mixpanel 4.0.1 → 4.0.2

data/README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 - [What is Mixpanel] (#what-is-mixpanel)
 - [What does this Gem do?] (#what-does-this-gem-do)
 - [Install] (#install)
-  - [Rack Middleware] (#rack-middleware) 
+  - [Rack Middleware] (#rack-middleware)
 - [Usage] (#usage)
   - [Initialize Mixpanel] (#initialize-mixpanel)
     - [Track Events Directly](#track-events-directly)
@@ -199,6 +199,12 @@ Example:
 @mixpanel.track 'Purchased credits', { :number => 5, 'First Time Buyer' => true }
 ```
 
+If you would like to alias one distinct id to another, you can use the alias helper method:
+
+```ruby
+@mixpanel.alias 'Siddhartha', { distinct_id: previous_distinct_id }
+```
+
 ### Pixel Based Event Tracking
 
 ```ruby
@@ -457,13 +463,13 @@ end
 ```ruby
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   before_filter :initialize_env
-  
+
   private
   ##
   # Initialize env for mixpanel
   def initialize_env
-    # Similar to the Resque problem above, we need to help DJ serialize the 
-    # request object. 
+    # Similar to the Resque problem above, we need to help DJ serialize the
+    # request object.
     @request_env = {
       'REMOTE_ADDR' => request.env['REMOTE_ADDR'],
       'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR' => request.env['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'],
@@ -484,9 +490,9 @@ end
 ```
 **Sample Usage**
 ```ruby
-MixPanel.track("Front Page Load", { 
-                url_type: short_url.uid_type, 
-                page_name: short_url.page.name, 
+MixPanel.track("Front Page Load", {
+                url_type: short_url.uid_type,
+                page_name: short_url.page.name,
                 distinct_id: @client_uid }, @request_env)
 ```
 

data/lib/mixpanel/event.rb

@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ module Mixpanel::Event
     append 'track', event, track_properties(properties, false)
   end
 
+  def alias(name, properties={}, options={})
+    track_event '$create_alias', properties.merge(:alias => name), options, TRACK_URL
+  end
+
+  def append_alias(aliased_id)
+    append 'alias', aliased_id
+  end
+
   protected
 
   def track_event(event, properties, options, default_url)

data/lib/mixpanel/person.rb

@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ module Mixpanel::Person
     append 'identify', distinct_id
   end
 
-  def append_alias(aliased_id)
-    append 'alias', aliased_id
-  end
-
   protected
 
   def engage(action, request_properties_or_distinct_id, properties, options)

data/mixpanel.gemspec

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ files = ['README.md', 'LICENSE', 'Rakefile', 'mixpanel.gemspec', '{spec,lib}/**/
 
 spec = Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = "mixpanel"
-  s.version = "4.0.1"
+  s.version = "4.0.2"
   s.rubyforge_project = "mixpanel"
   s.description = "Simple lib to track events in Mixpanel service. It can be used in any rack based framework."
   s.author = "Alvaro Gil"

data/spec/mixpanel/tracker_spec.rb

@@ -51,6 +51,22 @@ describe Mixpanel::Tracker do
       end
     end
 
+    describe '#alias' do
+      it 'tracks a simple event' do
+        @mixpanel.alias('James Salter').should be true
+      end
+
+      it 'tracks a $create_alias event to the TRACK_URL' do
+        @mixpanel.should_receive(:track_event).with('$create_alias', anything, {}, Mixpanel::Event::TRACK_URL)
+        @mixpanel.alias('Phillip Dean')
+      end
+
+      it 'includes the aliased name in the properties' do
+        @mixpanel.should_receive(:track_event).with('$create_alias', { :alias => 'Cristina Wheatland' }, {}, Mixpanel::Event::TRACK_URL)
+        @mixpanel.alias('Cristina Wheatland')
+      end
+    end
+
     context "Engaging people" do
       it "should set attributes" do
         @mixpanel.set('person-a', { :email => 'me@domain.com', :likeable => false }).should == true

metadata

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
 name: mixpanel
 version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
-  version: 4.0.1
+  version: 4.0.2
   prerelease: 
 platform: ruby
 authors:
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ authors:
 autorequire: 
 bindir: bin
 cert_chain: []
-date: 2013-05-10 00:00:00.000000000Z
+date: 2013-05-23 00:00:00.000000000Z
 dependencies:
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: json
-  requirement: &2153783040 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirement: &2153678160 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     none: false
     requirements:
     - - ! '>='
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ dependencies:
         version: '0'
   type: :runtime
   prerelease: false
-  version_requirements: *2153783040
+  version_requirements: *2153678160
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: rack
-  requirement: &2153782600 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirement: &2153677720 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     none: false
     requirements:
     - - ! '>='
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ dependencies:
         version: '0'
   type: :runtime
   prerelease: false
-  version_requirements: *2153782600
+  version_requirements: *2153677720
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: escape
-  requirement: &2153782180 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirement: &2153677300 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     none: false
     requirements:
     - - ! '>='
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ dependencies:
         version: '0'
   type: :runtime
   prerelease: false
-  version_requirements: *2153782180
+  version_requirements: *2153677300
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: rspec
-  requirement: &2153781760 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirement: &2153676880 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     none: false
     requirements:
     - - ! '>='
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ dependencies:
         version: '0'
   type: :development
   prerelease: false
-  version_requirements: *2153781760
+  version_requirements: *2153676880
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: rack-test
-  requirement: &2153781340 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirement: &2153676460 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     none: false
     requirements:
     - - ! '>='
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ dependencies:
         version: '0'
   type: :development
   prerelease: false
-  version_requirements: *2153781340
+  version_requirements: *2153676460
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: fakeweb
-  requirement: &2153780920 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirement: &2153676040 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     none: false
     requirements:
     - - ! '>='
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ dependencies:
         version: '0'
   type: :development
   prerelease: false
-  version_requirements: *2153780920
+  version_requirements: *2153676040
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: nokogiri
-  requirement: &2153780500 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirement: &2153675620 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     none: false
     requirements:
     - - ! '>='
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ dependencies:
         version: '0'
   type: :development
   prerelease: false
-  version_requirements: *2153780500
+  version_requirements: *2153675620
 - !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
   name: rake
-  requirement: &2153806420 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  requirement: &2153701540 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
     none: false
     requirements:
     - - ! '>='
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ dependencies:
         version: '0'
   type: :development
   prerelease: false
-  version_requirements: *2153806420
+  version_requirements: *2153701540
 description: Simple lib to track events in Mixpanel service. It can be used in any
   rack based framework.
 email: zevarito@gmail.com