I am utilizing the @segment/analytics-next library to track segment events. The following code shows how I initialize a segment analytics and set a userId:
import { AnalyticsBrowser } from '@segment/analytics-next';
let segmentAnalytics = new AnalyticsBrowser('YOUR_WRITE_KEY');
segmentAnalytics.identify('userId123', {
email: '<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c39243d312c30391c39243d312c3039723f3331">[email protected]</a>',
name: 'Example User'
});
The above code works successfully in setting a userId.
However, I am now encountering another issue – when the user logs out, I want to reset the userId to null. Unfortunately, TypeScript/Segment does not seem to provide this functionality.
Despite using segmentAnalytics.identify(null), no errors are reported but the userId is not wiped as desired, with all events still carrying the userId.
Even in the official documentation, there is no function provided for wiping the userId:
The documentation mentions that if reset() is called during a user's browser session, it removes both their userId and anonymousId, generating a new anonymousId on the next visit.
This means I would have to retrieve the anonymousId first, then call reset() on the segmentAnalytics, followed by using setAnonymousId to assign the old anonymousId to the new segmentAnalytics after resetting. This method seems cumbersome.
In my opinion, this process is not very user-friendly. When a user logs out, I simply want to use the same anonymousId with a null userId.
Are there any experienced individuals on Stack Overflow who have suggestions on how to achieve this without resorting to using the reset() function?