Send library version, compression as headers, test payload

cypress/integration/capture.spec.js

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 /// <reference types="cypress" />
 
+import { version } from '../../package.json'
+import { LZString } from '../../src/lz-string'
+
 describe('Event capture', () => {
  given('options', () => ({}))
  given('sessionRecording', () => false)
@@ -118,4 +121,26 @@ describe('Event capture', () => {
  cy.phCaptures().should('deep.equal', [])
  })
  })
+
+ describe('decoding the payload', () => {
+ it('contains the correct headers and payload after an event', () => {
+ start()
+
+ cy.get('[data-cy-custom-event-button]').click()
+ cy.phCaptures().should('deep.equal', ['$pageview', '$autocapture', 'custom-event'])
+
+ cy.wait('@capture').its('request.headers').should('deep.equal', {
+ 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+ PosthogJs: version,
+ PosthogCompression: 'lz64',
+ })
+
+ cy.get('@capture').should(({ request }) => {
+ const data = decodeURIComponent(request.body.match(/data=(.*)&compression=lz64/)[1])
+ const captures = JSON.parse(LZString.decompressFromBase64(data))
+
+ expect(captures.map(({ event }) => event)).to.deep.equal(['$pageview', '$autocapture', 'custom-event'])
+ })
+ })
+ })
 })

package.json

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
  "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^3.5.0",
  "babel-eslint": "^10.1.0",
  "babel-jest": "^26.1.0",
- "cypress": "^5.5.0",
+ "cypress": "^6.0.0",
  "eslint": "^7.3.1",
  "eslint-plugin-prettier": "^3.1.4",
  "given2": "^2.1.7",

src/posthog-core.js

@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ PostHogLib.prototype._send_request = function (url, data, options, callback) {
  var args = {}
  args['ip'] = this.get_config('ip') ? 1 : 0
  args['_'] = new Date().getTime().toString()
+ const compression = data['compression'] || 'base64'
 
  if (use_post) {
  if (Array.isArray(data)) {
@@ -426,6 +427,8 @@ PostHogLib.prototype._send_request = function (url, data, options, callback) {
  var headers = this.get_config('xhr_headers')
  if (use_post) {
  headers['Content-Type'] = 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
+ headers['PosthogJs'] = Config.LIB_VERSION
+ headers['PosthogCompression'] = compression
  }
  _.each(headers, function (headerValue, headerName) {
  req.setRequestHeader(headerName, headerValue)