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Required ACL: search Use this method to automatically send the userToken with every event. For more information, see User token.

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Examples

For more information about initializing the JavaScript Insights client aa, see Initialize the Insights client.
JavaScript
aa("setUserToken", "AnonymousID");
You can let the Insights API client generate an anonymous user token for you and store it in a cookie on the user’s device. For more information, see the the useCookie parameter in the init method.
JavaScript
aa("init", {
  appId: "YourApplicationID",
  apiKey: "YourSearchOnlyAPIKey",
  useCookie: true,
});
Alternatively, you can provide your own anonymous user token on init.
JavaScript
aa("init", {
  appId: "YourApplicationID",
  apiKey: "YourSearchOnlyAPIKey",
  userToken: "AnonymousID",
});
When the user logs in, synchronize the user token with the user ID coming from your system with setAuthenticatedUserToken.

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Parameters

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userToken
string
Anonymous user identifier.See also: User token