Step 1. Create an input

1. Generate your API key

Create a Custom Feed on the Setup page to generate server-to-server API credentials and store them in a safe place. You’ll need them to make a POST request in the next step.

2. Send an HTTP request

Use curl or Postman to send an HTTP request with your access credentials to our server-to-server endpoint https://s2s.mparticle.com/v2/events.

curl

Create data.json with the contents of your request.

{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "environment": "development",
  "user_identities": {
    "customer_id": "1234",
    "email": "hello@mparticle.com"
  },
  "events": [
    {
      "data": {
        "event_name": "click",
        "custom_event_type": "other",
        "custom_attributes": {
          "button_name": "home",
          "other_attribute": "xyz"
        }
      },
      "event_type": "custom_event"
    }
  ]
}

Run curl from the same directory.

curl -u YOUR_API_KEY:YOUR_API_SECRET -vX POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d @data.json https://s2s.mparticle.com/v2/events

Postman

Once you’re in the Postman app, follow these steps to make your request:

Set your API key and secret as the Username and Password in the Authorization tab of the Postman request builder. The Type dropdown on the Authorization tab should be set to Basic Auth for the builder to show those fields.
[Optional] Go to the Body tab to view the JSON payload. You can change values in the payload to customize the event you sent to mParticle. Learn more about our JSON Schema here.

3. Verify

Go to the Live Stream and watch new events come in as you send requests.

Next Steps 🎉

Congrats on sending your first event to mParticle!

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