API
This section is a comprehensive reference of the methods and events exposed by the iOS SDK that you can leverage in your application.
Always use Didomi.shared
to get a reference to the Didomi SDK. Also make sure to always call the SDK after it is fully initialized (see onReady).
Usage
addEventListener
Add an event listener to catch events triggered by the SDK. See the dedicated section for more details
removeEventListener
Remove a previously added event listener.
Requires SDK to be initialized
No.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
eventListener
EventListener
The event listener to remove.
Returns
Nothing
Example
getJavaScriptForWebView
Get JavaScript to embed into a WebView to pass the consent status from the app to the Didomi Web SDK embedded into the WebView.
Inject the returned tag into a WebView with evaluateJavaScript
.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
Type (Swift)
Type (Objective-C)
Description
String
NSString *
JavaScript code to embed in a WebView
Example
getQueryStringForWebView
Get a query string parameter to append to the URL of a WebView to pass the consent status from the app to the Didomi Web SDK embedded into the WebView.
Read our article on sharing consent with WebViews for more information.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
Type
Description
String
Query string parameter with the format didomiConfig.user.externalConsent.value=...
. It can be appended to your URL after a ?
or a &
if your URL already contains a query string.
Example
hideNotice
Hide the consent notice.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
Nothing
Example
hidePreferences
Hide the preferences popup.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
Nothing
Example
initialize
Initialize the SDK. The initialization runs on a background thread to avoid blocking your UI. Use the onReady function to know when the initialization is done and the SDK is ready to be used.
Requires SDK to be initialized
No.
Parameters
Name
Type
parameters
DidomiInitializeParameters
Description for DidomiInitializeParameters
The parameter disableDidomiRemoteConfig
is deprecated, we strongly suggest you to create your notice from the console (see Setup fromThe Console for more information).
Name
Type
Optional
Description
apiKey
String
No
Your API key
localConfigurationPath
String
Yes
The path to your local config file in your assets/
folder. Defaults to didomi_config.json
if null.
remoteConfigurationURL
String
Yes
The URL to a remote configuration file to load during initialization. When provided, the file at the URL will be downloaded and cached to be used instead of the local assets/didomi_config.json
. If there is no Internet connection available and no previously cached file, the local file will be used as fallback.
providerID
String
Yes
Your provider ID (if any). A provider ID is assigned when you work with Didomi through a third-party. If are not sure if you have one, set this to null
.
disableDidomiRemoteConfig (deprecated)
Boolean
Yes
Prevent the SDK from loading a remote configuration from the Didomi Console. Defaults to true
(not loading remote config).
Set this parameter to false
to use a remote consent notice configuration loaded from the Didomi Console.
Set this parameter to true
to disable loading configurations from the Didomi Console.
languageCode
String
Yes
Language in which the consent UI should be displayed. By default, the consent UI is displayed in the language configured in the device settings. This property allows you to override the default setting and specify a language to display the UI in. String containing the language code or the local code e.g.: "es"
, "fr"
, "en_US"
, "zh_HK"
, etc.
noticeID
String
Yes
Notice ID to load the configuration from. If provided, the SDK bypasses the app ID targeting and directly loads the configuration from the notice ID.
countryCode
String
Yes
Override user country code when determining the privacy regulation to apply.
Keep null
to let the Didomi SDK determine the user country.
regionCode
String
Yes
Override user region code when determining the privacy regulation to apply.
Keep null
to let the Didomi SDK determine the user region.
Ignored if countryCode is not set.
Returns
Nothing
Example
isNoticeVisible
Check if the consent notice is currently displayed.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
Bool
Example
isPreferencesVisible
Check if the preferences popup is currently displayed.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
Bool
Example
isReady
Check if the SDK is ready.
Requires SDK to be initialized
No.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
Bool
Example
onError
Add a closure that will be executed if an unexpected situation occurs, for example an error during the initialization process.
Requires SDK to be initialized
No
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
callback
func
A closure executed when an unexpected situation occurs.
