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Node — Identify

Identify a user and set their properties with signal.identify(options). Sends an $identify event. Pass sessionId and windowId from request headers when you want to correlate with the client session.

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identify(options)

OptionTypeRequiredDescription
distinctIdstringyesUser identifier
propertiesUserTraitsnoUser properties to set
sessionIdstringnoFrom header for client correlation
windowIdstringnoFrom header for client correlation

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Example

const { sessionId, windowId, distinctId } = getSessionInfo(req);

signal.identify({
  distinctId: 'user_123',
  properties: { email: 'user@example.com', name: 'Jane' },
  sessionId,
  windowId,
});

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