generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://developer.sovrn.com/docs/configuration-with-javascript
description: Client-side components published for Sovrn Commerce (formerly
  VigLink). The core surface is the Commerce JavaScript library (vglnk) that
  auto-monetizes links on a publisher page, plus an automated price-comparisons
  embed library and server-side rendering guidance.
components:
- family: Commerce JavaScript library (vglnk)
  kind: javascript-library
  install: HTML snippet from https://commerce.sovrn.com/install (includes your API key)
  docs:
  - https://developer.sovrn.com/docs/configuration-with-javascript
  - https://developer.sovrn.com/docs/javascript-api
  configuration:
    global: vglnk
    options:
    - name: key
      required: true
      description: Your Commerce API key, found on your account page.
    - name: api_url
      required: false
      default: //api.viglink.com/api
      description: Base URL for API calls; set when using your own CNAME for api.viglink.com.
    - name: cuid
      required: false
      description: Included as the CUID when the library makes API calls on the page.
    - name: enabled
      required: false
      default: true
      description: When false, initialization aborts and JS API methods run in failsafe mode.
    - name: reaffiliate
      required: false
      default: false
      description: Force re-affiliation of already-affiliated links on the page.
  api:
  - method: vglnk.open( url[, target] )
    description: Redirect to URL in the target window/frame, monetizing the URL
      before redirection; counted as a click in Commerce analytics.
  - method: vglnk.link( link )
    description: Ensure Commerce will attempt to monetize a specific link element
      (HTMLAnchorElement or HTMLAreaElement) when clicked.
- family: Automated Comparisons
  kind: embed-library
  docs:
  - https://developer.sovrn.com/docs/comparisons-automated-library
  description: Automated price-comparison displays inserted into publisher content.
- family: Server-side Rendering
  kind: integration-pattern
  docs:
  - https://developer.sovrn.com/docs/server-side-rendering
  description: Guidance for affiliating links server-side instead of via the
    client-side JavaScript library.