@analytics/custify

Custify plugin for analytics

Integration with Custify for analytics

This analytics plugin will load Custify's client side tracking script into your application and send custom events, page views, and identify visitors inside Custify.

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• Installation
• How to use
• Platforms Supported
• Browser usage
  • Browser API
  • Configuration options for browser
• Server-side usage
  • Server-side API
  • Configuration options for server-side
• Additional examples

Installation

Install analytics and @analytics/custify packages

npm install analytics
npm install @analytics/custify

How to use

The @analytics/custify package works in the browser and server-side in Node.js. To use, install the package, include in your project and initialize the plugin with analytics.

Below is an example of how to use the browser plugin.

import Analytics from 'analytics'
import custifyPlugin from '@analytics/custify'

const analytics = Analytics({
  app: 'awesome-app',
  plugins: [
    // This will load crazy egg on to the page
    custifyPlugin({
      accountId: '1234578'
    })
  ]
})

/* Track a page view */
analytics.page()

/* Track a custom event */
analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
  item: 'pink socks',
  price: 20
})

/* Identify a visitor */
analytics.identify('user-id-xyz', {
  firstName: 'bill',
  lastName: 'murray'
})

After initializing analytics with the custifyPlugin plugin, data will be sent into Custify whenever analytics.page, analytics.track, or analytics.identify are called.

See additional implementation examples for more details on using in your project.

Platforms Supported

The @analytics/custify package works in the browser and server-side in Node.js

Browser usage

The Custify client side browser plugin works with these analytic api methods:

• analytics.identify - Identify visitors and send details to Custify
• analytics.page - Sends page views into Custify
• analytics.track - Track custom events and send to Custify

Browser API

import Analytics from 'analytics'
import custifyPlugin from '@analytics/custify'

const analytics = Analytics({
  app: 'awesome-app',
  plugins: [
    // This will load crazy egg on to the page
    custifyPlugin({
      accountId: '1234578'
    })
  ]
})

Configuration options for browser

Option	description
accountId required - string	custify account ID
scriptInclude optional - boolean	Load custify script into page
options optional - object	Custify script options

Server-side usage

The Custify server-side node.js plugin works with these analytic api methods:

• analytics.page - Sends page views into Custify
• analytics.track - Track custom events and send to Custify
• analytics.identify - Identify visitors and send details to Custify

Server-side API

import Analytics from 'analytics'
import custifyPlugin from '@analytics/custify'

const analytics = Analytics({
  app: 'awesome-app',
  plugins: [
    custifyPlugin({
      apiKey: 'abc123'
    })
  ]
})

Configuration options for server-side

Option	description
apiKey required - string	custify API key

Additional examples

Below are additional implementation examples.

Server-side ES6

import Analytics from 'analytics'
import custifyPlugin from '@analytics/custify'

const analytics = Analytics({
  app: 'awesome-app',
  plugins: [
    custifyPlugin({
      apiKey: 'abc123'
    })
    // ...other plugins
  ]
})

/* Track a page view */
analytics.page()

/* Track a custom event */
analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
  item: 'pink socks',
  price: 20
})

/* Identify a visitor */
analytics.identify('user-id-xyz', {
  firstName: 'bill',
  lastName: 'murray'
})

Server-side Node.js with common JS

If using node, you will want to import the .default

const analyticsLib = require('analytics').default
const custifyPlugin = require('@analytics/custify').default

const analytics = analyticsLib({
  app: 'my-app-name',
  plugins: [
    custifyPlugin({
      apiKey: 'abc123'
    })
  ]
})

/* Track a page view */
analytics.page()

/* Track a custom event */
analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
  item: 'pink socks',
  price: 20
})

/* Identify a visitor */
analytics.identify('user-id-xyz', {
  firstName: 'bill',
  lastName: 'murray'
})

Using in HTML

Below is an example of importing via the unpkg CDN. Please note this will pull in the latest version of the package.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Using @analytics/custify in HTML</title>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/analytics/dist/analytics.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/@analytics/custify/dist/@analytics/custify.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      /* Initialize analytics */
      var Analytics = _analytics.init({
        app: 'my-app-name',
        plugins: [
          // This will load crazy egg on to the page
          analyticsCustify({
            accountId: '1234578'
          })
        ]
      })

      /* Track a page view */
      analytics.page()

      /* Track a custom event */
      analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
        item: 'pink socks',
        price: 20
      })

      /* Identify a visitor */
      analytics.identify('user-id-xyz', {
        firstName: 'bill',
        lastName: 'murray'
      })
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    ....
  </body>
</html>

Using in HTML via ES Modules

Using @analytics/custify in ESM modules.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Using @analytics/custify in HTML via ESModules</title>
    <script>
      // Polyfill process.
      // **Note**: Because `import`s are hoisted, we need a separate, prior <script> block.
      window.process = window.process || { env: { NODE_ENV: 'production' } }
    </script>
    <script type="module">
      import analytics from 'https://unpkg.com/analytics/lib/analytics.browser.es.js?module'
      import analyticsCustify from 'https://unpkg.com/@analytics/custify/lib/analytics-plugin-custify.browser.es.js?module'
      /* Initialize analytics */
      const Analytics = analytics({
        app: 'analytics-html-demo',
        debug: true,
        plugins: [
          // This will load crazy egg on to the page
          analyticsCustify({
            accountId: '1234578'
          })
          // ... add any other third party analytics plugins
        ]
      })

      /* Track a page view */
      analytics.page()

      /* Track a custom event */
      analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
        item: 'pink socks',
        price: 20
      })

      /* Identify a visitor */
      analytics.identify('user-id-xyz', {
        firstName: 'bill',
        lastName: 'murray'
      })
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    ....
  </body>
</html>