getProfile

getProfile(String
sessionID)

The getProfile method enables you to retrieve the profile and temporal information about the visitor visiting the touchpoint.

sessionID—a string identifying the session ID.

Return value

The runtime server responds to getProfile with a Response object with the following attributes populated:

AdvisoryMessages

ApiVersion

ProfileRecord

SessionID

StatusCode

Example

The following is an example of using getProfile and a way to handle the response.

sessionId is the same string to identify the session used by the startSession call which started this session.

response = api.getProfile(sessionId);
/** Process the response appropriately */
// check if response is successful or not
if(response.getStatusCode() == Response.STATUS_SUCCESS)
{
System.out.println("getProfile call processed with no warnings or errors");
// Print the profile - it's just an array of NameValuePair objects
for(NameValuePair nvp : response.getProfileRecord())
{
System.out.println("Name:"+nvp.getName());
if(nvp.getValueDataType().equals(NameValuePair.DATA_TYPE_DATETIME))
{
System.out.println("Value:"+nvp.getValueAsDate());
}
else if(nvp.getValueDataType().equals(NameValuePair.DATA_TYPE_NUMERIC))
{
System.out.println("Value:"+nvp.getValueAsNumeric());
}
else
{
System.out.println("Value:"+nvp.getValueAsString());
}
}
}
else if(response.getStatusCode() == Response.STATUS_WARNING)
{
System.out.println("getProfile call processed with a warning");
}
else
{
System.out.println("getProfile call processed with an error");
}
// For any non-successes, there should be advisory messages explaining why
if(response.getStatusCode() != Response.STATUS_SUCCESS)
printDetailMessageOfWarningOrError("getProfile",
response.getAdvisoryMessages());