Intents

Brave will log intent signals to be stored in the Vault. What's an intent signal? Lots of user actions. The following is a list of intent signals, as well as the intent keys that they will be captured under in the vault.

Page Visits

Triggered when a new page loads. This will happen either via direct user navigation (typing into the url bar), or when clicking on links.

{
  "type": "browser.site.visit",
  "payload": {
    "url": "http://..."
  }
}

Page Exits

Triggered when a user leaves a page either by closing the tab, or navigating to a new page. This contains the known amount of time on the page.

{
  "type": "browser.site.exit",
  "payload": {
    "url": "http://...",
    "time": 100000
  }
}

Context Menu

Triggered when the user uses an option in a context menu.

{
  "type": "browser.site.contextmenu",
  "payload": {
    "href": "http://...",
    "action": "download|newtab|newwindow|tag",
    "type": "image|video|audio|link|element"
  }
}

Form Submission

Triggered when the user submits a form.

{
  "type": "browser.form.submit",
  "payload": {
    "href": "http://...",
    "locator": "#css.selector",
    "values": {}
  }
}

Form Save

Triggered when the user saves form information for later editing/autofilling.

{
  "type": "browser.form.save",
  "payload": {
    "href": "http://...",
    "locator": "#css.selector",
    "data": {
      "field1": "Form Data Here"
    }
  }
}

Form Autofill

Triggered when the user autofills a form.

{
  "type": "browser.form.autofill",
  "payload": {
    "href": "http://...",
    "locator": "#css.selector",
    "lookupId": "possibly.links.to.a.record"
  }
}

Bookmarking, site tagging

Triggered when the user tags a site through some action like bookmarking or adding the site to a reading list.

{
  "type": "browser.site.tag",
  "payload": {
    "url": "http://...",
    "tag": "bookmark"
  }
}

Search Suggestion Selection

Triggered when the user selects a search suggestion from the url bar, intending to navigate to that url.

{
  "type": "browser.suggestion.visit",
  "payload": {
    "url": "http://...",
    "terms": "my entered search term",
    "source": "bookmarks|history|searchprovider"
  }
}

Opening the browser

When a browser window is opened.

{
  "type": "browser.app.open",
  "payload": {
    "timestamp": "Date.now()",
    "windowId": "someid"
  }
}

Closing the browser

When a browser window is closed.

{
  "type": "browser.app.close",
  "payload": {
    "timestamp": "Date.now()",
    "windowId": "someid"
  }
}

Minimizing the browser

When a browser window is minimized.

{
  "type": "browser.app.minimize",
  "payload": {
    "timestamp": "Date.now()",
    "windowId": "someid"
  }
}

Mazimizing the browser

When a browser window is maximized.

{
  "type": "browser.app.maximize",
  "payload": {
    "timestamp": "Date.now()",
    "windowId": "someid",
    "fullscreen": true
  }
}

TODO:

• Scrolling ad and other content into and out of view.
• Eye tracking (see https://github.com/wallarelvo/camgaze.js/tree/master).
• Idle time based on all input devices.