Using localStorage rather than cookies

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#1

Hi,

I am trying to instrument a Single Page web application running on a device where the pages are loaded via the file:// protocol. Cookies are not available, but HTML5 localStorage is.

Is it possible to for the website developer to manage the creation and persistence of a unique ID for a user, and to manually send that ID when starting the tracker rather than allowing the piwik.js file write any cookies?

Many thanks,

Pete.

#2

It is not possible yet to use html5 storage instead of cookies, but we could build such feature if needed…

#3

Thanks… I should have read deeper before posting I guess too. I found the Tracking API (http://piwik.org/docs/tracking-api/reference/), which does seem to accept an ‘_id’ parameter. I should be able to use this and manage the id myself, and use some JS to create the beacons.