Overview

The Segment integration supports Cordial as a source, allowing you to send cross-channel engagement data from Cordial to Segment, where it can then be routed to any of Segment's integrations. 

You can also send data from Segment to Cordial.

Event data

As events fire in Cordial, they are automatically sent directly to Segment. Each of the events below (along with all supporting metadata and contact identifiers) are included in the integration.  

Cordial adheres to the Segment Spec: Semantic Events wherever applicable. The tables below show how Cordial events are mapped to the semantic event spec.

Email channel events

Mobile channel events

SMS/MMS channel events

REST channel events

Custom events

Enable and authenticate Cordial as a source

You can enable the Segment integration by following the steps below.

1. Once you've created Cordial as a source in your Segment account, copy the Write Key.

2. Log in to your Cordial account, navigate to Marketplace in the upper right corner, and select Enable on the Segment modal.
 

3. In the Outbound Data Settings panel, paste in your write key from your Segment source project.

Configure allowed and blocked events

You can choose to block or allow specific events per each channel and per your custom events.  By default, "Send all events" is set for each case.

In order to prevent recursion, any event records that are marked as having Segment as their origin source will automatically be blocked from being sent back to Segment.

Data examples

Example of a click event in Cordial (with nested objects and arrays)

{
  "action": "click",
  "time": "2021-10-22T16:11:48+0000",
  "bmID": "45:6172e28c897f2011ab137761:ot",
  "cID": "5c673e6b10986b7e3cd505d1",
  "mcID": "45:6172e28c897f2011ab137761:ot:5c673e6b10986b7e3cd505d1:1",
  "first": true,
  "lTags": [
    "threadsdemo"
  ],
  "_id": "6172e2c81815fd55160c82b1",
  "d": {
    "type": "computer",
    "device": "WebKit",
    "platform": "Windows",
    "browser": "Chrome",
    "robot": false,
    "bot_score": 18,
    "bot_verified": false,
    "asn": 701,
    "threat_score": 0
  },
  "properties": {
    "foo": "bar",
    "foo2": "bar2"
   },
  "system_properties": {
    "ed": "cordial.com",
    "mTags": [
      "test1",
      "test2"
    ],
  "link": "http://www.threads.com",
  "lKey": "http://www.threads.com",
  "rl": "http://www.threads.com?$utm_source=test1&utm_campaign=april1&utm_medium=test3"
  }
}

Example of a Cordial click event as passed to Segment (flattened)

Event records in Cordial contain nested objects of data. These objects are flattened when sent to Segment, following Segment's best practices. Also note, keys are added to the payload in adherence to the Semantic Event Spec. As an example: "campaign_id", "campaign_name","email_id", and "email_subject" are all added to the payload for email events. See the flattened example payload below.

{
  "anonymousId": "5c673e6b10986b7e3cd505d1",
  "context": {
    "library": {
      "name": "unknown",
      "version": "unknown"
    },
    "source": "cordial"
  },
  "event": "Email Link Clicked",
  "integrations": {},
  "messageId": "api-.....",
  "properties": {
    "_id": "6172e2c81815fd55160c82b1",
    "action": "click",
    "bmID": "45:6172e28c897f2011ab137761:ot",
    "cID": "5c673e6b10986b7e3cd505d1",
    "campaign_id": "45:6172e28c897f2011ab137761:ot",
    "campaign_name": "Fall Sale",
    "email_id": "45:6172e28c897f2011ab137761:ot:5c673e6b10986b7e3cd505d1:1",
    "email_subject": "Fall Sale 10% Off",
    "first": true,
    "link_url": "http://www.cordial.com?$utm_source=test1&utm_campaign=april1&utm_medium=test3",
    "mcID": "45:6172e28c897f2011ab137761:ot:5c673e6b10986b7e3cd505d1:1",
    "system_properties_ed": "cordial.com",
    "system_properties_mTags_0": "test1",
    "system_properties_mTags_1": "test2",
    "system_properties_lKey": "http://www.threads.com",
    "system_properties_rl": "http://www.threads.com?$utm_source=test1&utm_campaign=april1&utm_medium=test3",
    "properties_foo": "bar",
    "properties_foo2": "bar2",
    "lTags_0": "threadsdemo",
    "d_type": "computer",
    "d_device": "WebKit",
    "d_platform": "Windows",
    "d_browser": "Chrome",
    "d_robot": false,
    "d_bot_score": 18,
    "d_bot_verified": false,
    "d_asn": 701,
    "d_threat_score": 0
  },
  "receivedAt": "2021-10-22T16:11:53.270Z",
  "sentAt": "2021-10-22T16:11:53.000Z",
  "timestamp": "2021-10-22T16:11:53.540Z",
  "type": "track",
  "writeKey": "...."
}