Widget Plus Window API

The Widget Plus Window API exposes public functions that can be called to setup or make configuration changes to the widgets on the page.

Functions

initAllWidgets

Initializes all widgets on the current page.

Example Usage

window.okeWidgetApi.initAllWidgets();

initWidget

Initializes or reinitializes a particular widget.

Example Usage

const widgetElement = document.querySelector('[data-oke-widget]');
window.okeWidgetApi.initWidget(widgetElement);

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value Type	Supported Values	Required
widgetElement	The widget HTMLElement which will be initialized.	HTMLElement		✅
forceReinitialization	Determines whether or not to force the widget to reinitialize if it has already been initialized.	boolean	true, false

setProduct

Sets a widget to 'product' mode and to only show review data for the specified product.

Example Usage

const widgetElement = document.querySelector('[data-oke-widget]');
window.okeWidgetApi.setProduct(widgetElement, 'shopify-7551554945263');

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value Type	Supported Values	Required
widgetElement	The widget HTMLElement which will be set with a particular product’s data.	HTMLElement		✅
productId	Sets the widget in 'product' mode with only reviews data for the specified product.	string	Any valid Product ID in the format shopify-{product_id} e.g. shopify-1234567.	✅

setGroup

Sets a widget to 'group' mode and to only show review data for the specified group.

Example Usage

const widgetElement = document.querySelector('[data-oke-widget]');
window.okeWidgetApi.setGroup(widgetElement, 'd06b2294-7f17-48fe-9fd6-155e8cb07a54');

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value Type	Supported Values	Required
widgetElement	The widget/target HTMLElement which will be set with a particular product’s data.	HTMLElement		✅
groupId	Sets the widget in 'group' mode with only reviews data for the specified product group.	string	Any valid Group ID. Where can I find a Group ID?	✅

How to Find a Group ID

1. Open Okendo Admin.

2. Navigate to Groups (Reviews > Groups).

3. Select the Group you would like to use for your widget.

4. Look in the URL for the group page and you will see a GUID at the end of the URL. This is the Group ID.

Group ID is located in the browser address bar at the end of the URL.

setWidgetLocale

Sets the widget locale and/or locale variant for the widgets to use for translation purposes.

Example Usage

window.okeWidgetApi.setWidgetLocale('fr');

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value Type	Supported Values	Required
locale	The locale code for the language you want the set the widgets to use.	string	da | de | el | en | es | fr | id | it | ja | ko | nl | no | pl | pt | ru | sv | th | vi | zh-TW	✅
variant	The variant code for the language you want to set the widget to use. Currently only support formal/informal for the German locale de	string	formal | informal

Custom Initialization

If our standard widget initialization pattern doesn't work correctly for your application, you may need to manually re-initialize the widget(s).

Manually Initialize a Widget

A common practice is to initialize the widget via the Window API by placing a script block or file at the base of your HTML document. You are then able to watch the document.readyState lifecycle and initialise widgets using the window.okeWidgetApi.

<script type="text/javascript">
((document, window) => {  
    const reviewsWidgetHolder = document.querySelector('[data-oke-widget]');
    if (reviewsWidgetHolder) {
        const handleDocumentLoaded = function (e) {
            if (window.okeWidgetApi) {
                window.okeWidgetApi.initWidget(reviewsWidgetHolder, true);
            }
        }
    
        if (document.readyState !== 'interactive' && document.readyState !== 'complete') {
            document.addEventListener('readystatechange', () => {
                handleDocumentLoaded();
            }, { once: true });
        }
        else {
            handleDocumentLoaded();
        }
    }
})(document, window);
</script>

Overriding The Product Details URL - Stores With Shopify Markets / Custom Domains / Headless

We give merchants the ability to override the way their product detail URLs are generated by the Reviews Widget.

A common use-case for this functionality would be in the event a store is using Shopify Markets, Custom Domains, a Headless implementation.

In your theme or a custom html/liquid block you can supply a product URL formatter function on the window object which the reviews widget will use when generating links to products.

It is recommended to place this snippet in the <head> of your site above the {{ content_for_header }}:

Example Markets Usage When Using Shopify Translate and Adapt Style Sub-Folders for <market>-<locale> e.g. https://www.store-domain.com/ja-ja/

<script type="text/javascript">
window.okeProductUrlFormatter = (product) => {
    if (product && window?.Shopify?.routes?.root?.length && window?.Shopify?.routes?.root !== '/') {
        return window.Shopify.routes.root + 'products/' + product.productHandle + '/?id=' + product.productId + (product.variantId ? ('&variantId=' + product.variantId) : '');
    }
};
</script>

Example Markets Usage

<script type="text/javascript">
  window.okeProductUrlFormatter = (product) => {
    // Retrieve current Shopify locale
    const locale = window.Shopify.locale || 'en';

    // Base URL for each locale
    // You could use window.Shopify.routes.root
    let baseUrl;

    // Switch statement to handle different locales
    switch (locale) {
      case 'en': // Default English market
        baseUrl = 'https://www.my-store.com';
        break;
      case 'ja': // Japanese market
        baseUrl = 'https://www.my-store.co.jp';
        break;
      case 'au': // Australian market
        baseUrl = 'https://www.my-store.com.au';
        break;
      case 'zh': // Chinese market
        baseUrl = 'https://www.my-store.cn';
        break;
      case 'de': // German market
        baseUrl = 'https://www.my-store.de';
        break;
      // Add more cases for other locales as needed
      default: // Fallback for unsupported locales
        baseUrl = 'https://www.my-store.com';
        break;
    }

    // Construct the product URL
    const productUrl = `${baseUrl}/products/${product.productHandle}/?id=${product.productId}`;

    // Include variantId if available
    if (product.variantId) {
      return `${productUrl}&variantId=${product.variantId}`;
    }

    return productUrl;
  };
</script>

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Value Type	Object Values	Required
product	This is a Javascript object which is passed to your function to provide product information you may use when constructing a product details URL.	object	{ productHandle: string; productId: string; variantId: string }	✅

Events

For merchants not using Google Analytics, an oke-analytics-event is raised in conjunction with any of our standard Google Analytics interaction and view events. You can subscribe to the event and forward it on to other analytics providers like so:

document.addEventListener('oke-analytics-event', (event) => {
  // event.detail contains analytics information properties
  console.log(JSON.stringify(event.detail));
});

event.detail Properties

Property	Description
event	The name of the event in snake case
event_category	'Okendo'
event_label	A custom label based on the event or falls back to the product name if not supplied
event_type	'interaction' | 'view' interaction : When a user directly interacted with the widget view : When widget based time tracking is enabled (see: https://support.okendo.io/en/articles/6787536-tracking-widget-on-screen-time)
okendo_product	'reviews'
product_label	The product name/label if the reviews widget is displaying a specific product. This will be empty when the widget displays "All Reviews", "Grouped" , or "Collection" reviews.