django-pixels 0.2

Tracking pixels made easy

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django-pixels
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Tracking pixels made easy

Features
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* Built-in view to serve a pixel response
* Compose pixel tracking urls with different type IDs
* Route tracking requests to functions using type IDs

Implementation Notes with Short Examples
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Install django-pixels::

pip install django-pixels


Mount pixel tracking URL patterns:

.. code-block:: python

urlpatterns = [
...
url(r'^tracker/', include('django_pixels.urls', namespace="pixels")),
...
]


Get the general pixel tracking url (This serves a transparent pixel as the response):

.. code-block:: python

from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
tracking_url = reverse('pixels:pixel') # given you have mounted django_pixels urls with namespace='pixels'

Get the tracking url with no-content(204) response (This serves an empty response with code 204):

.. code-block:: python

from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
tracking_url = reverse('pixels:pixel-204') # given you have mounted django_pixels urls with namespace='pixels'


Generate a pixel tracking url with type 1:

.. code-block:: python

from django_pixels import utils

utils.compose_pixel_url(tracking_url, 1)


Write a function to handle tracking calls with type 1:

.. code-block:: python

def track_emails(request):
# handle tracking with the passed HttpRequest instance


Register the function to handle tracking calls with type 1:

.. code-block:: python

from django_pixels import handlers

handlers.register(1, track_emails)


Or mark a function to handle tracking calls with type 2:

.. code-block:: python

from django_pixels import handlers

@handlers.track(type_id=2)
def track_emails(request):
# handle tracking with the passed HttpRequest instance


Settings
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* PIXELS_TYPE_PARAMETER_NAME - Change the parameter name used for tracking type


Credits
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Tools used in rendering this package:

* Cookiecutter_
* `cookiecutter-djangopackage`_

.. _Cookiecutter: https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter
.. _`cookiecutter-djangopackage`: https://github.com/pydanny/cookiecutter-djangopackage




History
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0.1 (2016-12-10)
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* First release on PyPI.