# Creating an item interaction event tracker
<a name="event-get-tracker"></a>

Before you can record item interaction events, you must create an item interaction event tracker. An *event tracker* directs new event data to the *Item interactions dataset* in your dataset group. 

You create an event tracker with the Amazon Personalize console or the [CreateEventTracker](API_CreateEventTracker.md) API operation. You pass as a parameter the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the dataset group that contains the target Item interactions dataset. For instructions on creating an event tracker using the Amazon Personalize console, see [Creating an event tracker (console)](importing-interactions.md#event-tracker-console). 

 An event tracker includes a *tracking ID*, which you pass as a parameter when you use the [PutEvents](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/personalize/latest/dg/API_UBS_PutEvents.html) operation. Amazon Personalize then appends the new event data to the Item interactions dataset of the dataset group you specify in your event tracker. 

**Note**  
You can create only one item interaction event tracker for a dataset group.

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#### [ Python ]

```
import boto3

personalize = boto3.client('personalize')

response = personalize.create_event_tracker(
    name='MovieClickTracker',
    datasetGroupArn='arn:aws:personalize:us-west-2:acct-id:dataset-group/MovieClickGroup'
)
print(response['eventTrackerArn'])
print(response['trackingId'])
```

The event tracker ARN and tracking ID display, for example:

```
{
    "eventTrackerArn": "arn:aws:personalize:us-west-2:acct-id:event-tracker/MovieClickTracker",
    "trackingId": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
}
```

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

```
aws personalize create-event-tracker \
    --name MovieClickTracker \
    --dataset-group-arn arn:aws:personalize:us-west-2:acct-id:dataset-group/MovieClickGroup
```

The event tracker ARN and tracking ID display, for example:

```
{
    "eventTrackerArn": "arn:aws:personalize:us-west-2:acct-id:event-tracker/MovieClickTracker",
    "trackingId": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
}
```

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#### [ SDK for JavaScript v3 ]

```
// Get service clients module and commands using ES6 syntax.
import { CreateEventTrackerCommand } from "@aws-sdk/client-personalize";
import { personalizeClient } from "./libs/personalizeClients.js";

// Or, create the client here.
// const personalizeClient = new PersonalizeClient({ region: "REGION"});

// Set the event tracker's parameters.
export const createEventTrackerParam = {
  datasetGroupArn: "DATASET_GROUP_ARN" /* required */,
  name: "NAME" /* required */,
};

export const run = async () => {
  try {
    const response = await personalizeClient.send(
      new CreateEventTrackerCommand(createEventTrackerParam),
    );
    console.log("Success", response);
    return response; // For unit tests.
  } catch (err) {
    console.log("Error", err);
  }
};
run();
```

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#### [ SDK for Java 2.x ]

```
public static String createEventTracker(PersonalizeClient personalizeClient, 
                                      String eventTrackerName, 
                                      String datasetGroupArn) {
        
    String eventTrackerId = null;
    String eventTrackerArn = null;
    long maxTime = 3 * 60 * 60; 
    long waitInMilliseconds = 30 * 1000;
    String status;
    
    try {
        CreateEventTrackerRequest createEventTrackerRequest = CreateEventTrackerRequest.builder()
            .name(eventTrackerName)
            .datasetGroupArn(datasetGroupArn)
            .build();
       
        CreateEventTrackerResponse createEventTrackerResponse = 
            personalizeClient.createEventTracker(createEventTrackerRequest);
        
        eventTrackerArn = createEventTrackerResponse.eventTrackerArn();
        eventTrackerId = createEventTrackerResponse.trackingId();
        
        System.out.println("Event tracker ARN: " + eventTrackerArn);
        System.out.println("Event tracker ID: " + eventTrackerId);

        maxTime = Instant.now().getEpochSecond() + maxTime;

        DescribeEventTrackerRequest describeRequest = DescribeEventTrackerRequest.builder()
            .eventTrackerArn(eventTrackerArn)
            .build();
        
        while (Instant.now().getEpochSecond() < maxTime) {

            status = personalizeClient.describeEventTracker(describeRequest).eventTracker().status();
            System.out.println("EventTracker status: " + status);

            if (status.equals("ACTIVE") || status.equals("CREATE FAILED")) {
                break;
            }
            try {
                Thread.sleep(waitInMilliseconds);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            }
        }
        return eventTrackerId;
    }
    catch (PersonalizeException e){
        System.out.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
        System.exit(1);
    }
    return eventTrackerId;
}
```

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