@oddcamp/tracking-util

Odd Camp Tracking Utility

GDPR compliant tracking.

Supported services

• Google Tag Manager (GTM)
• Google Analytics (GA)

Example codes

Usual workflow

<div class="consent-dialog" hidden>
  <p>Do you wanna get tracked?</p>
  <p>
    <button type="button" data-type="accept">Accept</button>
    <button type="button" data-type="deny">Deny</button>
  </p>
</div>

import TrackingUtil from "@oddcamp/tracking-util"

// Initiates util, automatically inserts scripts and starts tracking if tracking
// has been previously accepted by user
const tu = new TrackingUtil({
  services: {
    gtm: {
      id: `GTM-XXXX`,
    },
    ga: {
      id: `UA-XXXXX-Y`,
    },
  },
})

const dialogEl = document.querySelector(`.consent-dialog`)

// Displays cookie consent dialog if user hasn't already made a decision
if (tu.userReacted()) {
  dialogEl.removeAttribute(`hidden`)
}

// Sets tracking accepted on button click
dialogEl
  .querySelector(`button[data-type="accept"]`)
  .addEventListener(`click`, () => {
    tu.setTrackingAccepted(true, {
      defaultGTMdataLayer: [{ pageTitle: `Home` }, { event: `pageview` }],
      defaultGAcommands: [
        [`set`, `anonymizeIp`, true],
        [`send`, `pageview`],
      ],
    })
    dialogEl.setAttribute(`hidden`, ``) // Hides the dialog
  })

// Sets tracking denied on button click
dialogEl
  .querySelector(`button[data-type="deny"]`)
  .addEventListener(`click`, () => {
    tu.setTrackingAccepted(false)
    dialogEl.setAttribute(`hidden`, ``) // Hides the dialog
  })

Tracking clicks

Once TrackingUtil instance is created it also becomes accessible via window.trackingUtil, e.g.:

document.querySelector(`a.logo`).addEventListener(`click`, () => {
  if (window.trackingUtil) {
    window.trackingUtil.registerGTMdata({
      event: `Click`,
      eventCategory: `Links`,
      eventLabel: `Logo`,
    })

    window.trackingUtil.runGAcommand([
      `send`,
      `event`,
      {
        eventCategory: `Links`,
        eventAction: `Click`,
        eventValue: `Logo`,
      },
    ])
  }
})

Tracking categories with Google Tag Manager

You may want to allow the user to choose how advanced tracking they are fine with:

<div class="consent-dialog" hidden>
  <!-- ... -->
  <label><input type="checkbox" name="performance" /> Performance</label>
  <label><input type="checkbox" name="marketing" /> Marketing</label>
  <label><input type="checkbox" name="analytics" /> Analytics</label>
  <!-- ... -->
</div>

// ...
dialogEl
  .querySelector(`button[data-type="accept"]`)
  .addEventListener(`click`, () => {
    const defaultGTMdataLayer = [{ event: `pageview` }]

    if (dialogEl.querySelector(`input[name="performance"]`).checked)
      defaultGTMdataLayer.push({ event: `trackingCategory:performance` })

    if (dialogEl.querySelector(`input[name="marketing"]`).checked)
      defaultGTMdataLayer.push({ event: `trackingCategory:marketing` })

    if (dialogEl.querySelector(`input[name="analytics"]`).checked)
      defaultGTMdataLayer.push({ event: `trackingCategory:analytics` })

    tu.setTrackingAccepted(true, { defaultGTMdataLayer })

    dialogEl.setAttribute(`hidden`, ``)
  })
// ...

Default options

{
  /*
    If `false` tracking scripts aren't inserted and no tracking is performed.
    Useful if you need to disable tracking in `development` environment.
  */
  enabled: true,

  /* Cookie options */
  cookie: {
    name: `tracking-util-reacted`,
    options: {
      path: `/`,
      maxAge: 3600 * 24 * 30 * 12, // year
      secure: false,
    },
  },

  /* Services */
  services: {

    /* Google Tag Manager options */
    gtm: {
      /* E.g.: GTM-XXXX */
      id: ``,

      /* Data layer name. Usually it's `dataLayer`, i.e. `window.dataLayer` */
      dataLayerName: `dataLayer`,
    },

    /* Google Analytics options */
    gtm: {
      /* E.g.: UA-XXXX-Y */
      id: ``,

      /* Command queue name. Usually it's `ga`, i.e. `window.ga` */
      commandQueue: `ga`,

      /*
        Fields for `create` method. For example:

          createFields: {
            name: `myTracker`,
            alwaysSendReferrer: true,
          }

        ...is equal to:

          window.ga('create', 'UA-XXXX-Y', { name: `myTracker`, alwaysSendReferrer: true })

        All options available at
          https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/field-reference#create
      */
      createFields: {},
    },
  },
}

Methods

/*
 * Checks if user has made a decision to allow or deny tracking
 * @returns {bool}
 */
userReacted()

---

/*
 * Checks if tracking has been accepted by user
 * @returns {bool}
 */
trackingAccepted()

---

/*
 * Sets tracking decision and starts tracking if accepted
 *
 * @param {bool} value `true` if accepted, `false` if denied
 * @param {object} options
 *   @param defaultGTMdataLayer {array} Default GTM data layer
 *   @param defaultGAcommands {array} Default GA data
 */
setTrackingAccepted(value, (options = {}))

If tracking was accepted by user the defaultGTMdataLayer/defaultGAcommands are saved in a cookie (Options → cookie.name) and the data is automatically injected in GTM's data layer every time TrackingUtil instance is created. Therefore it's useful for tracking page views and storing other default information. Check out /example for demo.

---

/*
 * Registers GTM data
 *
 * @param {object} data
 * @returns {bool} `true` on success and `false` on failure
 */
registerGTMdata(data)

// e.g.: registerGTMdata({ event: `click` })

Doesn't do anything if tracking hasn't been accepted by user.

---

/*
 * Gets registered GTM data
 * @returns {array}
 */
registeredGTMdata()

---

/*
 * Registers GA data
 *
 * @param {array} data
 */
runGAcommand(data)

// e.g.: runGAcommand([`send`, `event`, `click`, `download-me`, { transport: `beacon` }])

// All options available at
//   https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/field-reference#general

Doesn't do anything if tracking hasn't been accepted by user.

Local development and testing

$ yarn dev or $ yarn build

TODO

• Support functions in defaultGTMdataLayer and defaultGAcommands
• Support multiple trackers
• Support Google Analytics