Chord Event Tracking
Server Events
4 min
in addition to client events, customers may sent server events to chord these events will be processed by the chord cdp and forwarded onto connected destinations, just like client events server events provide an http endpoint for backend systems to send ad hoc events or webhooks the examples below show the data required for each event to be correctly processed by chord authorization each request must include a x write key http header with a valid write key this key is used to authorize connections into chord please contact chord to receive your write key automatic properties when an event is ingested, the properties below are added automatically to the payload there is no need for customers to include these values, however they can be overridden by equivalent properties in the request payload if required { , "timestamp" "2024 01 01t00 00 00 000z", "requestip" "2604 3d09 1180 1581 3c4a\ bc9d 8027\ a450", "context" { }, "receivedat" "2025 09 12t19 04 50 541z", "messageid" "0c43c13c 692b 46c6 9152 3962871b1009" } track events order completed { "type" "track", "event" "order completed", "properties" { "affiliation" "afilliation", "checkout id" "40854979018855", "checkout type" "shopify | oms | other", "currency" "usd", "discount" 5, "email" "user\@example com", "first name" "john", "last name" "doe", "order date" "2025 09 12t11 45 45 07 00", "order id" "6736819880039", "order number" "1895671", "phone" "+15555555555", "revenue" 219, "shipping" 9 9, "shipping city" "fall river", "shipping country" "us", "shipping state" "ma", "shipping zipcode" "02720", "subtotal" 219, "tax" 13 69, "total" 237 59, "products" \[ { "affiliation" "affiliation", "brand" "brand", "line item id" "16207084552295", "name" "product name", "position" 1, "price" 219, "product id" "7036464939671", "quantity" 1, "revenue" 219, "sku" "sku123", "variant" "variant name", "variant id" "40952658057847" } ], "meta" { "i18n" { "currency" "usd", "locale" "en us" }, "platform" { "name" "shopify | oms | other", "type" "web" }, "store" { "domain" "domain" }, "version" { "major" 3, "minor" 0, "patch" 0 } } }, "userid" "8046328840295", "anonymousid" "7a76b270 c318 4477 b1e1 33eac94dbd1e", }