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Getting Started#

Trigger a workflow on New Page Opened with Google Analytics API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the New Page Opened trigger
1. Connect your Google Analytics account
2. Configure timer
3. Configure View Id
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Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

New Page Opened on Google Analytics

Description:Emit new event when a page is viewed

Version:0.1.0

Key:google_analytics-page-opened

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Code#

import analytics from "../../google_analytics.app.mjs";
import { DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL } from "@pipedream/platform";
import utils from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "google_analytics-page-opened",
  version: "0.1.0",
  name: "New Page Opened",
  description: "Emit new event when a page is viewed",
  type: "source",
  dedupe: "unique",
  props: {
    analytics,
    db: "$.service.db",
    timer: {
      type: "$.interface.timer",
      default: {
        intervalSeconds: DEFAULT_POLLING_SOURCE_TIMER_INTERVAL,
      },
    },
    viewId: {
      propDefinition: [
        analytics,
        "viewId",
      ],
    },
  },
  hooks: {
    async deploy() {
      const startDate = utils.monthAgo();
      this._setStartDate(startDate);
      await this.processEvent();
    },
  },
  methods: {
    _getPageViews() {
      return this.db.get("pageViews");
    },
    _setPageViews(pageViews) {
      this.db.set("pageViews", pageViews);
    },
    _getStartDate() {
      return this.db.get("startDate");
    },
    _setStartDate(startDate) {
      this.db.set("startDate", startDate);
    },
    generateMeta(pageViews, startDate) {
      const ts = Date.now();
      return {
        id: ts,
        summary: `${pageViews} page views since ${startDate}`,
        ts,
      };
    },
    async processEvent() {
      const startDate = this._getStartDate();
      const data = {
        resource: {
          reportRequests: [
            {
              viewId: this.viewId,
              dateRanges: [
                {
                  startDate,
                  endDate: "today",
                },
              ],
              metrics: [
                {
                  expression: "ga:pageviews",
                },
              ],
            },
          ],
        },
      };
      const { data: report } = await this.analytics.queryReports(data);

      const previousPageViews = this._getPageViews();
      const pageViews = report.reports[0].data.totals[0].values[0];

      if (!previousPageViews || pageViews > previousPageViews) {
        this._setPageViews(pageViews);
        const meta = this.generateMeta(pageViews, startDate);
        this.$emit(report, meta);
      }
    },
  },
  async run() {
    await this.processEvent();
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Google Analytics	`analytics`	`app`	This component uses the Google Analytics app.
N/A	`db`	`$.service.db`	This component uses `$.service.db` to maintain state between executions.
	`timer`	`$.interface.timer`
View Id	`viewId`	`string`	ID of the view to monitor. Can be found on your Google Analytics Dashboard -> Admin -> View Setting

Authentication#

Google Analytics uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Google Analytics account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Google Analytics and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Google Analytics API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

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