@capgo/capacitor-install-referrer

Capacitor plugin for install attribution. Android reads Google Play Install Referrer, and iOS uses Apple AdServices attribution tokens with optional Apple Search Ads attribution lookup.

Compatible with Capacitor 8.

Platform behavior

• Android returns the Play install referrer string, click timestamp, install timestamp, and instant experience flag.
• iOS returns an AdServices attribution token. Set fetchAppleAttribution to true to ask Apple for the attribution payload directly from native code.
• iOS does not provide a generic App Store install referrer equivalent to Google Play. Apple AdServices covers Apple Search Ads attribution.
• Web is unavailable and rejects the call.

Install

You can use our AI-Assisted Setup to install the plugin. Add the Capgo skills to your AI tool using the following command:

npx skills add https://github.com/cap-go/capacitor-skills --skill capacitor-plugins

Then use the following prompt:

Use the `capacitor-plugins` skill from `cap-go/capacitor-skills` to install the `@capgo/capacitor-install-referrer` plugin in my project.

If you prefer Manual Setup, install the plugin by running the following commands and follow the platform-specific instructions below:

bun add @capgo/capacitor-install-referrer
bunx cap sync

Usage

import { InstallReferrer } from '@capgo/capacitor-install-referrer';

const result = await InstallReferrer.getReferrer();

if (result.platform === 'android') {
  console.log(result.referrer);
}

if (result.platform === 'ios') {
  console.log(result.attributionToken);
}

Fetch the Apple attribution payload from iOS native code:

const result = await InstallReferrer.getReferrer({
  fetchAppleAttribution: true,
  appleAttributionRetryCount: 3,
  appleAttributionRetryDelayMs: 5000,
});

console.log(result.appleAttribution);

GetReferrer() is also available as a deprecated compatibility alias for apps migrating from cap-play-install-referrer.

Compatibility

API

getReferrer(options?: GetReferrerOptions | undefined) => Promise<GetReferrerResult>

GetReferrer(options?: GetReferrerOptions | undefined) => Promise<GetReferrerResult>

getPluginVersion() => Promise<PluginVersionResult>