Piwik PRO Library for VUE

Dedicated Piwik PRO library that helps with implementing Piwik PRO Tag Manager and the Piwik PRO tracking client in VUE applications.

Installation

NPM

To use this package in your project, run the following command.

npm install @piwikpro/vue-piwik-pro

Basic setup

In your Vue Project, include the default VuePiwikPro in the highest level application module. ie main. To set up the Piwik PRO Tag Manager container in the app, the easiest way is to call the VuePiwikPro.initialize() method. VuePiwikPro.initialize() must be initialized using this function before any of the other tracking functions will record any data.

In the arguments, pass your app ID and your account URL as parameters (marked 'container-id' and 'container-url' in the example below).

// main.ts
import VuePiwikPro from '@piwikpro/vue-piwik-pro'

VuePiwikPro.initialize(
  import.meta.env.VITE_PIWIK_PRO_CONTAINER_ID as string,
  import.meta.env.VITE_PIWIK_PRO_CONTAINER_URL as string
)

Setup with nonce

The nonce attribute is useful to allow-list specific elements, such as a particular inline script or style elements. It can help you to avoid using the CSP unsafe-inline directive, which would allow-list all inline scripts or styles.

If you want your nonce to be passed to the script, pass it as the third argument when calling the script initialization method.

// main.ts
import VuePiwikPro from '@piwikpro/vue-piwik-pro'

VuePiwikPro.initialize(
  import.meta.env.VITE_PIWIK_PRO_CONTAINER_ID as string,
  import.meta.env.VITE_PIWIK_PRO_CONTAINER_URL as string,
  { nonce: 'nonce-string' }
)

Basic usage

import { PageViews, GoalConversions } from '@piwikpro/vue-piwik-pro'

PageViews.trackPageView()

GoalConversions.trackGoal(1, 100)

Examples of usage

Please explore the ./vue-piwik-pro-example directory to get to know how to use this package with a specific examples and it's various methods.

Table of contents

• ClientConfiguration
• ContentTracking
• CookieManagement
• CrossDomainTracking
• CustomDimensions
• CustomEvent
• DataLayer
• DownloadAndOutlink
• eCommerce
• ErrorTracking
• GoalConversions
• Heartbeat
• Miscellaneous
• PageViews
• SiteSearch
• UserManagement

Type Aliases

• Dimensions
• EcommerceOptions
• Initialize
• InitOptions
• PaymentInformation
• Product
• VisitorInfo

Variables

• default

ClientConfiguration

• getDomains
• setDomains

getDomains()

getDomains(): Promise<string[]>

Returns list of internal domains (set with "setDomains" function and used in outlink tracking).

Returns

Promise<string[]>

setDomains()

setDomains(domains): void

Allows to define a list of internal domains or mobile app URIs. Used in outlink tracking for determining whether a link is an outlink and in cross domain linking for determining which links should have visitor ID parameter injected.

Parameters

Returns

void

ContentTracking

• logAllContentBlocksOnPage
• trackAllContentImpressions
• trackContentImpression
• trackContentImpressionsWithinNode
• trackContentInteraction
• trackContentInteractionNode
• trackVisibleContentImpressions

logAllContentBlocksOnPage()

logAllContentBlocksOnPage(): void

Print all content blocks to the console for debugging purposes

Returns

void

trackAllContentImpressions()

trackAllContentImpressions(): void

Scans the entire DOM for content blocks and tracks impressions after all page elements load. It does not send duplicates on repeated calls unless trackPageView was called in between trackAllContentImpressions invocations

Returns

void

trackContentImpression()

trackContentImpression(contentName, contentPiece, contentTarget): void

Parameters

Returns

void

trackContentImpressionsWithinNode()

trackContentImpressionsWithinNode(domNode): void

Parameters

Returns

void

trackContentInteraction()

trackContentInteraction(contentInteraction, contentName, contentPiece, contentTarget): void

