dumb-analytics

This is a simple analytics server, backed by redis. You might use it if:

you want your analytics to be very simple
you want your analytics to be open
you distrust, or are wary of, Google's approach to user privacy and data collection

Install

npm install dumb-analytics

This package requires a redis server to work. The following environment variables must be loaded:

ALLOWED_ORIGIN (this should be the only origin that is allowed to update analytics on your site, e.g. https://yoursite.cool)
REDIS_USER
REDIS_PASSWORD
REDIS_URL
REDIS_PORT

This example loads environment variables using dotenv.

// server.js
require('dotenv').config()
const server = require('dumb-analytics')
server.listen(3000, () => console.log('Server listening...'))

// client.js
fetch(`https://myanalyticssite.cool?url=${window.location.pathname}`)

dumb-analytics serves analytics data from the homepage. This is publicly viewable.

The shape of the data will be:

{
  "err": null,
  "byDate": [{ "total": 1, "date": "20180511", "url": "/" }],
  "byUrl": [{ "url": "/", "total": 1 }],
  "total": 1
}