Seeing WebKit Privacy Preserving Ad Click Attribution in Action

You will need:

• brew install nginx
• append the contents of add-to-hosts to your /ets/hosts file
• Install Safari Technology Preview version 82 or higher
• Generate certificates for nginx SSL termination (see below)

To test the attribution reporting in action:

• Run ./run.sh to start nginx
• In another terminal window, run log stream -info | grep AdClickAttribution to tail debug log events for ad click attribution.
• Open Safari Technology Preview
  • Go to "Experimental Features" in the "Develop" menu and enable both Ad Click Attribution features.
• Visit https://search.example/ and accept the certificate.
• Click the ad link to navigate to https://shop.example/ and accept the certificate.
• Click the "Add to Cart" button.

For more help troubleshooting, see the official WebKit docs.

Generating SSL certifications

Run this command in the root of the git repository:

openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout nginx.key -out nginx.crt