Track an Event from command line to Google Analytics

analytics.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

TID="UA-XXXX-Y" # The tracking ID / web property ID. The format is UA-XXXX-Y. All collected data is associated by this ID.

while getopts ":a:c:l:" opt; do
	case $opt in
		a)
			ACTION="$OPTARG"
			;;
		c)
			CATEGORY="$OPTARG"
			;;
		l)
			LABEL="$OPTARG"
			;;
		\?)
			echo "Invalid option: -$OPTARG" >&2
			exit 1
			;;
		:)
			echo "Option -$OPTARG requires an argument." >&2
			exit 1
			;;
	esac
done

#echo "Action = ${ACTION}"
#echo "Category = ${CATEGORY}"
#echo "Label = ${LABEL}"

CID=$(uuidgen);
curl \
	--silent \
	--data-urlencode "v=1" \
	--data-urlencode "t=event" \
	--data-urlencode "tid=${TID}" \
	--data-urlencode "cid=${CID}" \
	--data-urlencode "ec=${CATEGORY}" \
	--data-urlencode "ea=${ACTION}" \
	--data-urlencode "el=${LABEL}" \
	http://www.google-analytics.com/collect > /dev/null

nice, but how do we fire it ./analytics.sh -a action -c myCategory -l Label ?
How is the link to an analytic account ?

Yep, that's how you use it, you just need to change the TID="UA-XXXX-Y" with the one you want to use for the tracking.