Data Migration Guide

If you have a live app with subscriptions or non renewing purchases, you may want to migrate all your existing and historical data to Apphud. There are two ways of doing this: client side and server side.

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If you don't have historical purchases data stored on your own server or other subscription tracking platform, all you can do is set up client side migration and App Store / Google developer notifications.

Client Side Migration

This way of migration means syncing existing purchases from the app at first launch. When old user updates the app with Apphud SDK onboard, a sync method needs to be called by developer. You should do this just once for your paid users. Store flag in your app after method is called.

// call just once per app install for your paid users only
Apphud.migratePurchasesIfNeeded {_, _, _ in}

// call just once per app install for your paid users only
[Apphud migratePurchasesIfNeededWithCallback:^(NSArray<ApphudSubscription *> * _Nullable subs, NSArray<ApphudNonRenewingPurchase *> * _Nullable purchs, NSError * _Nullable error) {
}];

// call just once per app install for your paid users only
Apphud.syncPurchases()

// call just once per app install for your paid users only
await Apphud.restorePurchases();

// call just once per app install for your paid users only
await ApphudSdk.restorePurchases();

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Important Note

Do not migrate purchases on every app launch. One successful time is enough. Store flag in your app if purchases were successfully migrated.

Keep in mind, that unless user has updated and launched the app, we will not be able to properly record subscription data for this user unless you set up App Store / Google notifications.

If we receive purchase data from App Store / Google notification and can't find such user in our database, then we create anonymous customer and do not send their events to any integrations.

It may take a few weeks or even months depending on your subscription duration and users activity to migrate all data.

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There is even a case when user's purchase data may be migrated up to 12 months after switching to Apphud. This may happen when user recently purchased a 1 year subscription and never launched the app. Or even deleted it. We will not create this user in our database and we will not receive any App Store / Google notification until subscription renews. And if you don't set up App Store / Google notifications, then we won't be able to track his purchase data at all.

App Store Server Notifications

When moving your existing iOS app to Apphud it is required to set Apphud URL for App Store Server Notifications in order to get cancellations and other updates in real time.

Already using App Store Notifications? Not a problem, consider using our App Store Server Notifications Proxy feature.

Google Real-time Developer Notifications

When moving your existing Android app to Apphud it is also required to set up Google Real-time Developer Notifications in order to get cancellations and other updates in real time.

Server Side Migration

If you have your own server with existing purchases data, you can import all data using REST API or .csv file.

Import using REST API

You will need to pass the following parameters to REST API endpoint:

• user_id
• base64_receipt (iOS only)
• purchase_token (Android only)
• product_id
• price
• currency
• country_code
• idfa (optional. On Android advertising id is passed also as idfa parameter)

Email us to get all the REST API details.

Migrate from Other Subscription Tracking Platform

If you are planning to move from another subscription tracking platform, like RevenueCat (thank you, you will not regret!), a preferred way of data migration will be importing via CSV file. Just send us CSV file that RevenueCat team gave to you and we will import all data to Apphud.

Import Using Custom CSV

For large amount of data it is better to send us a CSV file. Note that importing might take a few days depending on the file size.

The fields are the following:

• user_id
• base64_receipt (iOS only)
• purchase_token (Android only)
• product_id
• price
• currency
• country_code
• idfa (optional. On Android advertising id should be passed as idfa parameter)

Missing some fields? Email us and we will figure out something.

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Important Note

On Android, only the last transaction can be imported and only if it occurred within the last 90 days.