Returns
The method itself does not return a value but when the closure is executed an error object is passed to it which explains the reason of the unexpected situation.
We recommend calling this method before calling the initialize
method.
Example
onReady
Add an event listener that will be called when the SDK is ready (ie fully initialized). If the event listener is added after the SDK initialization, the listener will be called immediately.
All calls to other functions of this API must only be made in a listener to the ready event to make sure that the SDK is initialized before it is used.
Requires SDK to be initialized
No.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
callback
func
A function to call when the SDK is ready
Returns
Nothing
Example
setLogLevel
Set the minimum level of messages to log. The SDK will not log messages under that level. See Logging for more information.
Requires SDK to be initialized
No.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
minLevel
UInt8
Minimum level of messages to log.
Returns
Nothing
Example
setupUI
Internally, the setupUI method calls the showNotice
method, which calls the shouldConsentBeCollected
method. Therefore, by calling the setupUI
method, the notice or preferences view will be displayed only if required.
Setup the SDK UI workflows. This method is used to pass a reference to a UIViewController
to the SDK that will use it as needed. By calling this method the notice or the preferences views will be displayed only once the SDK is ready and if consent should be collected. This must be called once in your main UIViewController
.
Requires SDK to be initialized
No.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
containerController
UIViewController
The controller to use for displaying the notice
Returns
Nothing
Example
showNotice
In most cases this method should be called if the notice should be displayed in response to a user action (e.g.: select the privacy settings section within your app). By calling the setupUI method, the notice will be displayed if required.
Show the consent notice. The consent notice actually only gets shown if needed (consent is required and we are missing consent information for some vendor or purpose).
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
Nothing
Example
showPreferences
In most cases this method should be called if you want to show the Preferences screen in response to a user action (the user pressing a "Consent Preferences" button in your app menu, for instance).
Show the Preferences view to the user. This method can be used to allow the user to update their preferences after the notice has been closed. We suggest adding a link/button/item that calls this method somewhere in your app, for example from your settings menu. By default, the Purposes view is displayed first. By calling this method, users will have the opportunity to modify the choices previously made.
We strongly advise you to always pass the viewController
parameter unless you can be certain that setupUI
has been called.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
controller
UIViewController
The controller to use for displaying the Preferences
view
Didomi.Views
The view to show (.purposes
or .vendors
)
Returns
Nothing
Example
updateSelectedLanguage
Method used to update the selected language of the Didomi SDK and any property that depends on it.
In most cases this method doesn't need to be called. It would only be required for those apps that allow language change on-the-fly, i.e.: from within the app rather than from the device settings.
If your configuration involves country code (en-US
), you can provide a locale code to change the regional configuration as well. If only language code (en
) is provided and your configuration requires a country code, the country from the device location will be used (and will fallback to the default country if required).
In order to update the language of the views displayed by the Didomi SDK, this method needs to be called before these views are displayed.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
languageCode
String
string containing the 2-letter language code or 5-letter locale code e.g. en
, es
, fr
, en_US
, zh_HK
, etc.
Returns
Nothing
Example
Notice Config
getPurpose
Get a purpose based on its ID.
Not available for Objective-C
This function is only exposed to Swift apps and cannot be called from Objective-C.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
purposeId
String
ID of the purpose we want to get.
Returns
Type
Description
Purpose
A Purpose
with ID purposeId
found in the array of required purposes.
Example
getRequiredPurposes
Get the list of purpose that are required (automatically determined from the list of required vendors).
Not available for Objective-C
This function is only exposed to Swift apps and cannot be called from Objective-C.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
Type
Description
[Purpose]
An array of type Purpose
containing the required purposes.
Example
getRequiredVendors
Get the list of vendors that are required (determined from the configuration).
Not available for Objective-C
This function is only exposed to Swift apps and cannot be called from Objective-C.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
Type
Description
[Vendor]
An array of type Vendor
containing the required vendors.
