@amplitude/analytics-core

What is @amplitude/analytics-core?

@amplitude/analytics-core is a core library for Amplitude's analytics tracking. It provides essential functionalities for tracking events, user properties, and managing user sessions. This package is designed to be lightweight and flexible, making it suitable for various environments and use cases.

What are @amplitude/analytics-core's main functionalities?

Event Tracking

This feature allows you to track events within your application. The code sample demonstrates how to initialize the Amplitude client and log a 'button_click' event with associated properties.

const amplitude = require('@amplitude/analytics-core');

const client = amplitude.init('YOUR_API_KEY');

client.logEvent({
  event_type: 'button_click',
  event_properties: {
    button_name: 'signup'
  }
});

User Identification

This feature allows you to identify users and set user properties. The code sample shows how to set a user ID and user properties such as age and gender.

const amplitude = require('@amplitude/analytics-core');

const client = amplitude.init('YOUR_API_KEY');

client.setUserId('user_12345');
client.setUserProperties({
  age: 25,
  gender: 'female'
});

Session Management

This feature allows you to manage user sessions. The code sample demonstrates how to start and end a session using the Amplitude client.

const amplitude = require('@amplitude/analytics-core');

const client = amplitude.init('YOUR_API_KEY');

client.startSession();
// Perform some actions
client.endSession();

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@amplitude/analytics-core

Internal Node package for Amplitude