This is a simple package that allows you to track Google Analytics page views and events from your Laravel application.
It was created because I needed a simple way to track these when certain actions occured server-side or when specific actions were triggered from the frontend and I din't want to mingle the JavaScript logic with the tracking part.
First thing you need to do is require the package using composer.
composer require stelianandrei/laravel-server-side-ga
Then you need to add the service provider to your config/app.php file under
the Package Service Providers section:
StelianAndrei\LaravelServerSideGA\AnalyticsServiceProvider::class,
Also add the Analytics facade to the aliases array in the same file:
'Analytics' => StelianAndrei\LaravelServerSideGA\AnalyticsFacade::class,
Last thing you need to do is publish the configuration for this package. In order to do that all you need to do it run the following command:
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="StelianAndrei\LaravelServerSideGA\AnalyticsServiceProvider"
That will create a configuation file for this package at config/analytics.php
where you need to enter the property code you are using for tracking events and
page views. You can either keep it here or define the ANALYTICS_TRACKING_ID
property in your .env file.
To track page views, use it as follows:
Analytics::trackPage($page, $title, $hitType)
Where:
- $page - (optional) the url of the page you are tracking (eg:
/about) - $title - (optional) the title of the page you are tracking (eg:
About us) - $hitType - (optional) the type of hit you are sending (defaults to
pageview)
To track an event, use it as follows:
Analytics::trackEvent($category, $action, $label = null, $value = null)
Where:
- $category - the category of the event (eg:
Account creation) - $action - the action you're tracking (eg:
Click button) - $label - (optional) the label for the event (eg:
Recover password) - $value - (optional) an optional value for the event