clickedObjectIDsAfterSearch gets 422 response: Invalid type for field events: expected string, got number

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#1

I am attempting to send a clickedObjectIDsAfterSearch click event to Algolia (I have sent other events successfully) and am receiviing a 422 error. I have tried this using JavaScript and PHP and get the same error. As far as I can tell I am coding this correctly as per https://www.algolia.com/doc/api-reference/api-methods/clicked-object-ids-after-search/. The error returned says “Invalid type for field events: expected string, got number”.

When I go to the Events Debugger in the Algolia Dashboard and click the errored event this is what I see:

{
  "events": [
    {
      "eventType": "click",
      "userToken": 20281,
      "index": "my_index_name_here",
      "eventName": "Dropdown: Product Clicked",
      "queryID": "acf55d7618e1e98922028e8dc7c43e11",
      "objectIDs": [
        24729
      ],
      "positions": [
        6
      ]
    }
  ]
}

So I can see why that error is returned. But as far as I can tell this is being coded correctly. I feel like I’m missing something obvious. If anyone can give me a pointer as to what I could be doing wrong that would be appreciated.

#2

My array of objectIDs wasn’t cast as an array of strings - the error was confusing. Anyhow looks to be OK now.