PCOMM - Open links and files in new tab, fire analytics event

open-links-in-new-tab-with-analytics.js

$(document).ready(function($){

    var anchorElements = $('a');

    var eventDefaults = {
        category: 'Links',
        value: 0
    }
    var fileTypes = new RegExp(/\.(docx*|xlsx*|pptx*|zip|pdf)$/i);
    var mailtoPattern = new RegExp('/mailto:/');

    anchorElements.each(function(i, el) {

        // console.log('testing....', el);
        var a = new RegExp('/' + window.location.host + '/');
        var hasOpenTabClass = el.classList.contains('open-in-new-tab');
        var action = '';
        var isMailtoLink = this.href.indexOf('mailto:') == 0;


        // if target URL contains the string ".pdf"
        var isPDF = this.href.indexOf('.pdf') != -1;
        if (fileTypes.test(this.href)) {
            action = 'Download';
        } else {
            action = 'External Link'
        }

        //Verify a anchor has an href, so we dont get a million open tabs on load
        if((this.href && ( !a.test(this.href) || hasOpenTabClass || fileTypes.test(this.href)) && !isMailtoLink)) {
            $(this).click(function(event) {
                event.preventDefault();
                var thisEvent = {
                    label: this.href,
                    action: action
                }
                var externalEventData = $.extend(thisEvent, eventDefaults); // merge new event data with default data object
                pcommAnalytics.trackAnalyticsEvent(externalEventData); // use pcomm-analaytics to manually send GA event
                event.stopPropagation();
                window.open(this.href, '_blank');
                return false;
            });
        }


    });


});