Register Amazon Pinpoint endpoints in your application

When a user starts a session (for example, by launching your mobile app), your mobile or web application can automatically register (or update) an endpoint with Amazon Pinpoint. The endpoint represents the device that the user starts the session with. It includes attributes that describe the device, and it can also include custom attributes that you define. Endpoints can also represent other methods of communicating with customers, such as email addresses or mobile phone numbers.

After your application registers endpoints, you can segment your audience based on endpoint attributes. You can then engage these segments with tailored messaging campaigns. You can also use the Analytics page in the Amazon Pinpoint console to view charts about endpoint registration and activity, such as New endpoints and Daily active endpoints.

You can assign a single user ID to multiple endpoints. A user ID represents a single user, while each endpoint that is assigned the user ID represents one of the user's devices. After you assign user IDs to your endpoints, you can view charts about user activity in the console, such as Daily active users and Monthly active users.

Before you begin

If you haven't done so already, integrate the AWS Mobile SDK for Android or iOS or integrate the AWS Amplify JavaScript library with your application. For more information, see Connect your frontend application to Amazon Pinpoint using AWS Amplify.

Register endpoints with the AWS mobile SDKs for Android or iOS

You can use the AWS Mobile SDKs for Android or iOS to register and customize endpoints. For more information, and to view code examples, see the following documents:

Register endpoints with the AWS Amplify JavaScript library

You can use the AWS Amplify JavaScript library to register and update endpoints in your apps. For more information, and to view code examples, see Update endpoint in the AWS Amplify JavaScript documentation.

Next steps

After you update your app to register endpoints, device information and custom attributes are provided to Amazon Pinpoint when users launch your app. You can use this information to define audience segments. You can also use the console to see endpoint metrics and users who are assigned user IDs. You can also complete the steps in Report Amazon Pinpoint events in your application to update your app to report usage data.