Unable to customize pageview eventType

[alex-geopro]

Expected Behavior

I expected the default tracking eventType for pageviews to change from the default [Amplitude] Page Viewed to the value i set.

Current Behavior

It stayed at the default value.

Possible Solution

Not sure.

Steps to Reproduce

See: https://www.docs.developers.amplitude.com/data/sdks/browser-2/#tracking-default-events

Initialize it like this:

      amplitude.init('<api_key>', '<user_id>', { 
        defaultTracking: {
          pageviews: {
            eventType: 'pageview'
          }
        }
      });

Environment

• Browser SDK Version: 2.2.3
• Installation Method: <script/> tag

[alex-geopro]

Ok I got this working, I had a typo, it should be pageViews not pageviews.

Follow on question: is there a way to customize the event property names? The default ones seem super verbose and have spaces in them etc, seems very non-standard.

I expected the names to be more like:

• domain
• path
• location
• title
• url

These are the names normally given to these parameters I believe.

[alex-geopro]

Also, how can I configure/change the eventType for other default events, like session started etc?

[Mercy811]

Hi @alex-geopro, thanks for choosing Amplitude. Afaik, the SDK doesn't support customizing event name or event property name unfortunately.

[alex-geopro]

Hi @Mercy811 it definitely does, I have it working for the pageview event name. see attached:

[Mercy811]

Other default tracking events are not supported to change event type except pageViews. Please refer to the typings here.

[Mercy811]

Hi @alex-geopro, although there is no direct configurations over default events, you can customize it by a enrichment plugin. Please refer to the docs and an example here. Simply rewrite the event type there if the current event is a session event or other default events you want to rename.

[alex-geopro]

Hi, as I showed there is direct configuration over the default pageview eventType, I showed the code to do it, and a screenshot of the result, and its mentioned in your docs. Thanks for the suggestion on rewriting the other eventTypes which don't have this feature (I assume)

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On Tue, Oct 3, 2023 at 3:00 PM Xinyi Ye ***@***.***> wrote: Hi @alex-geopro <https://github.com/alex-geopro>, although there is no direct configurations over default events, you can customize it by a enrichment plugin. Please refer to the docs <https://www.docs.developers.amplitude.com/data/sdk-plugins/> and an example here <https://www.docs.developers.amplitude.com/data/sdks/browser-2/#enrichment-plugin>. Simply rewrite the event type there if the current event is a session event or other default events you want to rename. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#596 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/BCPOX3RWTKFRZPP6AZJGI3TX5SDITAVCNFSM6AAAAAA5QG2WX2VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTONBVG44TGNBXGM> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>