Once you have created an account on Doppler and created an API Key, you can proceed with the next steps.

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Installation

Pick your package manager and install the core SDK. 
npm install @askdoppler/core

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Setup

Make sure to define the following environment variable to store your API Key. 
DOPPLER_API_KEY=your-api-key

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Usage

The core SDK exposes 2 methods:
  • getSource
  • logCrawl
The SDK is designed to sit in a middleware layer and be called on every request, then passing the URL & headers to the getSource function and based on the result, you can call the logCrawl function to log the traffic data to Doppler’s API. Ideally you don’t await logCrawl in order not to slow down your request.

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getSource

The getSource(headers: Record<string, string>, url: string) function analyzes incoming requests to detect the traffic source. It accepts a request object with headers and URL, and returns a DopplerDetectionResult object.

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Parameters

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Return type

interface DopplerDetectionResult {
  source: string | null; // The detected source (e.g., 'openai', 'perplexity', 'google', 'bing')
  intent: string | null; // The user's intent ('browse' or 'search')
  type: string | null; // The type of detection ('click' or 'crawl')
  highlightedText: string | null; // Any highlighted text from the URL fragment
  detected: boolean; // Whether a source was detected
}

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logCrawl

The logCrawl(payload: DopplerCrawlPayload) function sends traffic data to Doppler’s API. It accepts a payload object and an optional API key.

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Parameters

interface DopplerCrawlPayload {
  url: string; // The URL being crawled
  source: string; // The traffic source
  intent: string; // The user's intent
  type: string; // The type of detection
  highlightedText?: string; // Optional highlighted text
  timestamp?: number; // Optional timestamp
}

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Test

To test that your setup is correctly working you can try asking ChatGPT or Perplexity to search for your websites URL. Data should start showing up right after your request.