Tracks manual content interaction event

Parameters

Returns

void

trackContentInteractionNode()

trackContentInteractionNode(domNode, contentInteraction?): void

Tracks interaction with a block in domNode. Can be called from code placed in onclick attribute

Parameters

Returns

void

trackVisibleContentImpressions()

trackVisibleContentImpressions(checkOnScroll?, watchInterval?): void

Scans DOM for all visible content blocks and tracks impressions

Parameters

Returns

void

CookieManagement

• deleteCookies
• disableCookies
• enableCookies
• getConfigVisitorCookieTimeout
• getCookieDomain
• getCookiePath
• getSessionCookieTimeout
• hasCookies
• setCookieDomain
• setCookieNamePrefix
• setCookiePath
• setReferralCookieTimeout
• setSecureCookie
• setSessionCookieTimeout
• setVisitorCookieTimeout
• setVisitorIdCookie

deleteCookies()

deleteCookies(): void

Deletes existing tracking cookies on the next page view

Returns

void

disableCookies()

disableCookies(): void

Disables all first party cookies. Existing cookies will be deleted in the next page view

Returns

void

enableCookies()

enableCookies(): void

Enables all first party cookies. Cookies will be created on the next tracking request

Returns

void

getConfigVisitorCookieTimeout()

getConfigVisitorCookieTimeout(): Promise<number>

Returns expiration time of visitor cookies (in milliseconds)

Returns

Promise<number>

getCookieDomain()

getCookieDomain(): Promise<string>

Returns domain of the analytics tracking cookies (set with setCookieDomain()).

Returns

Promise<string>

getCookiePath()

getCookiePath(): Promise<string>

Returns the analytics tracking cookies path

Returns

Promise<string>

getSessionCookieTimeout()

getSessionCookieTimeout(): Promise<number>

Returns expiration time of session cookies

Returns

Promise<number>

hasCookies()

hasCookies(): Promise<boolean>

Returns true if cookies are enabled in this browser

Returns

Promise<boolean>

setCookieDomain()

setCookieDomain(domain): void

Sets the domain for the analytics tracking cookies

Parameters

Returns

void

setCookieNamePrefix()

setCookieNamePrefix(prefix): void

Sets the prefix for analytics tracking cookies. Default is "pk".

Parameters

Returns

void

setCookiePath()

setCookiePath(path): void

Sets the analytics tracking cookies path

Parameters

Returns

void

setReferralCookieTimeout()

setReferralCookieTimeout(seconds): void

Sets the expiration time of referral cookies

Parameters

Returns

void

setSecureCookie()

setSecureCookie(secure): void

Toggles the secure cookie flag on all first party cookies (if you are using HTTPS)

Parameters

Returns

void

setSessionCookieTimeout()

setSessionCookieTimeout(seconds): void

Sets the expiration time of session cookies

Parameters

Returns

void

setVisitorCookieTimeout()

setVisitorCookieTimeout(seconds): void

Sets the expiration time of visitor cookies

Parameters

Returns

void

setVisitorIdCookie()

setVisitorIdCookie(): void

Sets cookie containing analytics ID in browser

Returns

void

CrossDomainTracking

Type Aliases

• LinkDecorator

• VisitorIdGetter

• customCrossDomainLinkDecorator

• customCrossDomainLinkVisitorIdGetter

• disableCrossDomainLinking

• enableCrossDomainLinking

• getCrossDomainLinkingUrlParameter

• isCrossDomainLinkingEnabled

• setCrossDomainLinkingTimeout

customCrossDomainLinkDecorator()

customCrossDomainLinkDecorator(decorator): void

Sets custom cross domains URL decorator for injecting visitor ID into URLs. Used when cross domain linking is enabled.

Parameters

Returns

void

customCrossDomainLinkVisitorIdGetter()

customCrossDomainLinkVisitorIdGetter(getter): void

Sets custom cross domain URL parser for extracting visitor ID from URLs. Should extract data injected by URL decorator. The getter should return visitor ID extracted from page URL.

