Redux Segment Node

Redux middleware for segment. This library was created with reference to analytics-react-native.

Installation

$ npm i -S redux-segment-node

Demo

# replace the `key` with your `Segment API key` in `config.json`
$ npm run dev
# and visit localhost:7777

Usage

// import { applyMiddleware, createStore } from 'redux';
import createSegmentTracker from 'redux-segment-node';
 
const segmentMiddleware = createSegmentTracker({
  key: 'API_KEY',
  flushAfter: 1000,
});
 
const middleware = applyMiddleware(segmentMiddleware);
 
// const store = createStore(/* ... */);
 
// identify (recommended: pass `userId` in `eventPayload`)
store.dispatch({
  type: 'SIGN_IN',
  analytics: {
    eventType: 'identify',
    eventPayload: {
      userId: 'UUID',
    },
  },
});
 
// track (required: pass `event` in `eventPayload`)
// If you pass the `signout` or `logout` as an `event` in `track` type,
// The `userId` will be removed.
store.dispatch({
  type: 'CLICK_CTA_BUTTON',
  analytics: {
    eventType: 'track',
    eventPayload: {
      event: 'Click CTA Button',
    },
  },
});
 
// page (recommended: pass `name` in `eventPayload`)
// screen (similar with `page`)
store.dispatch({
  type: 'VIEW_PAGE',
  analytics: {
    eventType: 'page', // or 'screen'
    eventPayload: {
      name: 'LANDING_PAGE',
    },
  },
});
 
// group (required: pass `groupId` in `eventPayload`)
store.dispatch({
  type: 'GROUP',
  analytics: {
    eventType: 'group',
    eventPayload: {
      groupId: 'UUID',
    },
  },
});
 
// alias (required: pass `userId` in `eventPayload`)
store.dispatch({
  type: 'ALIAS_USER',
  analytics: {
    eventType: 'alias',
    eventPayload: {
      userId: 'NEW_UUID',
    },
  },
});

Configuration

createSegmentTracker arguments

property	type	remark
key	string(required)
platform	string(optional)	one of [android, ios] or undefined
host	string(optional)	Host where reports will be sent. Useful for debug.
flushAt	number(optional)	The number of messages to enqueue before flushing.
flushAfter	number(optional)	The number of milliseconds to wait before flushing the queue automatically.

Event Types (Segment API Specification)

• identify: Can tie an user to their action and record traits about them.
• track: Can track any actions that users perform.
• page: Can record the page that users are stay in.
• screen: Can record the screen that users are stay in. (for the mobile application)
• group: Can associate the individual users with a group.
• alias: Can merge two user identities.

Documentation for Segment

https://segment.com/libraries/node