nostojs In most implementations there isn’t any need to use the Nosto's Javascript API and the normal tagging implementation approach will work best and it’s the easiest to implement.

Typically calling the API should be approached only after the normal tagging implementation has been done and now needs to be extended with something that doesn’t come out of the box. The Javascript API is useful mostly in cases where the store is doing something dynamic and not reloading the page. For example showing recommendations in a product quick view, that opens the product in a css overlay via Ajax. Another case is when the whole store is implemented as a single page application.

To enable Nosto’s Javascript API, you have to include the Nosto script on all pages within the store where the user might navigate. Replace $accountID from the code below with your own account ID and place the code within the section of your sites HTML content. You can find your stores account IDs from the account list within the Nosto admin.

  <script type="text/javascript">
    (function() {
      var name = "nostojs";
      window[name] = window[name] || function(cb) {
        (window[name].q = window[name].q || []).push(cb);
      };
    })();
  </script>
  <script src="//connect.nosto.com/include/$accountID" async></script>

We recommend reading more on implementing Nosto on our documentation site.

to test that you have the Nosto Javascript API enabled is to call it through your browser’s Javascript console, for example pasting the following call and making sure your console then logs the message:

nostojs(function(api) {
  console.log("Hello through Nosto JS API");
});