Parameters

Returns

void

disableCrossDomainLinking()

disableCrossDomainLinking(): void

Disables cross domain linking.

Returns

void

enableCrossDomainLinking()

enableCrossDomainLinking(): void

Enables cross domain linking. Visitors across domains configured with "setDomains" function will be linked by passing visitor ID parameter in links.

Returns

void

getCrossDomainLinkingUrlParameter()

getCrossDomainLinkingUrlParameter(): Promise<string>

Returns the name of a cross domain URL parameter (query parameter by default) holding visitor ID. This is "pk_vid" by default.

Returns

Promise<string>

isCrossDomainLinkingEnabled()

isCrossDomainLinkingEnabled(): Promise<boolean>

Returns boolean telling whether cross domain linking is enabled.

Returns

Promise<boolean>

setCrossDomainLinkingTimeout()

setCrossDomainLinkingTimeout(timeout): void

Changes the time in which two visits across domains will be linked. The default timeout is 180 seconds (3 minutes).

Parameters

Returns

void

Type Alias: LinkDecorator()

LinkDecorator: (url, value, name) => string | null

Parameters

Returns

string | null

Type Alias: VisitorIdGetter()

VisitorIdGetter: (url, name) => string

Parameters

Returns

string

CustomDimensions

• deleteCustomDimension
• getCustomDimensionValue
• setCustomDimensionValue

deleteCustomDimension()

deleteCustomDimension(customDimensionId): void

Removes a custom dimension with the specified ID.

Parameters

Returns

void

getCustomDimensionValue()

getCustomDimensionValue(customDimensionId): Promise<undefined | string>

Returns the value of a custom dimension with the specified ID.

Parameters

Returns

Promise<undefined | string>

setCustomDimensionValue()

setCustomDimensionValue(customDimensionId, customDimensionValue): void

Sets a custom dimension value to be used later.

Parameters

Returns

void

CustomEvent

• trackEvent

trackEvent()

trackEvent(category, action, name?, value?, dimensions?): void

Tracks a custom event, e.g. when a visitor interacts with the page

Parameters

Returns

void

DataLayer

Type Aliases

• DataLayerEntry

• push

• setDataLayerName

push()

push(data): number

Adds entry to a data layer

Parameters

Returns

number

setDataLayerName()

setDataLayerName(name): void

Parameters

Returns

void

Type Alias: DataLayerEntry

DataLayerEntry: Record<string, AnyData>

DownloadAndOutlink

• addDownloadExtensions
• enableLinkTracking
• getLinkTrackingTimer
• removeDownloadExtensions
• setDownloadClasses
• setDownloadExtensions
• setIgnoreClasses
• setLinkClasses
• setLinkTrackingTimer
• trackLink

addDownloadExtensions()

addDownloadExtensions(extensions): void

Adds new extensions to the download extensions list

Parameters

Returns

void

enableLinkTracking()

enableLinkTracking(trackAlsoMiddleAndRightClicks?): void

Enables automatic link tracking. If called with true, left, right and middle clicks on links will be treated as opening a link. Opening a links to an external site (different domain) creates an outlink event. Opening a link to a downloadable file creates a download event

Parameters

Returns

void

getLinkTrackingTimer()

getLinkTrackingTimer(): Promise<number>

Returns lock/wait time after a request set by setLinkTrackingTimer

Returns

Promise<number>

removeDownloadExtensions()

removeDownloadExtensions(extensions): void

Removes extensions from the download extensions list

Parameters

Returns

void

setDownloadClasses()

setDownloadClasses(classes): void

Sets a list of class names that indicate whether a list is a download and not an outlink

