dznicol/event_tracker

Easy tracking using mixpanel or kissmetrics.

Event Tracker

Easy tracking using mixpanel, kissmetrics, or Google Analytics (universal analytics).

For details, see our guide to tracking events.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'event_tracker'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install event_tracker

Usage

# config/application.rb
config.event_tracker.mixpanel_key = "YOUR_KEY"
config.event_tracker.kissmetrics_key = "YOUR_KEY"
config.event_tracker.google_analytics_key = "YOUR_KEY"

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  around_filter :append_event_tracking_tags

  # optionally identify users
  def mixpanel_distinct_id
    current_visitor_id
  end

  def mixpanel_name_tag
    current_user && current_user.email
  end

  def kissmetrics_identity
    current_user && current_user.email
  end
end

# in controller or views
track_event("Event Name", optional_property: "value")
register_properties(name: "value")
mixpanel_people_set( "property" => "value", "property" => "value")

Todos

• AJAX handling
• External redirects

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Added some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request