Tracking Clicks Remotely via HTTP GET or POST

You need a minimum of 4 pieces of information to track clicks remotely via a HTTP request. These are:

• Secret word (the secret word that you have specified in the settings)
• Referrer ID (the affiliate ID)
• Client’s Browser Information
• Client’s IP Address

Optionally, you can pass in the following additional data too:

• The Referred Site’s URL

1. Tracking Clicks via HTTP GET request

To track clicks via HTTP GET use the following format:

http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-platform/api/remote-click-track.php?secret=XX&ap_id=YY&clientbrowser=ZZ&clientip=AA

Replace the “example.com”, “XX”, “YY”, “ZZ”, “AA” with the appropriate value.

PHP Example

The following is an example of how to construct this link using PHP:

$secret = "4bd39e2e4a7bb";
$referrer = "amin21";
$clientbrowser = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$clientip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$prepared_data = "?secret=".$secret."&ap_id=".$referrer."&clientbrowser=".$clientbrowser."&clientip=".$clientip;
$get_url = "http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-platform/api/remote-click-track.php".$prepared_data;


2. Awarding Commission via HTTP POST request

To award commission via HTTP POST use the following format:

<form action="http://www.example.com/wp-content/plugins/wp-affiliate-platform/api/remote-click-track.php" method="post">
<input name="secret" type="hidden" value="XX" />
<input name="ap_id" type="hidden" value="YY" />
<input name="clientbrowser" type="hidden" value="ZZ" />
<input name="clientip" type="hidden" value="AA" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit Post" />
</form>


Replace the “example.com”, “XX”, “YY”, “ZZ”, “AA” with the appropriate value.