How can I get custom_array from Brach.io deep-links? - http

Question

I have an e-commerce application and I want to share my item/cart to other users. For sharing, I am using Branch.io for creating deep-links. I am appending some custom data while creating the URL and send it to other users. Otherwise, I will keep the URL in my database for future use. Sometimes I am not able to get the data from the URL once it's created or after some days. As per the documentation of branch.io, there is no expiration for the URL. The following API I am using for creating a deep-link:
POST /v1/url HTTP/1.1
Host: api2.branch.io
Content-Type: application/json
{
"branch_key": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxseaem3d",
"data": {
"custom_array": [
{
"item_id": "5e96f893264b7869d143f7f2",
"store_id": "5e7355deb1f5974bbd0bab18",
"items_group_id": "5e7355deb1f5974bbd0brer18"
}
]
}
}
Response:
{
"url": "https://jazzly.app.link/YDPMzhg1k7"
}
We can able to check the data is available in the URL or not using the following API.
GET /v1/url?url=https://jazzly.app.link/YDPMzhg1k7&branch_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxseaem3d
HTTP/1.1
Host: api2.branch.io
By using this API I am getting the following result. Here the custom_array is missing.
{
"data": {
"+url": "https://jazzly.app.link/YDPMzhg1k7",
"~creation_source": 0,
"~id": "801058500452495196",
"$one_time_use": false,
"url": "https://jazzly.app.link/YDPMzhg1k7"
},
"type": 0
}
This issue comes with only some links. Some links are working properly some links are not. Actually it's very helpful for dynamically open the application for IOS and Android. How I can fix this issue? Is there any parameter is missing while I am creating the deep-link URL or is there an expiration time for keeping custom data in the deep-link?

Answer 1

A Branchster here -
Upon checking your link https://jazzly.app.link/YDPMzhg1k7, I couldn't find any custom data associated.
To reproduce this we made API requests with your custom data and got the following link - https://jazzly.app.link/cLX6GEFk07. Further, we could read the associated link data as well -
We would suggest you recheck on the same behaviour and if the issue still persists drop an email to support#branch.io