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+<h1>Tutorial: Google Analytics</h1> |
+ |
+ |
+<p>This tutorial demonstrates using Google Analytics to track the usage of your |
+extension.</p> |
+ |
+<h2 id="toc-requirements">Requirements</h2> |
+<p> |
+ This tutorial expects that you have some familiarity writing extensions for |
+ Google Chrome. If you need information on how to write an extension, please |
+ read the <a href="gettingstarted.html">Getting Started tutorial</a>. |
+</p> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ You will also need a <a href="http://www.google.com/analytics">Google |
+ Analytics account</a> set up to track your extension. Note that when setting |
+ up the account, you can use any value in the Website's URL field, as your |
+ extension will not have an URL of its own. |
+</p> |
+ |
+<p style="text-align: center"> |
+ <img src="{{static}}/images/tut_analytics/screenshot01.png" |
+ style="width:400px;height:82px;" |
+ alt="The analytics setup with info for a chrome extension filled out." /> |
+</p> |
+ |
+<h2 id="toc-installing">Installing the tracking code</h2> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ The standard Google Analytics tracking code snippet fetches a file named |
+ <code>ga.js</code> from an SSL protected URL if the current page |
+ was loaded using the <code>https://</code> protocol. <strong>Chrome |
+ extensions and applications may <em>only</em> use the SSL-protected version of |
+ <code>ga.js</code></strong>. Loading <code>ga.js</code> over insecure HTTP is |
+ disallowed by Chrome's default <a href="contentSecurityPolicy.html">Content |
+ Security Policy</a>. This, plus the fact that Chrome extensions are hosted |
+ under the <code>chrome-extension://</code> schema, requires a slight |
+ modification to the usual tracking snippet to pull <code>ga.js</code> directly |
+ from <code>https://ssl.google-analytics.com/ga.js</code> instead of the |
+ default location. |
+</p> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ Below is a modified snippet for the |
+ <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/asyncTracking.html">asynchronous |
+ tracking API</a> (the modified line is bolded): |
+</p> |
+ |
+<pre> |
+(function() { |
+ var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; |
+ <strong>ga.src = 'https://ssl.google-analytics.com/ga.js';</strong> |
+ var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); |
+})(); |
+</pre> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ You'll also need to ensure that your extension has access to load the resource |
+ by relaxing the default content security policy. The policy definition in your |
+ <a href="manifest.html"><code>manifest.json</code></a> might look like: |
+</p> |
+ |
+<pre>{ |
+ ..., |
+ "content_security_policy": "script-src 'self' https://ssl.google-analytics.com; object-src 'self'", |
+ ... |
+}</pre> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ Here is a popup page (<code>popup.html</code>) which loads the asynchronous |
+ tracking code via an external JavaScript file (<code>popup.js</code>) and |
+ tracks a single page view: |
+</p> |
+ |
+<pre>popup.js: |
+========= |
+ |
+var _gaq = _gaq || []; |
+_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-X']); |
+_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); |
+ |
+(function() { |
+ var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; |
+ ga.src = 'https://ssl.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; |
+ var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); |
+})(); |
+ |
+popup.html: |
+=========== |
+<!DOCTYPE html> |
+<html> |
+ <head> |
+ ... |
+ <script src="popup.js"></script> |
+ </head> |
+ <body> |
+ ... |
+ </body> |
+</html> |
+</pre> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ Keep in mind that the string <code>UA-XXXXXXXX-X</code> should be replaced |
+ with your own Google Analytics account number. |
+</p> |
+ |
+<h2 id="toc-tracking-pageviews">Tracking page views</h2> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ The <code>_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);</code> code will track a single |
+ page view. This code may be used on any page in your extension. When |
+ placed on a background page, it will register a view once per browser |
+ session. When placed on a popup, it will register a view once every time |
+ the popup is opened. |
+</p> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ By looking at the page view data for each page in your extension, you can |
+ get an idea of how many times your users interact with your extension per |
+ browser session: |
+</p> |
+ |
+<p style="text-align: center"> |
+ <img src="{{static}}/images/tut_analytics/screenshot02.png" |
+ style="width:300px;height:119px;" |
+ alt="Analytics view of the top content for a site." /> |
+</p> |
+ |
+<h2 id="toc-debugging">Monitoring analytics requests</h2> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ To ensure that tracking data from your extension is being sent to Google |
+ Analytics, you can inspect the pages of your extension in the |
+ Developer Tools window (see the |
+ <a href="tut_debugging.html">debugging tutorial</a> for more information). |
+ As the following figure shows, you should see requests for a file named |
+ <strong>__utm.gif</strong> if everything is set up correctly. |
+</p> |
+ |
+<p style="text-align: center"> |
+ <img src="{{static}}/images/tut_analytics/screenshot04.png" |
+ style="width:683px;height:418px;" |
+ alt="Developer Tools window showing the __utm.gif request" /> |
+</p> |
+ |
+<h2 id="toc-tracking-events">Tracking events</h2> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ By configuring event tracking, you can determine which parts of your |
+ extension your users interact with the most. For example, if you have |
+ three buttons users may click: |
+</p> |
+ |
+<pre> |
+ <button id='button1'>Button 1</button> |
+ <button id='button2'>Button 2</button> |
+ <button id='button3'>Button 3</button> |
+</pre> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ Write a function that sends click events to Google Analytics: |
+</p> |
+ |
+<pre> |
+ function trackButton(e) { |
+ _gaq.push(['_trackEvent', e.target.id, 'clicked']); |
+ }; |
+</pre> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ And use it as an event handler for each button's click: |
+</p> |
+ |
+<pre> |
+ var buttons = document.querySelectorAll('button'); |
+ for (var i = 0; i < buttons.length; i++) { |
+ buttons[i].addEventListener('click', trackButtonClick); |
+ } |
+</pre> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ The Google Analytics event tracking overview page will give you metrics |
+ regarding how many times each individual button is clicked: |
+</p> |
+ |
+<p style="text-align: center"> |
+ <img src="{{static}}/images/tut_analytics/screenshot03.png" |
+ style="width:300px;height:482px;" |
+ alt="Analytics view of the event tracking data for a site." /> |
+</p> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ By using this approach, you can see which parts of your extension are |
+ under-or-overutilized. This information can help guide decisions about UI |
+ redesigns or additional functionality to implement. |
+</p> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ For more information about using the event tracking API, see the |
+ Google Analytics |
+ <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/eventTrackerOverview.html">developer |
+ documentation</a>. |
+</p> |
+ |
+<h2 id="toc-samplecode">Sample code</h2> |
+ |
+<p> |
+ A sample extension that uses these techniques is |
+ available in the Chromium source tree: |
+</p> |
+ |
+<blockquote> |
+ <a href="http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/common/extensions/docs/examples/tutorials/analytics/">.../examples/tutorials/analytics/</a> |
+</blockquote> |
+</p> |