Aptabase SDK for React Apps

A tiny SDK (1 kB) to instrument your React apps with Aptabase, an Open Source, Privacy-First and Simple Analytics for Mobile, Desktop and Web Apps.

Setup

1. Install the SDK using npm or your preferred JavaScript package manager

npm add @aptabase/react

2. Get your App Key from Aptabase, you can find it in the Instructions menu on the left side menu.

3. Initialize the AptabaseProvider component to your app based on your framework.

import { AptabaseProvider } from '@aptabase/react';

export default function RootLayout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
  return (
    <html lang="en">
      <body>
        <AptabaseProvider appKey="<YOUR_APP_KEY>">{children}</AptabaseProvider>
      </body>
    </html>
  );
}

import { AptabaseProvider } from '@aptabase/react';
import type { AppProps } from 'next/app';

export default function App({ Component, pageProps }: AppProps) {
  return (
    <AptabaseProvider appKey="<YOUR_APP_KEY>">
      <Component {...pageProps} />
    </AptabaseProvider>
  );
}

import { AptabaseProvider } from '@aptabase/react';
import { RemixBrowser } from '@remix-run/react';
import { startTransition, StrictMode } from 'react';
import { hydrateRoot } from 'react-dom/client';

startTransition(() => {
  hydrateRoot(
    document,
    <StrictMode>
      <AptabaseProvider appKey="<YOUR_APP_KEY>">
        <RemixBrowser />
      </AptabaseProvider>
    </StrictMode>,
  );
});

import { AptabaseProvider } from '@aptabase/react';

ReactDOM.createRoot(root).render(
  <React.StrictMode>
    <AptabaseProvider appKey="<YOUR_APP_KEY>">
      <YourApp />
    </AptabaseProvider>
  </React.StrictMode>,
);

Advanced setup

The AptabaseProvider also supports an optional second parameter, which is an object with the appVersion property.

It's up to you to decide how to get the version of your app, but it's generally recommended to use your bundler (like Webpack, Vite, Rollup, etc.) to inject the values at build time. Alternatively you can also pass it in manually.

It's up to you to decide what to get the version of your app, but it's generally recommended to use your bundler (like Webpack, Vite, Rollup, etc.) to inject the values at build time.

Tracking Events with Aptabase

After setting up the AptabaseProvider, you can then start tracking events using the useAptabase hook.

Here's an example of a simple counter component that tracks the increment and decrement events:

'use client';

import { useState } from 'react';
import { useAptabase } from '@aptabase/react';

export function Counter() {
  const { trackEvent } = useAptabase();
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0);

  function increment() {
    setCount((c) => c + 1);
    trackEvent('increment', { count });
  }

  function decrement() {
    setCount((c) => c - 1);
    trackEvent('decrement', { count });
  }

  return (
    <div>
      <p>Count: {count}</p>
      <button onClick={increment}>Increment</button>
      <button onClick={decrement}>Decrement</button>
    </div>
  );
}

A few important notes:

1. The SDK will automatically enhance the event with some useful information, like the OS and other properties.
2. You're in control of what gets sent to Aptabase. This SDK does not automatically track any events, you need to call trackEvent manually.
   • Because of this, it's generally recommended to at least track an event at startup
3. You do not need to await the trackEvent function, it'll run in the background.
4. Only strings and numeric values are allowed on custom properties