Example
getText
Method used to get a dictionary/map based on the key being passed. These keys and texts are extracted from the notice content, preferences content and the texts
property specified in the didomi_config.json
file as described here https://developers.didomi.io/cmp/mobile-sdk/consent-notice/customize-the-theme#translatable-texts-for-custom-notices.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
key
String
key associated to the dictionary that we want to get.
Returns
Type
Description
Dictionary/map
Dictionary/map containing the translations for an specific key in different languages, with the form { "en:" "text in English", "fr": "texte en Français" }
Example
getTranslatedText
Method used to get a translated text based on the key being passed.
The language and the source of this translated text will depend on the availability of the translation for the specific key.
The language being used will be either the selected language of the SDK (based on device Locale and other parameters) or the language specified by app developers as the default language being used by the SDK. The source can be either the didomi_config.json
file, which can be either local or remote, or a file that is bundled within the SDK.
These are the attempts performed by the SDK to try to find a translation for the specific key:
Get translated value in user locale (selected language) from
didomi_config.json
(either local or remote).Get translated value in default locale (from the config) from
didomi_config.json
(either local or remote).Get translated value in user locale (selected language) from the Didomi-provided translations (bundled within the Didomi SDK).
Get translated value in default locale (from the config) from the Didomi-provided translations (bundled within the Didomi SDK).
If no translation can be found after these 4 attempts, the key will be returned.
App developers can provide these translated texts through the didomi_config.json
file (locally or remotely) in 3 different ways:
Custom texts for the consent notice: https://developers.didomi.io/cmp/mobile-sdk/consent-notice/customize-the-notice#texts
Custom texts for the preferences: https://developers.didomi.io/cmp/mobile-sdk/consent-notice/customize-the-preferences-popup#text
Custom texts for custom notices: https://developers.didomi.io/cmp/mobile-sdk/consent-notice/customize-the-theme#translatable-texts-for-custom-notices
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
key
String
key associated to the text that we want to get translated.
Returns
Translated text.
Example
getVendor
Get a vendor based on its ID.
Not available for Objective-C
This function is only exposed to Swift apps and cannot be called from Objective-C.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
Name
Type
Description
vendorId
String
ID of the vendor we want to get.
Returns
Type
Description
Vendor
A Vendor
with ID vendorId
found in the array of required vendors.
Example
getTotalVendorCount
Get the total count of required vendors.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Returns
Type
Description
Int
The total vendor count
Example
getIABVendorCount
Get the count of required IAB vendors.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Returns
Type
Description
Int
The IAB vendor count
Example
getNonIABVendorCount
Get the count of required vendors which are not part of the IAB.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Returns
Type
Description
Int
The non-IAB vendor count
Example
User Status
addVendorStatusListener
Listen for changes on the user status linked to a specific vendor.
Requires SDK to be initialized
No.
Parameters
id
String
The ID of the vendor for which we want to start listening for changes.
This ID should be the ID provided by Didomi, which doesn't contain prefixes.
callback
callback: (CurrentUserStatus.VendorStatus) -> Void
Callback that will be executed whenever changes are detected on the specified vendor. When this callback is executed, the status linked to the specified vendor will be passed.
Returns
Nothing
Example
removeVendorStatusListener
Stop listening for changes on the user status linked to a specific vendor.
Requires SDK to be initialized
No.
Parameters
id
String
The ID of the vendor for which we want to stop listening for changes.
This ID should be the ID provided by Didomi, which doesn't contain prefixes.
Returns
Nothing
Example
clearUser
Remove custom user information from organization. This will also reset the Didomi User ID.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
Nothing
Example
getCurrentUserStatus
Definition
Exposes the user status for the current regulation that applies.
Parameters
No parameters.
Returns
The user status containing the computed global status for Vendors and purposes:
A vendor's global status is enabled, if and only if:
the vendor is enabled directly in the vendors layer in all legal basis
AND all its related purposes are enabled or essential.
A purpose's global status is enabled in one of the two conditions:
the purpose is enabled for all the legal basis that it is configured for.
OR when the purpose is essential.
vendors
object
Dictionary that maps the ID of a vendor to an object representing its status.
