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import base64
from django.utils import simplejson
import urllib
from google.appengine.api import urlfetch
def track(event, properties=None):
"""
A simple function for asynchronously logging to the mixpanel.com API on App Engine
(Python) using RPC URL Fetch object.
@param event: The overall event/category you would like to log this data under
@param properties: A dictionary of key-value pairs that describe the event
See http://mixpanel.com/api/ for further detail.
@return Instance of RPC Object
"""
if properties == None:
properties = {}
token = "YOUR_TOKEN"
if "token" not in properties:
properties["token"] = token
params = {"event": event, "properties": properties}
data = base64.b64encode(simplejson.dumps(params))
request = "http://api.mixpanel.com/track/?data=" + data
rpc = urlfetch.create_rpc()
urlfetch.make_fetch_call(rpc, request)
return rpc
def track_funnel(funnel, step, goal, properties=None):
if properties == None:
properties = {}
properties["funnel"] = funnel
properties["step"] = step
properties["goal"] = goal
track("mp_funnel", properties)
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