Visitor

Optimizely Web Experimentation uses visitor attributes for targeting and segmentation. The visitor object contains all the attributes that can be used for targeting and segmentation.

Syntax

visitor = window["optimizely"].get("visitor");

Parameters

Parameter and Type	Child Attribute	Description
visitor string	N/A	The argument indicating to get visitor information. Required.

Return value

Parameter and Type	Child Attribute	Description
VisitorData	N/A	The object contains all the attributes that can be used for targeting and segmentation.
browserId string	Child attribute of type VisitorData	A unique identifier for the browser type.
browserVersion string	Child attribute of type VisitorData	The version of the browser.
source_type string	Child attribute of type VisitorData	Optimizely Web Experimentation evaluates how a visitor came to the website based on the referrer value. Possible values are direct, search, and referral.
visitorId string	Child attribute of type VisitorData	A unique ID that Optimizely Web Experimentation uses to identify a visitor.
custom object[CustomAttributeObject]	Child attribute of type VisitorData	An object whose keys are custom attribute IDs and whose values are CustomAttributeObjects. Contains values for all custom attributes that have been set for the visitor.
id string	Child attribute of type CustomAttributeObject	The ID of the custom attribute, as displayed in the Audiences > Attributes dashboard.
value string	Child attribute of type CustomAttributeObjec	The value of the custom attribute as set for the current visitor.
* *	Child attribute of type VisitorData	This object can contain project- or environment-specific properties that are not predefined.

Example Call

JavaScript

visitor = window["optimizely"].get("visitor");

Example Return Value

JavaScript

{
  "browserId": "gc",
  "browserVersion": "53.0.2785.143",
  "source_type": "referral",
  "visitorId": "oeu1476217818972r0.36434468013549726",
  "custom": {
    "7973492630": {
      "id": "7973492630",
      "value": "High Tech"
    },
    "7995780411": {
      "id": "7995780411",
      "value": "commercial 1"
    }
  }
}