anal.js

    var traits = {
        coins: usr.coins,
        cake: usr.cake,
        name: usr.name,
        avatar: usr.avatar
    };

    var identity = {
        userId    : usr._id,
        traits    : traits
    }

    Logger.info('Identity = '+JSON.stringify(identity));

    analytics.identify(identity);
    
    
    /// ALSO FAILS IN THE SAME WAY WITH:
    // send the mongo doc
Anal.identify = function(usr) {

    var traits = {
        coins: usr.coins,
        cake: usr.cake,
        username: usr.name,
        avatar: usr.avatar
    };

    var identity = {
        userId    : usr._id,
        traits    : traits
    }

    Logger.info('Identity = '+JSON.stringify(identity));

    analytics.identify(usr._id, traits);

}
    
    
    /**
    
    Console:
    
    2013-10-31T02:55:49.154Z - info: Identity = {"userId":"5271c56078fea74403000007","traits":{"coins":20,"cake":2,"name":"Burt Hubbard","avatar":"image_0"}}

/Users/danny/workspace/easerver/node_modules/mongoose/lib/utils.js:419
        throw err;
              ^
Error: [analytics]#identify: options.userId is a required string.
    at Client.identify (/Users/danny/workspace/easerver/node_modules/analytics-node/lib/client.js:112:13)
    at Object._.each.exports.(anonymous function) [as identify] (/Users/danny/workspace/easerver/node_modules/analytics-node/lib/index.js:21:34)
    at Function.Anal.identify (/Users/danny/workspace/easerver/lib/anal.js:46:15)
    
    */

gross

yes