{"id":301,"date":"2010-07-29T06:25:10","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T06:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/?p=301"},"modified":"2010-07-29T06:25:10","modified_gmt":"2010-07-29T06:25:10","slug":"tracking-clicks-remotely-via-http-get-or-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tipsandtricks-hq.com\/wordpress-affiliate\/tracking-clicks-remotely-via-http-get-or-post-301","title":{"rendered":"Tracking Clicks Remotely via HTTP GET or POST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You need a minimum of 4 pieces of information to track clicks remotely via a HTTP request. These are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Secret word (the secret word that you have specified in the settings)<\/li>\n<li>Referrer ID (the affiliate ID)<\/li>\n<li>Client&#8217;s Browser Information<\/li>\n<li>Client&#8217;s IP Address<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Optionally, you can pass in the following additional data too:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Referred Site&#8217;s URL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>1. Tracking Clicks via HTTP GET request<\/h3>\n<p>To track clicks via HTTP GET use the following format:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.example.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-affiliate-platform\/api\/remote-click-track.php?secret=XX&#038;ap_id=YY&#038;clientbrowser=ZZ&#038;clientip=AA<\/p>\n<p>Replace the &#8220;example.com&#8221;, &#8220;XX&#8221;, &#8220;YY&#8221;, &#8220;ZZ&#8221;, &#8220;AA&#8221; with the appropriate value.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PHP Example<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The following is an example of how to construct this link using PHP:<br \/>\n<code><br \/>\n$secret = \"4bd39e2e4a7bb\";<br \/>\n$referrer = \"amin21\";<br \/>\n$clientbrowser = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];<br \/>\n$clientip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];<br \/>\n$prepared_data = \"?secret=\".$secret.\"&amp;ap_id=\".$referrer.\"&amp;clientbrowser=\".$clientbrowser.\"&amp;clientip=\".$clientip;<br \/>\n$get_url = \"http:\/\/www.example.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-affiliate-platform\/api\/remote-click-track.php\".$prepared_data;<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<h3>2. Awarding Commission via HTTP POST request<\/h3>\n<p>To award commission via HTTP POST use the following format:<br \/>\n<code><br \/>\n&lt;form action=\"http:\/\/www.example.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-affiliate-platform\/api\/remote-click-track.php\" method=\"post\"&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;input name=\"secret\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"XX\" \/&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;input name=\"ap_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"YY\" \/&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;input name=\"clientbrowser\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"ZZ\" \/&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;input name=\"clientip\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"AA\" \/&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit Post\" \/&gt;<br \/>\n&lt;\/form&gt;<br \/>\n<\/code><\/p>\n<p>Replace the &#8220;example.com&#8221;, &#8220;XX&#8221;, &#8220;YY&#8221;, &#8220;ZZ&#8221;, &#8220;AA&#8221; with the appropriate value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You need a minimum of 4 pieces of information to track clicks remotely via a HTTP request. 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