Mixpanel plugin for analytics
Integration with Mixpanel for analytics
This analytics plugin will load Mixpanel's client side tracking script into your application and send custom events, page views, and identify visitors inside Mixpanel.
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Installation
Install analytics and @analytics/mixpanel packages
npm install analytics
npm install @analytics/mixpanel
How to use
The @analytics/mixpanel package works in the browser. To use, install the package, include in your project and initialize the plugin with analytics.
Below is an example of how to use the browser plugin.
import Analytics from 'analytics'
import mixpanelPlugin from '@analytics/mixpanel'
const analytics = Analytics({
app: 'awesome-app',
plugins: [
mixpanelPlugin({
token: 'abcdef123'
})
]
})
/* Track a page view */
analytics.page()
/* Track a custom event */
analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
item: 'pink socks',
price: 20
})
/* Identify a visitor */
analytics.identify('user-id-xyz', {
firstName: 'bill',
lastName: 'murray'
})
After initializing analytics with the mixpanelPlugin plugin, data will be sent into Mixpanel whenever analytics.identify, analytics.page, or analytics.track are called.
See additional implementation examples for more details on using in your project.
Platforms Supported
The @analytics/mixpanel package works in the browser
Browser usage
The Mixpanel client side browser plugin works with these analytic api methods:
- analytics.identify - Identify visitors and send details to Mixpanel
- analytics.page - Sends page views into Mixpanel
- analytics.track - Track custom events and send to Mixpanel
- analytics.reset - Reset browser storage cookies & localstorage for Mixpanel values
Browser API
import Analytics from 'analytics'
import mixpanelPlugin from '@analytics/mixpanel'
const analytics = Analytics({
app: 'awesome-app',
plugins: [
mixpanelPlugin({
token: 'abcdef123'
})
]
})
Configuration options for browser
| Option | description |
|---|---|
token required - string | The mixpanel token associated to a mixpanel project |
pageEvent optional - string | Event name to use for page() events (default to page path) |
customScriptSrc optional - string | Load mixpanel script from custom source |
Additional examples
Below are additional implementation examples.
Using in HTML
Below is an example of importing via the unpkg CDN. Please note this will pull in the latest version of the package.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Using @analytics/mixpanel in HTML</title>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/analytics/dist/analytics.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@analytics/mixpanel/dist/@analytics/mixpanel.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
/* Initialize analytics */
var Analytics = _analytics.init({
app: 'my-app-name',
plugins: [
analyticsMixpanel({
token: 'abcdef123'
})
]
})
/* Track a page view */
analytics.page()
/* Track a custom event */
analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
item: 'pink socks',
price: 20
})
/* Identify a visitor */
analytics.identify('user-id-xyz', {
firstName: 'bill',
lastName: 'murray'
})
</script>
</head>
<body>
....
</body>
</html>
Using in HTML via ES Modules
Using @analytics/mixpanel in ESM modules.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Using @analytics/mixpanel in HTML via ESModules</title>
<script>
// Polyfill process.
// **Note**: Because `import`s are hoisted, we need a separate, prior <script> block.
window.process = window.process || { env: { NODE_ENV: 'production' } }
</script>
<script type="module">
import analytics from 'https://unpkg.com/analytics/lib/analytics.browser.es.js?module'
import analyticsMixpanel from 'https://unpkg.com/@analytics/mixpanel/lib/analytics-plugin-mixpanel.browser.es.js?module'
/* Initialize analytics */
const Analytics = analytics({
app: 'analytics-html-demo',
debug: true,
plugins: [
analyticsMixpanel({
token: 'abcdef123'
})
// ... add any other third party analytics plugins
]
})
/* Track a page view */
analytics.page()
/* Track a custom event */
analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
item: 'pink socks',
price: 20
})
/* Identify a visitor */
analytics.identify('user-id-xyz', {
firstName: 'bill',
lastName: 'murray'
})
</script>
</head>
<body>
....
</body>
</html>