AEP Tag Tool

Import, Export, and Delete web properties from Adobe Expience Platform Tags, previously known as Launch.

Overview

This is a project to automates postman collections using the Reactor API. This project makes it easier to quickly import a Tag property into an Adobe Organization for demo purposes or if you are using the same Tag property across organizations. The collections are generic enough to run with without modifications.

• Installation
• Command Line Tool
• Create config file for Authentication
• Usage
• Export a Tag
• Import a Tag
  • CEDRLP params
  • Import into other Adobe Organizations
    • newSettings.yml
• Delete tag properties that contain a specific string
• Using this tool without NPM
  • Postman files

Installation

To install the command line tool globally, run:

npm install -g @knennigtri/aep-tag-tool

Command Line Tool

Export a tag property:

 aep-tag-tool -c auth-config.json --export PR12345678901234567890

Import a tag property:

 aep-tag-tool -c auth-config.json --import tagPropertyData.json

Import a tag property into a different organization with unique organization values

 aep-tag-tool -c auth-config.json --import tagPropertyData.json --settings newSettings.yml

Preview then delete tag properties whose names contain a string (e.g. 2023 in the title)

 aep-tag-tool -c auth-config.json --delete "2023"
 aep-tag-tool -c auth-config.json --delete "2023" --confirm

Create config file for Authentication

1. Create and Adobe IO project
   1. Add the Experiance Platform Launch API
      1. Generate a public/private key pair
      2. (JWT only) Download the public/private key
   2. Go to the Credentials screen and download the JSON. Adobe has deprecated JWT and OAuth is preferred.

You can use either format below with -c:

• Dedicated auth JSON / YAML: flat OAuth fields (recommended for CI and sharing non–workspace-export configs).
• Developer Console workspace / project JSON: the file that includes nested project.org and project.workspace.details.credentials[] with an oauth_server_to_server block (often named like {project}-{workspace}.json). The tool detects this shape and maps client_id, client_secrets, scopes, and project.org.ims_org_id to the OAuth variables for the Launch / Reactor API.

Do not commit credential files or real client secrets.

For OAuth credentials, make sure the JSON contains at least:

{
  "ORG_ID": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@AdobeOrg",
  "CLIENT_SECRETS": [ "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" ],
  "CLIENT_ID": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "SCOPES": [
    "xxxxxxxxx",
    "xxxxxxxxx",
    "xxxxxxxxx"
  ]
}

For JWT credentials, download the private key add PRIVATE_KEY:

{
  "CLIENT_SECRET": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "ORG_ID": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@AdobeOrg",
  "API_KEY": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "TECHNICAL_ACCOUNT_ID": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@techacct.adobe.com",
  "TECHNICAL_ACCOUNT_EMAIL": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@techacct.adobe.com",
  "PUBLIC_KEYS_WITH_EXPIRY": {},
  "PRIVATE_Key": "path/to/private.key"
}

Alternatively, you can use yaml as well:

---
CLIENT_ID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CLIENT_SECRET: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ORG_ID: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@AdobeOrg
SCOPES: [xxxxx, xxxxxx, xxxxx]
---

Usage

aep-tag-tool -h
Usage: aep-tag-tool [ARGS]
 Arguments:
    -c, --config <myconfig.yml>         Specify a config file
    -e, --export <PID>                  Mode to export a given property ID.
    -i, --import <propertyFile.json>    Mode to import a property given a config file.
    -d, --delete <searchStr>            Mode to delete properties containing a specific string
    -C,-E,-D,-R,-L,-P                   [import] Options to partially import. See -h import
    -t, --title  <title>                [import] optional new title of tag property
    -p, --pid    <pid>                  [import] import into an existing property ID
    -s, --settings  <settings.yml>      [import] unique property settings for a new org
    -o, --output <folder>               [export] folder path to save export property. Default ./
    -v, --version                       Displays version of this package
    --jwt                               Use if using JWT Auth. Deprecated by Adobe. Default is OAuth.
    -h, --help
               config
               export 
               import
               delete
               settings
               debug

Export a Tag

Export mode allows for a web property from AEP Tags to be exported as JSON. Exporting a tag will create a new file with the same name as the web property. The JSON file contents will have:

• exported property id
• property title
• extensions
• edata elements
• rules and their rule components

Requires:

 -c, --config <myconfig.yml>         Specify a config file
 -e, --export <PID>                  Mode to export a given property ID.

Optionally include the PID with a parameter

 -p, --pid    <pid>                  [export, import] property ID

Optionally specify the output folder

 -o, --output <folder>               [export] folder path to save export property. Default ./ 

Import a Tag

Import mode allows for an exported web property from AEP Tags to be imported into an Adobe organization. Import mode will:

• Create a new web property (obj.propertyName) with a host and dev/stage/prod environments
• Add imported extensions (obj.extensions)
• Create imported data elements (obj.dataElements)
• Create imported rules (obj.rules.*)
• Build the library into dev
• Publish the library into prod

You can optionally specify what to create/import/publish with the CEDRLP parameters.