The IDs used in this dictionary correspond to the Didomi IDs i.e.: without the
c:
or any other prefix.Vendors with undefined user status are included in the response with
enabled: false.
Vendors with ONLY essential purposes are automatically set with
enable: true
purposes
object
Dictionary that maps the ID of a purpose to an object representing its status.
Purposes with undefined user status are included in the response with
enabled: false.
Essential purposes are automatically set with
enable: true
regulation
string
Representation of the current regulation as a
Regulation
enum value, such as.gdpr
,.cpra
or.none
.Note that some regulations present as enum values are not available yet.
userId
string
Didomi user id.
created
string
User choices creation date.
updated
string
User choices update date.
consentString
string
TCF consent as string
additionalConsent
string
Additional consent.
Examples
isUserStatusPartial
Definition
Determine if the user has provided a choice for all vendors selected for the regulation and linked data processing.
This function returns true
if the user has not expressed a choice for all the required vendors and data processing.
Requires SDK to be initialized.
Parameters
No parameters.
Returns
boolean
This function returns true if the following conditions are all met
A regulation apply for the current user (i.e: regulation is not NONE)
At least one vendor is configured (if there is no vendor configured, this function always returns false as there is no status to collect)
We miss user status for some vendors or purposes
Otherwise, it will return false.
e.g: If regulation = none (i.e no regulation apply to the end user) → This function returns false
Edge cases: a new vendor is added to the notice and status is not collected yet for that vendor. In this case the function will return true until the user update their choice on the consent banner.
Examples
openCurrentUserStatusTransaction
Definition
Create an instance of the CurrentUserStatusTransaction
class.
This class provides mechanisms to stage updates to the user status regarding purposes and vendors, allowing for batch operations.
Updates made through its methods are queued and applied simultaneously to the user status only once the commit
method of the returned object is called.
Additional details:
The status of vendors and purposes whose IDs are not not specified through the methods provided by
CurrentUserStatusTransaction
are kept unchanged.Essential purposes are always set to enabled and can’t be updated by the methods provided by
CurrentUserStatusTransaction
.When the regulation applied for a user is
none
, the methods provided byCurrentUserStatusTransaction
should not update the status of any vendor or purpose which will always remain as enabled. When thecommit
method is called it will returnfalse
.If the IDs that are passed through the methods provided by
CurrentUserStatusTransaction
don’t correspond to vendors or purposes required by the Notice Config, they will be ignored.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
An instance of the CurrentUserStatusTransaction
class.
Description of the CurrentUserStatusTransaction
class
enablePurpose
id
(String
): ID of the purpose to be enabled.
Current CurrentUserStatusTransaction
object.
Enable a single purpose based on its ID.
enablePurposes
ids
([String]
): IDs of the purposes to be enabled.
Current CurrentUserStatusTransaction
object.
Enable multiple purposes based on their IDs.
disablePurpose
id
(String
): ID of the purpose to be disabled.
Current CurrentUserStatusTransaction
object.
Disable a single purpose based on its ID.
disablePurposes
ids
([String]
): IDs of the purposes to be disabled.
Current CurrentUserStatusTransaction
object.
Disable multiple purposes based on their IDs.
enableVendor
id
(String
): Didomi ID of the vendor to be enabled.
Current CurrentUserStatusTransaction
object.
Enable a single vendor based on its Didomi ID.
enableVendors
ids
([String]
): Didomi IDs of the vendors to be enabled.
Current CurrentUserStatusTransaction
object.
Enable multiple vendors based on their Didomi IDs.
disableVendor
id
(String
): Didomi ID of the vendor to be disabled.
Current CurrentUserStatusTransaction
object.
Disable a single vendor based on its Didomi ID.
disableVendors
ids
([String]
): Didomi IDs of the vendors to be disabled.
Current CurrentUserStatusTransaction
object.
Disable multiple vendors based on their Didomi IDs.
commit
No parameters.
Bool
: true
if user status has been updated, false
otherwise.
Commit the changes that have been made through other methods.
