goaccess pixel

Privacy focused pixel tracker server, based on Apache logs -- best used with Goaccess.io.

Usage

Using as server

Install it using one of the provided methods and use the following script on your page, replacing GOACCESS_PIXEL_ADDRESS with your goaccess-pixel address.

  <script>
    const path = "u=" + encodeURIComponent(window.location.pathname);
    const referrer = document.referrer ? "&r=" + encodeURIComponent(document.referrer) : ""

    const _pixel = new Image(1, 1);
    _pixel.src = `http://GOACCESS_PIXEL_ADDRESS/?${path}${referrer}`;
  </script>

Once you run goaccess-pixel, it will output all the requests in log files, following Apache combined format. These can be used together with Goaccess using goaccess ./access.log --log-format COMBINED. By default, all logs are purged after a week (please refer to the parameters section for more information).

Have a look at /example for a suggested config using docker-compose

Using as lib

If you want to run it on your own HTTP server, you will only need to use handler.PixelLogger(io.Writer). On cmd/goaccess-pixel/main.go you can see an example of how to create a rotated log or you can use os.Stdout.

Install

MacOS

Use brew to install it

brew tap brunoluiz/tap
brew install goaccess-pixel

Linux and Windows

Check the releases section for more information details

go get

Install using GO111MODULES=off go get github.com/brunoluiz/goaccess-pixel/cmd/goaccess-pixel to get the latest version. This will place it in your $GOPATH, enabling it to be used anywhere in the system.

⚠️ Reminder: the command above download the contents of master, which might not be the stable version. Check the releases and get a specific tag for stable versions.

Docker

The tool is available as a Docker image as well. Please refer to Docker Hub page to pick a release

docker run -p 80:80 \
  --env-file .env.sample \
  -v $(PWD)/access.log:/access.log \
  brunoluiz/goaccess-pixel

Parameters

--port value               Server port (default: "80") [$PORT]
--log-file value           Log file output (default: "./access.log") [$LOG_FILE]
--log-max-age value        Log max age (default: 168h0m0s) [$LOG_MAX_AGE]
--log-rotation-time value  Time between each log rotation (default: 24h0m0s) [$LOG_ROTATION_TIME]
--pixel-route value        Pixel route (default: "/*") [$PIXEL_ROUTE]
--ready-route value        Ready probe route (default: "/__/ready") [$READY_ROUTE]
--metrics-route value      Metrics route (default: "/__/metrics") [$METRICS_ROUTE]

To-do

npm package with a simple to use script