Importing into a different Adobe organization should be used with caution since many extension settings are specific to the Adobe organization they are exported from. See Import into other Organizations.

Requires:

 -c, --config <myconfig.yml>         Specify a config file
 -i, --import <propertyFile.json>    Mode to import a property given a config file.

Optionally include the property file with a parameter

 -f, --file   <file>                 [import] file containing import json
 -t, --title  <title>                [import] optional new title of tag property;
 -p, --pid    <pid>                  [export, import] property ID

Note: PID is ignored unless importing to an existing property (-C is omited)

propertyFile.json file requires:

1. propertyFile.propertyName
2. propertyFile.extensions
3. propertyFile.dataElements
4. propertyFile.rules.[rules]

CEDRLP params

You can specify exactly what you want to create/import with these params. No matter the parameter order, they will always execute in the order below. -C Creates a new property.

If -C is not used with the remaining parameters, a PID is required in parameters

-E Imports extensions. propertyFile.extensions is required.

-D Imports data elements. propertyFile.dataElement is required.

-R Imports rule components. propertyFile.rules.[rules] is required.

-L Builds a library of all items into the Dev environment

-P Publishes the library into Prod

Import into other Adobe Organizations

When importing into new organizations, some values may need to be changed in the import file. You can create a settings.yml file to find/replace extension/dataElement settings key/value pairs in your tag property.

To better understand how to build this yaml file, export a tag property first and investivate the structure of a extension or data element. An example export json might looks like:

{
  "propID": "PR79571639d7bd48cba6f936ab611ced96",
  "propertyName": "CS - Target, Analytics",
  "extensions": [
    {
      "id": "EX068a1f9c2d124c8fb44abb5e519f7293",
      "type": "extensions",
      "attributes": {
        "created_at": "2020-04-24T18:59:50.894Z",
        "enabled": true,
        "name": "adobe-analytics",
        "published": true,
        "delegate_descriptor_id": "adobe-analytics::extensionConfiguration::config",
        "display_name": "Adobe Analytics",
        "review_status": "unsubmitted",
        "version": "1.8.5",
        "settings": "{\"orgId\":\"123456@AdobeOrg\",\"libraryCode\":{\"type\":\"managed\",\"company\":\"XXXXX\",\"accounts\":{\"staging\":[\"XXXXXX\"],\"production\":[\"XXXXXXX\"],\"development\":[\"XXXXXXX\"]},\"scopeTrackerGlobally\":false},\"trackerProperties\":{\"currencyCode\":\"USD\",\"trackInlineStats\":true,\"trackDownloadLinks\":true,\"trackExternalLinks\":true,\"linkDownloadFileTypes\":}}"
      }
    },
    ...
  ]
}

newSettings.yml

When building the newSettings.yml file, it should be structured: level 1 - extensions | dataElements level 2 - attibutes.name based on the export json of the desired element level 3 - the key/value pair in the attributes.settings that you would like to replace

Example newsettings.yml

---
extensions:
 adobe-mcid:
  orgId: "123345@AdobeOrg"
 adobe-target:
  imsOrgId: "123345@AdobeOrg"
  clientCode: "XXXXXXX"
  serverDomain: "XXXX.tt.omtrdc.net"
 adobe-analytics:
  orgId: "123345@AdobeOrg"
  company: "XXXXXXX"
  staging: "reportSuiteXXXX"
  production: "reportSuiteXXXX"
  development: "reportSuiteXXXX"
dataElements:
 myDataEleement:
  name: "valueXXXXXX"
---

Optionally you can manually change the values in a new organization by:

1. Export the desired property as specified above
2. In the new Organization, create an Adobe IO project with the Launch API
   1. download the OAuth JSON
3. The command below will only import (E)xtensions, (D)ata Elements and (R)ules from the origPropertyExport.json and build a (L)ibrary into the Dev Environment:

 aep-tag-tool -c newOrg-oauth-config.json --import origPropertyExport.json -EDR

1. Manually update any values unique to the Adobe org. Typically in the Extension values.
2. Verify the import and build and deploy a new Library

Delete tag properties that contain a specific string

Search for web properties in an Adobe organization whose name contains a string. By default, delete mode is preview only — it lists matching property names and IDs without deleting anything. Add --confirm to run the same search and delete those properties.

This is useful when developing with import/export, since property names often include timestamps (e.g. searching 2022-10-25 matches MyProperty 2022-10-25T20:57:42.049Z).

Requires:

 -c, --config <myconfig.yml>         Specify a config file
 -d, --delete <searchStr>            Preview properties whose names contain the string
     --confirm                       Actually delete the matching properties

Using this tool without NPM

The Postman collections apart of this tool can also be used with Postman or npm newman. See the extra docs to learn more.

Postman files

• Download the OAuth Authentication Collection
• Download the Import Collection
• Download the Export Collection
• Download the Delete Collection
• Download a sample Environment file
  • See configuration instructions: docs/environment.md
• Download the JWT Authentication Collection