snowplow / snowplow/snowplow-javascript-tracker
Change fixupUrl to be JSON-driven
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category:browser
priority:low
status:needs_triage
type:enhancement
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 590
- Forks
- 232
- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
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Description
Move from a code based approach to a JSON approach driving the fixupUrl.
For an example of the concept (albeit in YAML not JSON), see:
https://github.com/snowplow/referer-parser/blob/master/resources/referers.yml#L654
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the existing fixupUrl implementation in the tracker and reviewing how its current code-based rules work. Compare that behavior with the linked referers.yml example, then define a JSON-driven equivalent whose behavior matches the existing URL fixing rules.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- analytics
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100