Parameters

Returns

void

setDownloadExtensions()

setDownloadExtensions(extensions): void

Overwrites the list of file extensions indicating that a link is a download

Parameters

Returns

void

setIgnoreClasses()

setIgnoreClasses(classes): void

Set a list of class names that indicate a link should not be tracked

Parameters

Returns

void

setLinkClasses()

setLinkClasses(classes): void

Sets a list of class names that indicate whether a link is an outlink and not download

Parameters

Returns

void

setLinkTrackingTimer()

setLinkTrackingTimer(time): void

When a visitor produces an events and closes the page immediately afterwards, e.g. when opening a link, the request might get cancelled. To avoid loosing the last event this way, JavaScript Tracking Client will lock the page for a fraction of a second (if wait time hasn’t passed), giving the request time to reach the Collecting & Processing Pipeline

Parameters

Returns

void

trackLink()

trackLink(url, linkType, dimensions?, callback?): void

Manually tracks outlink or download event with provided values

Parameters

Returns

void

ErrorTracking

• enableJSErrorTracking
• trackError

enableJSErrorTracking()

enableJSErrorTracking(unique?): void

Enables tracking of unhandled JavaScript errors.

Parameters

Returns

void

trackError()

trackError(error): void

Attempts to send error tracking request using same format as native errors caught by enableJSErrorTracking(). Such error request will still follow rules set for tracker, so it will be sent only when JS error tracking is enabled (enableJSErrorTracking function was called before this attempt). It will also respect rules for tracking only unique errors.

Parameters

Returns

void

GoalConversions

• trackGoal

trackGoal()

trackGoal(goalId, conversionValue, dimensions?, options?): void

Tracks manual goal conversion

Parameters

Returns

void

Heartbeat

• disableHeartBeatTimer
• enableHeartBeatTimer

disableHeartBeatTimer()

disableHeartBeatTimer(): void

Disables sending heartbeats if they were previously enabled by "enableHeartBeatTimer" function.

Returns

void

enableHeartBeatTimer()

enableHeartBeatTimer(delays?): void

When a visitor is not producing any events (e.g. because they are reading an article or watching a video), we don’t know if they are still on the page. This might skew page statistics, e.g. time on page value. Heartbeat timer allows us to determine how much time visitors spend on a page by sending heartbeats to the Tracker as long as the page is in focus.

Parameters

Returns

void

Miscellaneous

• setTrackingSourceProvider

setTrackingSourceProvider()

setTrackingSourceProvider(provider, version): void

Adds metadata about used framework

Parameters

Returns

void

PageViews

• trackPageView

trackPageView()

trackPageView(customPageTitle?): void

Tracks a visit on the page that the function was run on

Parameters

Returns

void

SiteSearch

• trackSiteSearch

trackSiteSearch()

trackSiteSearch(keyword, category?, searchCount?, dimensions?): void

Tracks search requests on a website

Parameters

Returns

void

UserManagement

• deanonymizeUser
• getUserId
• getVisitorId
• getVisitorInfo
• resetUserId
• setUserId
• setUserIsAnonymous

deanonymizeUser()

deanonymizeUser(): void

Disables anonymous tracking and sends deanonymization event to the Tracker. Recommended method for disabling anonymous tracking.

Returns

void

getUserId()

getUserId(): Promise<string>

The function that will return user ID

Returns

Promise<string>

getVisitorId()

getVisitorId(): Promise<string>

Returns 16-character hex ID of the visitor

Returns

Promise<string>

getVisitorInfo()

getVisitorInfo(): Promise<VisitorInfo>

Returns visitor information in an array

Returns

Promise<VisitorInfo>

resetUserId()

resetUserId(): void

Clears previously set userID, e.g. when visitor logs out

Returns

void

setUserId()

setUserId(userId): void

User ID is an additional parameter that allows you to aggregate data. When set up, you will be able to search through sessions by this parameter, filter reports through it or create Multi attribution reports using User ID

Parameters

Returns

void

setUserIsAnonymous()

setUserIsAnonymous(isAnonymous): void

Enables or disables anonymous tracking (anonymous = without consent). The next emitted event will have anonymous mode set accordingly.

