Staccato

Ruby Google Analytics Measurement

https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/protocol/v1/

NOTE: The Measurement Protocol is part of Universal Analytics, which is currently available in public beta. Data from the measurement protocol will only be processed in Universal Analytics enabled properties.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'staccato'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install staccato

Usage

tracker = Staccato.tracker('UA-XXXX-Y') # REQUIRED, your Google Analytics Tracking ID

#tracker optionally takes a second param for the client_id value By default, the client_id is set to a random UUID with SecureRandom.uuid

Track some data

# Track a Pageview (all values optional)
tracker.pageview(path: '/page-path', title: 'A Page!')

# Track an Event (all values optional)
tracker.event(category: 'video', action: 'play', label: 'cars', value: 1)

# Track social activity (all values REQUIRED)
tracker.social(action: 'like', network: 'facebook', target: '/something')

# Track exceptions (all values optional)
tracker.exception(description: 'RuntimeException', fatal: true)

# Track timing (all values optional, but should include time)
tracker.timing(category: 'runtime', variable: 'db', label: 'query', time: 50) # time in milliseconds

tracker.timing(category: 'runtime', variable: 'db', label: 'query') do
  some_code_here
end

# Track transaction (transaction_id REQUIRED)
tracker.transaction({
  transaction_id: 12345,
  affiliation: 'clothing',
  revenue: 17.98,
  shipping: 2.00,
  tax: 2.50,
  currency: 'EUR'
})

# Track transaction item (matching transaction_id and item name REQUIRED)
tracker.transaction_item({
  transaction_id: 12345,
  name: 'Shirt',
  price: 8.99,
  quantity: 2,
  code: 'afhcka1230',
  variation: 'red',
  currency: 'EUR'
})

"Global" Options

Custom Dimensions and Metrics

hit = tracker.pageview('/sports-page-5')
hit.add_custom_dimension(19, 'Sports')
hit.add_custom_metric(2, 5)
hit.track!

The first argument is the slot position. Custom dimensions and metrics have 20 slots or 200 if you're "Premium" account.

The second argument is the value. For dimensions, that's a text value. For metrics it is an integer.

Non-Interactive Hit

# Track a Non-Interactive Hit
tracker.event(category: 'video', action: 'play', non_interactive: true)

Non-Interactive events are useful for tracking things like emails sent, or other events that are not directly the result of a user's interaction.

The option non_interactive is accepted for all methods on tracker.

Session Control

# start a session
tracker.pageview(path: '/blog', start_session: true)

# end a session
tracker.pageview(path: '/blog', end_session: true)

Other options are acceptable to start and end a session: session_start, sessoin_end, and stop_session.

Content Experiment

# Tracking an Experiment
#   useful for tracking A/B or Multivariate testing
tracker.pageview({
  path: '/blog',
  experiment_id: 'a7a8d91df',
  experiment_variant: 'a'
})

Google Documentation

https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/protocol/v1/devguide https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/protocol/v1/reference https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/protocol/v1/parameters

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request