Steps to Inject User Data into Beamer script in React
There are two ways to do this:
- Lazy Loading Beamer and Updating User Data Dynamically
- Inject User Data into Beamer Using React Helmet
Way 1: Lazy Loading Beamer and Updating User Data Dynamically
1. Modify the index.html File:
In your public/index.html file, configure Beamer to initialize lazily by adding the lazy: true parameter to the beamer_config object:
htmlCopy code<!DOCTYPE html><html lang="en"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /><title>Your App Title</title><!-- Beamer Script --><script> var beamer_config = { product_id : 'your_product_id', lazy: true };</script><script type="text/javascript" src="https://app.getbeamer.com/js/beamer-embed.js" defer="defer"></script></head><body><noscript>You need to enable JavaScript to run this app.</noscript><div id="root"></div></body></html>
2. Update User Data and Initialize Beamer in React:
Once user data is available in your React application, you can call the Beamer.update() method to pass in the user details and initialize Beamer.
Example:
jsxCopy codeimport React, { useEffect } from 'react';function App() { useEffect(() => { // Assuming user data is retrieved here const userData = { user_id: '1234', user_firstname: 'Jane', user_lastname: 'Doe', user_email: 'jdoe@rollstack.com' }; // Check if Beamer is available on the window object if (window.Beamer) { window.Beamer.update(userData); } }, []); return ( <div id="root"> {/* Your app content */} </div> ); } export default App;
Way 2: Inject User Data into Beamer Using React Helmet
1. Install React Helmet:
If you haven’t already installed react-helmet, you can do so using npm or yarn:
npm install react-helmet# oryarn add react-helmet
2. Locate the Component Where You Want to Embed Beamer:
You can add the Beamer script in the root component (e.g., App.jsx) or any other component that is rendered at the start of your application.
3. Import and Use React Helmet:
In the selected component, import Helmet from react-helmet and inject the Beamer script with the user-specific data.
<script>import React from 'react';import { Helmet } from 'react-helmet';function App() { // Replace these with actual user data const userEmail = "user@example.com"; const userName = "John Doe"; return (<><Helmet><script> {` var beamer_config = { product_id : 'your_product_id', user_email: '${userEmail}', user_name: '${userName}' }; `}</script><script src="https://app.getbeamer.com/js/beamer-embed.js" defer="defer"></script></Helmet> {/* Rest of your app */}<div id="root"> {/* Your app content */}</div></>); } export default App;
4. Run Your Application:
- Save the changes.
- Run your React application using
npm startoryarn start. - Now, Beamer will be instantiated with the user-specific data (email and name) passed dynamically.
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