@segment/analytics-core

What is @segment/analytics-core?

@segment/analytics-core is a core library for Segment's analytics tracking. It provides a set of tools to track user interactions, manage user identities, and send data to various analytics services.

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

Track Events

The `track` method allows you to record any actions your users perform. It takes an event name and an optional properties object.

const Analytics = require('@segment/analytics-core');
const analytics = new Analytics();

analytics.track('User Signed Up', {
  plan: 'Pro Annual',
  accountType: 'Facebook'
});

Identify Users

The `identify` method lets you tie a user to their actions and record traits about them. It takes a user ID and an optional traits object.

const Analytics = require('@segment/analytics-core');
const analytics = new Analytics();

analytics.identify('userId123', {
  email: '[e-mail]',
  name: 'John Doe'
});

Group Users

The `group` method allows you to associate an individual user with a group, like a company or organization. It takes a group ID and an optional traits object.

const Analytics = require('@segment/analytics-core');
const analytics = new Analytics();

analytics.group('groupId123', {
  name: 'Segment',
  industry: 'Analytics'
});

Page Views

The `page` method lets you record page views on your website. It takes a page name and an optional properties object.

const Analytics = require('@segment/analytics-core');
const analytics = new Analytics();

analytics.page('Home', {
  title: 'Home Page',
  url: 'https://example.com/home'
});

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Mixpanel is a powerful analytics tool that helps you track user interactions with web and mobile applications. It offers similar functionalities to @segment/analytics-core, such as event tracking, user identification, and segmentation. However, Mixpanel also provides advanced features like A/B testing and user retention analysis.

amplitude

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heap

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README

@segment/analytics-core

This package represents core 'shared' functionality that is shared by analytics packages. This is not designed to be used directly, but internal to analytics-node and analytics-browser.