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Cannot track custom checkout in shopify

  • 17 November 2020
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Hello,

we have a custom checkout in a page in Shopify, and I, as the developer, would like to track customer’s steps in checkout, starting with ‘Started Checkout’ step.

the issue is that I can see no request sent to klaviyo at that point, I can see those console.logs but I cannot see a request sent with that _learnq.push… therefore, the checkout is not tracked in Klaviyo.

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Best answer by remstone 19 November 2020, 02:28

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@akhouad not sure if this helps (i'm not a developer). but as far as I can see the shopify checkout started events are pushed serverside (if I'm right) not front-end side. isn't _learn.push a frontend solution? 
https://help.klaviyo.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005082927-Integrate-a-Standard-Ecommerce-Platform#started-checkout5
https://help.klaviyo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360031078492-Custom-Integration-FAQ

That being said if the klaviyo.js is loaded this should send an event to Klaviyo.
For tracking in the checkout I would advise to use serverside solutions (see links above). 

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@akhouad not sure if this helps (i'm not a developer). but as far as I can see the shopify checkout started events are pushed serverside (if I'm right) not front-end side. isn't _learn.push a frontend solution? 
https://help.klaviyo.com/hc/en-us/articles/115005082927-Integrate-a-Standard-Ecommerce-Platform#started-checkout5
https://help.klaviyo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360031078492-Custom-Integration-FAQ

That being said if the klaviyo.js is loaded this should send an event to Klaviyo.
For tracking in the checkout I would advise to use serverside solutions (see links above). 

Thank you for your reply, I can see in the second article you sent that they’re supported in both front-end and backend.

‘ Our Track and Identify APIs have both server-side and front-end (JavaScript) components. ‘

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Another thing you could test is sending it manually and see what (if any) error you get.

Also check the https://www.klaviyo.com/dashboard/activity dashboard to make sure the events are not coming in maybe under another name? 

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Hey @akhouad it looks like you’re trying to use the server side method and then passing that into the _learnq object.  You could do 1 of the following:

// cookie the user
_learnq.push(['identify', {$email: email}])
const data = {
'Total Price': price,
'Line Items': line_item
}
// track the event
_learnq.push(['track', 'Started Checkout', data])


// send using ajax
const data = {
'token': token,
'event': 'Started Checkout',
'customer_properties': {
'$email': email
},
'properties': {
'Total Price': price,
'Line Items': line_item
}
}

$.get('https://a.klaviyo.com/api/identify?data=' + btoa(JSON.stringify(data)))

 

If you utilize the _learnq module then you will need to have klaviyo.js installed on the site.

 

Let me know if you have any questions!

 

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