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PlayFab as external service for events

Hello, We are seeking for a solution to integrate with, and we are considering if PlayFab offers what we need. We need a tool to create quests for our games. We have a platform with webgames, with our own backend, authentication through Firebase. We need the solution based on events, for example a user in our game makes 10 games win in a row in a week, that supposed to be marked as quest done in external platform (like yours). We need to pass the information about score in each game. We also want to create events on login each day etc. or reward an user by ref link from webpush notification after opening it. Is this all possible by still keeping our backend on our own? Just to use external event service for achievements on your side?

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PlayFab is positioned as a Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) that targeted to provide the complete backend platform. PlayFab PlayStream Event System is on the basis of PlayFab player accounts, and it is not supposed to be used by separate analytical tool or achievements system based on external Players accounts on your backend. You may integrate PlayFab with your current backend and create PlayFab player accounts for each player in your system, meanwhile the generated events can be redirected via PlayFab built-in features like Webhook, Explorer or Event Export to any other places you want.

Besides, PlayFab Event system is not an out-of-box solution of achievements system. To make the achievements system, you need to do the necessary data collection and handling on your own.

If you want to take advantage of PlayFab Event System, you can consider integrating PlayFab Authentication with your own authentication first. Please refer to our document -- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/gaming/playfab/features/authentication/login/login-basics-best-practices for more details.

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