Accessing xDB current interaction in webapi

Question

Using the contact repository I am able to access historic interactions, but I would like to access the current interaction in the web API, I could access it through the MongoDB driver, but is it possible to access through a higher level of abstraction.

I'm on sitecore 8.2

Answer 1

The higher-level of abstraction, an API, was introduced in Sitecore 9 as 'xConnect'. If you upgrade to Sitecore 9, you can communicate with xDB via the xConnect layer and not need to work directly with the database anymore.

This does not exist in Sitecore 8.x.

Some resources

• xConnect docs
• xConnect and XP Services video playlist

Answer 2

Assuming you're trying to access the current interaction from an ASP.NET WebApi controller. You will need to do the following:

1. Enable Session state for WebApi routes

2. Call Tracker.StartTracking() explicitly

3. Use Tracker.Current to access the current contact and interaction

You can then access your current interaction and contact data

if (!Tracker.IsActive)
{
    Tracker.StartTracking();
}

// Now access through Tracker.Current.Interaction