@ngx-ext/google-analytics

Google Analytics for your Angular application

Install

$ ng add @ngx-ext/google-analytics

Usage

Configuration

The Google Analytics tracking script is included in this module.

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { GoogleAnalyticsModule, GA_TOKEN } from '@ngx-ext/google-analytics';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

@NgModule({
	imports: [
		BrowserModule,
		GoogleAnalyticsModule.forRoot()
	],
	declarations: [
		AppComponent
	],
	bootstrap: [AppComponent],
	providers: [
		{ provide: GA_TOKEN, useValue: 'UA-TOKEN-1' } // or use GoogleAnalyticsService.configure(ga-token)
	]
})
export class AppModule { }

Service

Inject the GoogleAnalyticsService into your components or services.

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { GoogleAnalyticsService } from 'angular-ga';

@Component({
	templateUrl: 'app.component.html'
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

	constructor(
		private gaService: GoogleAnalyticsService
	) { }

	ngOnInit() {
		this.gaService.event.emit({
			category: 'app',
			action: 'bootstrap'
		});
	}
}

Configuration

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { GoogleAnalyticsService } from 'angular-ga';

@Component({
	templateUrl: 'app.component.html'
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {

	constructor(
		private gaService: GoogleAnalyticsService
	) { }

	ngOnInit() {
		this.gaService.configure('UA-TOKEN-1');
	}
}

API

service.configure(trackingId, [options])

trackingId

Type: string

Tracking Id.

options

Type: Object string
Default: auto

Any of the Create Only Fields.

service.event.emit(event: Event)

Emit a Google Analytics event.

event

category

Type: string

Typically, the object that was interacted with (e.g. Video)

action

Type: string

The type of interaction (e.g. play)

label

Optional
Type: string

Useful for categorizing events (e.g. Fall Campaign)

value

Optional
Type: number

A numeric value associated with the event (e.g. 42)

service.pageView.emit(pageView: PageView)

Emit a Google Analytics page view.

PageView

page

Type: string

The path portion of a URL. This value should start with a slash (/) character.

title

Optional
Type: string

The title of the page (e.g. homepage)