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Enable /track_event(s) as official way to track events

Niko Belokolodov requested to merge 478781-enable-track_event-s-as-official-way-to-track-events into master

What does this MR do and why?

This MR documents /track_event(s) endpoints as official way to track InternalEvents from the systems outside of GitLab instance.

The code changes allow users to optionally skip sending specific events to Snowplow. This can be achieved by adding a skip_sending_to_snowplow parameter when tracking events. By default, events will still be sent to Snowplow, but this new feature provides more control over which events are shared with the platform.

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How to set up and validate locally

example request:

$ curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <YOUR API scope PAT>" \
     --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --request POST \
     --data '{"event":"web_ide_viewed","namespace_id":1,"project_id":1,"additional_properties":{"lang": "eng"}}' \
     "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/usage_data/track_event"
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or

$ curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <YOUR API scope PAT>" \
     --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
     --request POST \
     --data '{"events":[{"event":"web_ide_viewed","namespace_id":1,"project_id":1,"additional_properties":{"lang": "eng"}}
     ,{"event":"web_ide_viewed","namespace_id":2,"project_id":2,"additional_properties":{"lang": "eng"}}]}' \
     "http://localhost:3000/api/v4/usage_data/track_events"
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Related to #478781 (closed)

Edited by Niko Belokolodov

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