However, on an ecommerce site, if an anonymous user views 2 products, you could already show them relevant recommendations just like you could if they had a sessionid - at least in theory.
Can easyrec handle this?
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I think if you make a temp user ID, then you'd break session ID to user mapping down the line. This was a more recent feature which allows you to take an anonymous session and later merge it into a user's profile once the user signs in. Is that right?
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How can I get recommenations for a user who doesn't have a userid and only has a sessionid?
I see that the API requires userid: http://easyrec.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php?title=REST_API_v0.98#recommendations_for_user.
However, on an ecommerce site, if an anonymous user views 2 products, you could already show them relevant recommendations just like you could if they had a sessionid - at least in theory.
Can easyrec handle this?
you can create temporary user id for the sessionid
I think if you make a temp user ID, then you'd break session ID to user mapping down the line. This was a more recent feature which allows you to take an anonymous session and later merge it into a user's profile once the user signs in. Is that right?