Values of vk_ref launch parameter for mini apps

The vk_ref parameters passes information about the launch souce. It can have the following values:

Indicates the mini app launch source.

Possible values:

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  Catalog categories:

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    catalog_recent — Recent category.
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    catalog_recommendation — Recommended category.
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    catalog_friends_recommendations — Recommended by friends category.
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    catalog_top_dau — Popular category.
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    catalog_sport — Sports category.
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    catalog_entertainment — Entertainment category.
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    catalog_communication — Communication category.
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    catalog_tools — Tools category.
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    catalog_shopping — Shopping category.
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    catalog_lifestyle — Lifestyle category.
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    catalog_travel — Travel category.
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    catalog_finance — Finance category.
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    catalog_food — Food and drink category.
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    catalog_events — Events category.
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    catalog_education — Education category.
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    catalog_social — Social category.
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    catalog_payments — Payments category.
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    catalog_health — Health and fitness category.
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    catalog_job — News, jobs category.
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    catalog_realty — Real estate category.
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    catalog_business — Business category.
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    catalog_taxi — Transportation category.
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    catalog_favorites — Favorites category.
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    catalog_admin — Created category.
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  Discussions in the community:

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    board_topic_all — discussion preview, where all community discussions are listed.
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    board_topic_view — discussion screen, where all the comments from the discussion are displayed.
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  Feed:

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    feed — News tab of the news feed.
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    feed_post — post link without the snippet.
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    feed_comments — comment under a post.
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  Featured:

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    featuring_discover — recommendations block in the news feed.
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    featuring_menu — Mini apps block on the mobile website (m.vk.com).
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    featuring_new — widget in the For you tab of the VKontakte app.
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    catalog_messenger_apps_with_action — launching the app integrated into the messenger from the catalog.
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  Bookmarks:

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    fave — general bookmark list.
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    fave_links — Links tab in bookmarks.
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    fave_posts — Posts tab in bookmarks.
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  Communities:

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    group — community wall.
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    group_menu — community menu (Android).
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    group_messages — community messages.
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    group_addresses — community address.
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  Snippets:

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    snippet_post — post snippet.
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    snippet_im — personal message snippet.
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  Clips:

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    clips — clips screen (iOS).
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    comments_list_clip — comments under a clip (Android).
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  Chats:

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    im — chat preview.
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    im_chat — chat screen.
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    im_attach_picker – attach picker.
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    im_app_action – widget of the app integrated into the messenger.
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  Notifications:

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    notifications — lock screen with grouped notifications.
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    notifications_grouped — screen with grouped notifications.
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    notifications_auto — single or grouped automatic notification.
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  Search:

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    search_all — search results on the main search page (Android, iOS, Mobile Web).
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    search_all_recommendation — recommendations when the search query is empty (Android, iOS, Mobile Web).
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    search_all_block — search results on the separate search page for mini apps (Android, iOS, Mobile Web).

  Main search page

  Recommendations with an empty search query

  Search results on a separate search page
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  The «Hub» tab:

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    showcase — menu.
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    recs — the «For you» widget.
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    mini_widget_<id> — mini widget.
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    promo_widget_<state> — promo widget.
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    widget_<id> or widget_<id>_<state> — tile widget.
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    section_<id> or section_<id>_<state> — section.
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  super_app — Hub tab of the VKontakte app.

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  profile — profile posts.

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  group_apps_block — Apps block on the right side of a community page.

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  article_read — community article.

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  music_playlist — music playlist.

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  video_carousel — videos (iOS).

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  photo_browser — viewer of photos from posts (iOS).

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  shopping_center — product feed (iOS).

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  market_item — product screen.

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  story${user_id}_${params} — story.

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  widget — widget in the Hub tab of the VKontakte app.

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  showcase — showcase in the Hub tab of the VKontakte app.

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  home_screen — device home screen (Android).

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  left_nav — left-hand menu on the desktop website (vk.com).

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  quick_search — quick search results.

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  menu — Mini apps block in the More tab of the mobile website (m.vk.com).

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  other — miscellaneous sources.