Simple Analytics Plugin
Integration with simple analytics Simple Analytics
The simple analytics plugin automatically tracks page views on route changes for single page applications.
For more information see the docs.
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Installation
npm install analytics
npm install @analytics/simple-analytics
How to use
The @analytics/simple-analytics 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 simpleAnalyticsPlugin from '@analytics/simple-analytics'
const analytics = Analytics({
app: 'awesome-app',
plugins: [simpleAnalyticsPlugin()]
})
/* Track a custom event */
analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
item: 'pink socks',
price: 20
})
After initializing analytics with the simpleAnalyticsPlugin plugin, data will be sent into Simple Analytics whenever or analytics.track are called.
See additional implementation examples for more details on using in your project.
Platforms Supported
The @analytics/simple-analytics package works in the browser
Browser usage
The Simple Analytics client side browser plugin works with these analytic api methods:
- analytics.track - Track custom events and send to Simple Analytics
Browser API
import Analytics from 'analytics'
import simpleAnalyticsPlugin from '@analytics/simple-analytics'
const analytics = Analytics({
app: 'awesome-app',
plugins: [simpleAnalyticsPlugin()]
})
Configuration options for browser
| Option | description |
|---|---|
customDomain optional - string | Custom domain for simple analytics script. https://docs.simpleanalytics.com/script |
hostname optional - string | Allow overwriting domain name https://docs.simpleanalytics.com/overwrite-domain-name |
collectDnt optional - boolean | Allow collecting DNT visitors https://docs.simpleanalytics.com/dnt |
mode optional - string | Allow hash mode https://docs.simpleanalytics.com/hash-mode |
ignorePages optional - string | Add ignore pages https://docs.simpleanalytics.com/ignore-pages |
saGlobal optional - string | Overwrite SA global for events https://docs.simpleanalytics.com/events#the-variable-sa_event-is-already-used |
autoCollect optional - boolean | Overwrite SA global for events https://docs.simpleanalytics.com/trigger-custom-page-views#use-custom-collection-anyway |
allowParams optional - string | Allow custom URL parameters https://docs.simpleanalytics.com/allow-params |
onloadCallback optional - string | Allow onload callback https://docs.simpleanalytics.com/trigger-custom-page-views#use-custom-collection-anyway |
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/simple-analytics in HTML</title>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/analytics/dist/analytics.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@analytics/simple-analytics/dist/@analytics/simple-analytics.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
/* Initialize analytics */
var Analytics = _analytics.init({
app: 'my-app-name',
plugins: [simpleAnalytics()]
})
/* Track a custom event */
analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
item: 'pink socks',
price: 20
})
</script>
</head>
<body>
....
</body>
</html>
Using in HTML via ES Modules
Using @analytics/simple-analytics in ESM modules.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Using @analytics/simple-analytics 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 simpleAnalytics from 'https://unpkg.com/@analytics/simple-analytics/lib/analytics-plugin-simple-analytics.browser.es.js?module'
/* Initialize analytics */
const Analytics = analytics({
app: 'analytics-html-demo',
debug: true,
plugins: [
simpleAnalytics()
// ... add any other third party analytics plugins
]
})
/* Track a custom event */
analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
item: 'pink socks',
price: 20
})
</script>
</head>
<body>
....
</body>
</html>