Examples
reset
Definition
Reset all the consent information for the current user. This will remove all consent information stored on the device by Didomi and will trigger re-collection of consent. The consent notice will be displayed again when setupUI
is called.
If the SDK is not initialized when this method is called, the reset will be performed during SDK initialization.
Requires SDK to be initialized
No.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
Nothing
Example
setCurrentUserStatus
Definition
Set the user status for purposes and vendors. This function will trigger events and API calls every time it is called (and the user status changes) so make sure to push all user choices at once and not one by one.
Please read our article on what to expect from your analytics when setting a custom behavior for your consent notice.
Parameters
Add the desired global status for each vendor and each purpose:
the vendor status specified in this function will be reflected on the vendor’s layer.
vendor enabled : true → means the vendor is enabled in all the legal basis that this vendor uses.
vendor enabled : false → means the vendor is disabled in all the legal basis that this vendor uses
the purposes status specified in this function will be reflected on the preferences layer.
purpose enabled : true → means the purpose is enabled in all the legal basis in which it’s defined.
purpose enabled : false → means the purpose is disabled in all the legal basis in which it’s defined.
Returns
boolean
true
if the user choices have changed (i.e. the user had made different choices before this function got called).
Examples
setUser
Set custom user information from organization. For detailed information, see documentation.
Parameters
Method without authentication:
organizationUserId
String
Organization ID to associate with the user
containerController
UIViewController
Optional. When present, notice will be displayed if synchronized user has partial consents.
Method with Encrypted authentication:
userAuthParams
UserAuthWithEncryptionParams
User authentication with encryption
containerController
UIViewController
Optional. When present, notice will be displayed if synchronized user has partial consents.
Parameters for UserAuthWithEncryptionParams
:
Name
Type
Description
id
String
Organization ID to associate with the user
algorithm
String
Algorithm used for computing the user ID
secretID
String
ID of the secret used for the computing the user ID
initializationVector
String
Initialization Vector used for encrypting the message
expiration
TimeInterval?
Expiration time as UNIX timestamp (optional - must be > 0)
Method with Hash authentication:
userAuthParams
UserAuthWithHashParams
User authentication with encryption
containerController
UIViewController
Optional. When present, notice will be displayed if synchronized user has partial consents.
Parameters for UserAuthWithHashParams
:
Name
Type
Description
id
String
Organization ID to associate with the user
algorithm
String
Algorithm used for computing the user ID
secretID
String
ID of the secret used for the computing the user ID
digest
String
Digest used for representing the user ID
salt
String?
Salt used for computing the user ID (optional)
expiration
TimeInterval?
Expiration time as UNIX timestamp (optional - must be > 0)
Returns
Nothing
Example
setUserAgreeToAll
Report that the user has enabled consents and legitimate interests for all purposes and vendors configured for your app.
This function will log the user choice on our platform and close the notice.
Consent statuses for essential purposes are not stored.
Please read our article on what to expect from your analytics when setting a custom behavior for your consent notice.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
Bool
true
if the user choices have changed (i.e. the user had made different choices before this function got called).
Example
setUserDisagreeToAll
Report that the user has disabled consents and legitimate interests for all purposes and vendors configured for your app.
This function will log the user choice on our platform and close the notice.
Consent statuses for essential purposes are not stored.
Please read our article on what to expect from your analytics when setting a custom behavior for your consent notice.
Requires SDK to be initialized
Yes.
Returns
Bool
true
if the user choices have changed (i.e. the user had made different choices before this function got called).
Example
shouldUserStatusBeCollected
Definition
Determine if user status (consent) should be collected for the visitor. Returns true
if user status is required for the current user and one of following two conditions is met:
User status has never been collected for this visitor yet
New user status should be collected (as new vendors have been added) AND the number of days before recollecting them has exceeded
If none of these two conditions is met, the function returns false
. This function is mainly present to allow you to know when to display your own notice if you have disabled our standard notice.
Requires SDK to be initialized.
Parameters
No parameter.
Returns
boolean
Examples
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