser-specific description of the contract.
Country Code	countryCode	The country where the transaction occurred.
Coupon Discount	couponDiscount	Amount discounted from any coupon used.
Coupon Type	couponType	The type of coupon used.
Credit Line	creditLine	The amount of credit extended to the customer.
Credit Quality	creditQuality	Quality of customer’s credit. Supported values are: 300-579=Very Poor, 580-669=Fair, 670-739=Good, 740-799=Very Good, 800-850=Exceptional.
Credit Report	creditReport	If the customer received a credit report, purchased it, got a free report, or started a trial for a reporting service.
Cruise Type	cruiseType	The type of cruise (for example: Alaskan, Caribbean, et cetera).
Customer Country	customerCountry	The country the customer purchasing is in, per ISO 3166-1 alpha 2 country codes. For example, `US`, `UK`, `AU`, `FR`.
Customer Segment	customerSegment	The advertiser-specific customer segment.
Customer Status	customerStatus	If the customer is new or existing.
Customer Type	customerType	The type of customer (for example: company, individual consumer, business, leisure).
Delivery	delivery	The method of delivery.
Description	description	Product or card description.
Destination City	destinationCity	The destination city’s name.
Destination Country	destinationCountry	The service destination’s country, formatted using ISO 3166-1 alpha 2 country codes. For example, `US`, `UK`, `AU`, `FR`.
Destination ID	destinationId	The service destination ID, typically an advertiser-defined code representing a destination city or destination state/province (for example: `728660`).
Destination State	destinationState	The service destination state/province, formatted using ISO 3166-2 state codes.
Domestic	domestic	If the customer resides in the United States.
Dropoff Iata	dropoffIata	IATA code for dropoff location, if it’s at an airport.
Dropoff ID	dropoffId	Unique car rental agency ID for dropoff location.
Duration	duration	Duration of event or item in days, such as nights for a hotel stay or length of a trial subscription.
End Date Time	endDateTime	The check-out date/time, departure date/time, et cetera)
Flight Fare Type	flightFareType	The type of flight fare (for example “Gotta Get Away”).
Flight Options	flightOptions	Other options selected for a flight package (for example, wiki).
Flight Type	flightType	The type of flight (for example, direct, layover, overnight).
Flyer Miles	flyerMiles	If flyer miles were earned from this flight.
Funded Amount	fundedAmount	Account of account funding.
Funded Currency	fundedCurrency	The currency of the account’s initial funding.
Genre	genre	The entertainment category or genre (for example, books, movies, streaming, music, et cetera); transaction-level only.
Guests	guests	The number of guests.
Iata	iata	The code for each city in a flight schedule in a comma-separated list; commas must be URL-encoded.
Introductory Apr	introductoryApr	The intro APR for purchases. If the intro APR is not different than overall APR, use the “APR” parameter.
Introductory Apr Time	introductoryAprTime	The introductory APR period in months.
Item ID	itemId	The ID for item or items purchased. If multiple items, the parameter will use a comma-separated list.
Item Name	itemName	The name of the purchased item.
Item Type	itemType	The type of item (For example: if a customer applies for a Personal Cash-back Credit card; `service_type=cc&item_type=personal&category=cashback`).
Itinerary ID	itineraryId	The booking itinerary ID.
Lifestage	lifestage	The general demographic (such as new mover or student or Small biz) that indicate how and why a card will be used.
Location	location	An advertiser-specific ID or name that can be used to identify the store or location the customer will visit or has visited.
Loyalty Earned	loyaltyEarned	The level of the customer’s loyalty status.
Loyalty First Time Signup	loyaltyFirstTimeSignup	If this order resulted in the consumer joining the loyalty program.
Loyalty Level	loyaltyLevel	If loyalty points were used.
Loyalty Redeemed	loyaltyRedeemed	if loyalty points were earned.
Loyalty Status	loyaltyStatus	The customer’s status of membership.
Margin	margin	The advertiser-only attribute that indicates the profit margin for the transaction.
Marketing Channel	marketingChannel
Minimum Balance	minimumBalance	The value of the minimum cash balance requirement for the account.
Minimum Deposit	minimumDeposit	The minimum deposit amount.
Minimum Stay Duration	minimumStayDuration	The minimum required stay duration, in days.
No Cancellation	noCancellation	If a no cancellation allowed policy exists on the transaction, `yes` or `no`.
Order Subtotal	orderSubtotal
Origin City	originCity	The service origin city name, such as New York.
Origin Country	originCountry	The service origin country code, formatted using ISO 3166-1 alpha 2 country codes. For example, `US`, `UK`, `AU`, `FR`.
Origin State	originState	The service origin state/province formatted using ISO 3166-2 state codes.
Paid at Booking Post Tax	paidAtBookingPostTax	Amount paid at booking after taxes.
Paid at Booking Pre Tax	paidAtBookingPreTax	Amount paid at booking before taxes.
Payment Model	paymentMethod	The model of payment used (for example, advertiser-specific).
Pickup Iata	pickupIata	The IATA code for an airport pickup location.
Pickup ID	pickupId	The unique car rental agency location ID used for pickup.
Platform ID	platformId	The device that the customer is using (for example, mobile, tablet, et cetera).
Point of Sale	pointOfSale	The customer’s point of sale.
Port	port	Departure port for cruises.
Preorder	preorder	If the customer purchased the item before it was available for sale.
Prepaid	prepaid	If the customer prepaid the transaction, yes or no.
Prequalify	prequalify	If the applicant was pre-qualified for the card.
Promotion	promotion	The promotion applied (for example: summer sale).
Promotion Amount	promotionAmount	The numeric amount associated with the promotion (for example, if the promotion is $500 cash back, this value is `promotion=dollars&promotion_amt=500`)
Promotion Condition Threshold	promotionConditionThreshold	The threshold needed to get the discount.
Promotion Condition Type	promotionConditionType	Types of promotional conditions.
Promotion Ends	promotionEnds	The date the promotion ends formatted using ISO 8601 standards. For example, `2022-12-25T15:30:50.111Z`.
Promotion Starts	promotionStarts	The date the promotion begins formatted using ISO 8601 standards. For example, `2022-12-25T15:30:50.111Z`.
Promotion Type	promotionType	The promotion type.
Quantity	quantity	The quantity for a given SKU, simple actions only; if using an item-based action, use QTYx.
Rating	rating	The star rating of the item booked or purchased.
Room Type	roomType	The type of room booked for a hotel or cruise.
Rooms	rooms	The number of rooms booked.
Service Type	serviceType	The type of financial service the customer signed up for or purchased.
Ship Name	shipName	The name of the cruise ship.
Start Date Time	startDateTime	The check-in date/time, arrival date/time, or similar start time for the booked or purchased item.
State	state	Defines the state or province where the store is located, formatted using ISO 3166-2 state codes. For example, Alaska’s code is `US-AK` and Bangkok is `TH-10`.
Subscription Fee	subscriptionFee	The cost of subscription fee featured when signing up for free trial.
Subscription Length	subscriptionLength	Product duration (for example: “indefinite” or 1 month/3 months/6 months).
Tax Amount	taxAmount	The amount of tax.
Tax Type	taxType	The type of tax.
Transfer Fee	transferFee	The transfer fee amount (for a credit card).
Travel Type	travelType	The type of travel being booked (for example: air, car, activities, cruise, events, hotel, package, restaurants, travel guides, vacation rental, other).
Trip Type	tripType	The type of trip booked or purchased (for example: one-way, round-trip, multi-city, round trip + hotel).
Upsell	upsell	If the customer converted from a trial to a subscription.
CJ User		The CJ user ID.