@affiliateo/web 4.9.1 → 4.9.2

package/README.md

@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ the script tag, `data-chat-color`, `data-chat-icon-color`, `data-chat-send-color
 
 ## Changelog
 
+- **4.9.2:** events are sent as plain text, so the browser no longer makes an
+  extra check request before each one. Nothing to change in your code.
 - **4.9.1:** a different user signing in with `identify()` (no `logout()` in
   between) now forgets the last person's Live Chat thread first, as a sign-out
   does, and the bubble learns the new user without a reload. Signing in from

package/dist/queue.js

@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ const MAX_RETRIES = 3;
 const DEFAULT_MAX_QUEUE_SIZE = 100;
 const DEFAULT_FLUSH_INTERVAL_MS = 5000;
 const SIZE_FLUSH_THRESHOLD = 10;
+// Plain text, not application/json: a JSON body makes the browser send an
+// extra OPTIONS request before every event. The server reads the body as
+// text and parses it itself, so nothing else changes.
+const BODY_TYPE = 'text/plain;charset=UTF-8';
 function lsGet(key) {
     try {
         return localStorage.getItem(key);
@@ -188,7 +192,7 @@ export class EventQueue {
             try {
                 const res = await fetch(event.endpoint, {
                     method: 'POST',
-                    headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+                    headers: { 'Content-Type': BODY_TYPE },
                     body: JSON.stringify(event.payload),
                     // keepalive lets the request survive a navigation. paired
                     // with the queue so even if this fetch errors, we'll retry.
@@ -243,7 +247,7 @@ export class EventQueue {
                 try {
                     fetch(event.endpoint, {
                         method: 'POST',
-                        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+                        headers: { 'Content-Type': BODY_TYPE },
                         body: JSON.stringify(event.payload),
                         keepalive: true,
                     }).catch(() => { });
@@ -256,7 +260,7 @@ export class EventQueue {
         }
         for (const event of this.queue) {
             try {
-                navigator.sendBeacon(event.endpoint, new Blob([JSON.stringify(event.payload)], { type: 'application/json' }));
+                navigator.sendBeacon(event.endpoint, new Blob([JSON.stringify(event.payload)], { type: BODY_TYPE }));
             }
             catch { /* swallow */ }
         }

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@affiliateo/web",
-  "version": "4.9.1",
+  "version": "4.9.2",
   "description": "Affiliateo web SDK: affiliate attribution and tracking for web apps",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.js",