Google Analytics Nav Tracker (ga-nav-tracker)
Auto-track link clicks for Google Analytics.
This library uses ga-track and needs Google Analytics to be set up in order to work.
Installation
npm install ga-nav-tracker
Usage
import GANavTracker from 'ga-nav-tracker'
init()
Initializes library and all link clicks within the specified tag will be tracked in Google Analytics.
(see example)
ExampleAdd data-nav-tracker="header|footer"
to any element and the library will track link clicks.
<nav>
<ul data-nav-tracker="header">
<li><a href="#">Link 1</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Link 2</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
Clicking on the first link will be send this object to Google Analytics:
{
action: 'header'
label: 'Link 1'
category: 'nav-tracker'
}
You can optionally set data-nav-tracker-dropdown
, which prepends tracker location to the label property. See the example below:
<nav>
<ul data-nav-tracker="header">
<li><a href="#">Link 1</a></li>
...
<li data-nav-tracker-dropdown="Dropdown">
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Link 2</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</nav>
Clicking on the second link will send this object to Google Analytics:
{
action: 'header'
label: 'Dropdown - Link 2'
category: 'nav-tracker'
}
License
MIT License
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