Overview

The vue-analytics plugin for Google Analytics provides a robust solution for integrating analytics into Vue.js applications. It goes beyond simply wrapping the Google Analytics API, offering features like automatic script loading, event tracking, Vuex support, and more to simplify the analytics process. This plugin addresses common issues and provides seamless integration for tracking user interactions and behavior on websites built with Vue.js.

Features

• Automatic Google Analytics script loading
• Automatic page tracking
• Event batching for efficient tracking
• Opt-out from Google Analytics with promise support
• Support for tracking on multiple domain IDs
• Integration with Vuex for state management
• E-commerce API for tracking transactions
• Vue error exception tracking system for debugging

Installation

To install the vue-analytics plugin, you can follow these steps:

1. Install the vue-analytics package using npm or yarn:

   npm install vue-analytics
   

2. Import and configure the plugin in your main Vue instance:

   import Vue from 'vue';
   import VueAnalytics from 'vue-analytics';
   
   Vue.use(VueAnalytics, {
     id: 'UA-XXXXX-Y', // Google Analytics Tracking ID
   });
   

Summary

The vue-analytics plugin for Google Analytics offers a comprehensive solution for tracking user interaction and behavior on Vue.js applications. With features such as automatic script loading, event tracking, Vuex support, and e-commerce API integration, this plugin simplifies the process of implementing analytics within Vue.js projects. Though it does not currently support GA4, it addresses common issues and provides a seamless experience for developers looking to integrate analytics with their Vue.js applications.