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google analytics in nginx
# send logs for all traffic (including non-html) to google analytics
#
# in server block:
# set $google_analytics_id "UA-THECORRECT-ID";
# include /srv/nginx/google_analytics;
#
# in location blocks:
# post_action @ga;
#
# notes: post_action has been referred to by nginx devs as a "dirty hack" and this approach may stop working one day.
# if so, can fall back to the js injection method
#
# refs:
# https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/protocol/v1/
# http://developers-club.com/posts/260553/
# https://qzaidi.github.io/2014/04/19/google-universal-analytics/
userid on;
userid_name cid;
userid_expires 2y;
set $ga_dp $uri;
set $ga_host $host;
#userid is contained in uid_got or uid_set, depending on if it's already been set
#also the cookie variable name is included (e.g. cid=ASDF), so no need to specify it in the query params
set $cid $uid_got$uid_set;
location @ga {
internal;
#don't track web asset file requests
if ($request_filename ~* .(gif|jpe?g|png|ico|js|css)$ ) {
return 200;
break;
}
#don't track robots.txt
if ($request_filename ~* robots.txt$ ) {
return 200;
break;
}
#don't track internal requests
#NOTE: this requires a geo section in the http block listing CIDRs for internal addresses,
#usually in nginx.conf
#example:
#geo $internal_request {
# default 0;
# 123.44.15.122/24 1;
# 109.34.13.98/32 1;
#}
if ($internal_request) {
return 200;
break;
}
#NOTE: this does *not* currently try to exclude requests from bots.
#known bots can be excluded from Google Analytics in the Admin settings under
#View/View Settings/Exclude all hits from known bots and spiders
#if its desirable to exclude specific user agents here, define a map:
#
#map $http_user_agent $bot_request {
# default 0;
# ~*(ahrefsbot|dotbot|semrush) 1;
# ~*(yandex|baidu) 1;
#}
#
#then exclude these requests from being sent to Google Analytics
#note: these requests would still be allowed, they just wouldn't be tracked in GA
resolver 8.8.8.8 ipv6=off;
proxy_ignore_client_abort on;
proxy_next_upstream timeout;
proxy_connect_timeout 1s;
set $ga_api "https://www.google-analytics.com";
#set $ga_api "https://www.google-analytics.com/debug"; #use for debugging
#TESTING
#Route request to a local target to debug the constructed Measurement API url
#vanilla nginx will do:
#docker run --rm -p 8888:80 nginx:1.12
#or something more thorough:
#docker run --rm -p 8888:80 mendhak/http-https-echo
#set $ga_api "http://192.168.0.45:8888"; #for local testing
#NOTE: DOWNLOAD SIZE TRACKING
#Google Analytics doesn't track download sizes out of the box.
#Here we are using a custom metric (cm1) and sending the value of nginx's body_bytes_sent
#The custom metric has to be set up in Google Analytics (Admin/Property/Custom Definitions/Custom Metrics)
#and then added to a custom report (Customization/Custom Reports) before it can be visualized in Google Analytics.
proxy_set_header Host "www.google-analytics.com";
proxy_pass $ga_api/collect?v=1&dp=/$ga_host$ga_dp&dh=$ga_host&tid=$google_analytics_id&$cid&uip=$remote_addr&t=pageview&cm1=$body_bytes_sent;
}
server {
listen 80;
server_name erddap.yoursite.org;
#set $google_analytics_id and include the google_analytics file below
set $google_analytics_id "UA-12345678-9";
include /etc/nginx/google_analytics;
location /erddap/ {
#your normal config goes here...
#call the @ga location as a post_action
post_action @ga;
}
}
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