Adding dynamic variables into your push notifications such as date or website
There are three types of ways you can pass variables into your notifications:
- Using Variables With Custom Attributes
- Using Variables With Custom Events
- Using Variables with Generic Variables
This document covers generic (system) variables that are made available.
The following dynamic variables are made available anywhere within a push notification (title, link, body, action, etc). Please note: these are case sensitive!
Variable | Description | Example Response |
{id_site} | Website ID | 13920 |
{subscriber_uid} | Subscriber's unique ID | 5101d378-1423-42c9-2dbf-ac2da75a288b |
{today} | Today's date (as formatted to m-d-Y) | 01-15-2020 |
{today format=dateformat} | Today's date, with custom formatting. See this link for supported format values. | (varies) |
{created} | Date the SubID was Created At | 01-15-2020 |
{created format=dateformat} | Date the SubID was created at - with custom formatting. See this link for supported format values. | (varies) |
{campaign_id} | Campaign ID (or NULL if none) | 1087308 |
{push_type} |
Type of campaign. 1 = Manual 2 = One Off 3 = Event/Triggered 4 = RSS 5 = Welcome Campaign |
3 |
{browser} | Browser | chrome |
{ip} | IP address | 98.180.173.0 |
{device} | Device type (desktop or mobile) | desktop |
{os} | Operating System of Subscriber | Mac OS X |
{region} / {state} | State or Region | Nevada |
{city} | City | Las Vegas |
{country} |
Country | United States |
{website_url} |
URL for the Site sending the Push | Varies |
Type a curly bracket { to bring up a dropdown list of all the variables available to you. Select the one you wish to use and hit ‘insert’ to use in your campaign.