Integration with Hybris

[#1]

Hi,

I would like to know the details for integrating Optimizely with Hybris for A/B testing. Kindly help.

Regards,

Anitha

[#2]

Hi Anitha,

Thanks for your post! Unfortunately we don't have an out of the box integration with Hybris right now. However, we do have a REST API available to build custom integrations. You can learn more about it here: http://developers.optimizely.com/rest

Please let us know if you have any other questions about that!

[#3]

Thanks for sharing the details, Jason.

Our approach would be -
- create variants in the jsp on Hybris
- Login into Optimizely account and create the experiments and a java script project
- include the generated javacript tag <script src="//cdn.optimizely.com/js/xxxx.js"></script> in the header.

Does the approach need the API integration?

Regards,
Anitha

[#4]

Also, I have one more question.
Will Opitmizely decide on what variants to show for different visitors. Or this has to be be configured in Hybris.

[#5]

Hi Anitha,

Yes, Optimizely will bucket visitors into either the original or the variation. Typically, Optimizely also delivers the changes (variant) on the page through our variation JavaScript. If you want Hybris to deliver the change, you could simply use Optimizely's variation JavaScript to show/hide elements, or flag a/b version of what's delivered by Hybris.

Alternatively, you could run a redirect experiment, where Optimizely redirects half of your visitors to a different URL. In that case, Hybris would have two separate pages with unique URL's, and Optimizely would split the traffic between them. 

Let me know if you have any other questions,

Jason

[#6]

Hi Jason,

Thanks for sharing helpful info details.
I am not able to see 'Redirect" under Create options. Is this because I am using test account?
Kindly help.

Regards,
Anitha

[#7]

Hi Anitha, can you share a screenshot of what you see? It should be available even for trial accounts.

Thanks,

Jason