Parameters

Returns

void

eCommerce

• addEcommerceItem
• clearEcommerceCart
• ecommerceAddToCart
• ecommerceCartUpdate
• ecommerceOrder
• ecommerceProductDetailView
• ecommerceRemoveFromCart
• getEcommerceItems
• removeEcommerceItem
• setEcommerceView
• trackEcommerceCartUpdate
• trackEcommerceOrder

addEcommerceItem()

addEcommerceItem(productSKU, productName, productCategory, productPrice, productQuantity): void

Parameters

Returns

void

Deprecated

Please use the ecommerceAddToCart instead.

clearEcommerceCart()

clearEcommerceCart(): void

Returns

void

Deprecated

ecommerceAddToCart()

ecommerceAddToCart(products, options?): void

Tracks action of adding products to a cart

Parameters

Returns

void

ecommerceCartUpdate()

ecommerceCartUpdate(products, grandTotal, options?): void

Tracks current state of a cart

Parameters

Returns

void

ecommerceOrder()

ecommerceOrder(products, paymentInformation, options?): void

Tracks conversion, including products and payment details

Parameters

Returns

void

ecommerceProductDetailView()

ecommerceProductDetailView(products, options?): void

Tracks action of viewing product page

Parameters

Returns

void

ecommerceRemoveFromCart()

ecommerceRemoveFromCart(products, options?): void

Tracks action of removing a products from a cart

Parameters

Returns

void

getEcommerceItems()

getEcommerceItems(): Promise<object>

Returns

Promise<object>

Deprecated

removeEcommerceItem()

removeEcommerceItem(productSKU): void

Parameters

Returns

void

Deprecated

Please use the ecommerceRemoveFromCart instead.

setEcommerceView()

setEcommerceView(productSKU, productName?, productCategory?, productPrice?): void

Parameters

Returns

void

Deprecated

trackEcommerceCartUpdate()

trackEcommerceCartUpdate(cartAmount): void

Parameters

Returns

void

Deprecated

Please use the ecommerceCartUpdate instead.

trackEcommerceOrder()

trackEcommerceOrder(orderId, orderGrandTotal, orderSubTotal?, orderTax?, orderShipping?, orderDiscount?): void

Parameters

Returns

void

Deprecated

Please use the ecommerceOrder instead.

Type Alias: Dimensions

Dimensions: Record<`dimension${number}`, string>

Type Alias: EcommerceOptions

EcommerceOptions: object

Type declaration

currencyCode?

optional currencyCode: string

Currency code in ISO 4217 format. If not provided, the currency set in app settings will be used instead.

Type Alias: InitOptions

InitOptions: object

Type declaration

dataLayerName?

optional dataLayerName: string

Defaults to 'dataLayer'

nonce?

optional nonce: string

Type Alias: Initialize()

Initialize: (containerId, containerUrl, nonceOrOptions?) => void

Parameters

Returns

void

Type Alias: PaymentInformation

PaymentInformation: object

Type declaration

discount?

optional discount: number | string

grandTotal

grandTotal: number | string

orderId

orderId: string

shipping?

optional shipping: number | string

subTotal?

optional subTotal: number | string

tax?

optional tax: number | string

Type Alias: Product

Product: object

Type declaration

brand?

optional brand: string

category?

optional category: LimitedArrayFiveStrings

customDimensions?

optional customDimensions: Record<number, string>

name?

optional name: string

price?

optional price: number

quantity?

optional quantity: number

sku

sku: string

variant?

optional variant: string

Type Alias: VisitorInfo

VisitorInfo: ["0" | "1", string, number, string | number, number, number | "", number | ""]

Variable: default

default: object

Type declaration

getInitScript()

getInitScript: (__namedParameters) => string

Parameters

Returns

string

initialize

initialize: Initialize