ui/analytics.js

@@ -117,17 +117,7 @@ async function sendAndResetWatchmanData(){
 
   var playerToUse = player || passedPlayer;
 
-  if(!playerToUse){
-    return console.log('no player to use')
-  }
-
-  if(!userId){
-    return console.log('no user id')
-  }
-
-  if(!timeAtBuffer){
   timeAtBuffer = Math.round(player.currentTime()) * 1000;
-  }
 
   var totalDurationInSeconds = Math.round(player.duration());
 
@@ -187,10 +177,6 @@ const analytics: Analytics = {
     amountOfBufferEvents = amountOfBufferEvents + 1;
     amountOfBufferTimeInMS = amountOfBufferTimeInMS + data.bufferDuration;
 
-    userId = data.userId;
-    claimUrl = claim.canonical_url;
-    playerPoweredBy = data.playerPoweredBy;
-
     timeAtBuffer = data.timeAtBuffer;
   },
 
@@ -206,6 +192,23 @@ const analytics: Analytics = {
     }
 
   },
+  videoStartEvent: (claimId, duration, poweredBy, passedUserId, canonicalUrl, playerFromView) => {
+
+    console.log('Video start');
+    userId = passedUserId
+    claimUrl = canonicalUrl
+    playerPoweredBy = poweredBy;
+
+    videoType = player.currentSource().type
+
+    console.log(userId, canonicalUrl, playerPoweredBy);
+
+    passedPlayer = playerFromView
+
+    // TODO: add claim url , userId
+    sendPromMetric('time_to_start', duration);
+    sendMatomoEvent('Media', 'TimeToStart', claimId, duration);
+  },
   error: (message) => {
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
       if (internalAnalyticsEnabled && isProduction) {
@@ -324,19 +327,6 @@ const analytics: Analytics = {
       Lbryio.call('content_tags', 'sync', params);
     }
   },
-
-  videoStartEvent: (claimId, duration, poweredBy, passedUserId, canonicalUrl, playerFromView) => {
-
-    console.log('Video start');
-    userId = passedUserId
-
-    passedPlayer = playerFromView
-    playerPoweredBy = poweredBy;
-    claimUrl = canonicalUrl
-    // TODO: add claim url , userId
-    sendPromMetric('time_to_start', duration);
-    sendMatomoEvent('Media', 'TimeToStart', claimId, duration);
-  },
   adsFetchedEvent: () => {
     sendMatomoEvent('Media', 'AdsFetched');
   },

ui/component/viewers/videoViewer/view.jsx

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function VideoViewer(props: Props) {
     //
     // doAnalyticsBuffer(uri, data);
 
-    fetch(source, { method: 'HEAD' }).then((response) => {
+    fetch(source, { method: 'HEAD', cache: 'no-store' }).then((response) => {
       data.playerPoweredBy = response.headers.get('x-powered-by');
       doAnalyticsBuffer(uri, data, this);
     });
@@ -152,12 +152,11 @@ function VideoViewer(props: Props) {
       timeToStart += differenceToAdd;
     }
     analytics.playerStartedEvent(embedded);
-    // TODO: add userId, claim URL,
 
-    fetch(source, { method: 'HEAD' }).then((response) => {
+    fetch(source, { method: 'HEAD', cache: 'no-store' }).then((response) => {
       var playerPoweredBy = response.headers.get('x-powered-by');
       analytics.videoStartEvent(claimId, timeToStart, playerPoweredBy, userId, claim && claim.canonical_url, player);
-    });
+    })
 
     doAnalyticsView(uri, timeToStart).then(() => {
       claimRewards();