We have enabled Google Analytics to log user search, url parameters that include ?search=some_term. However, it appears these events are not being sent to GA from the client and these searches are not getting logged.
Potential Solutions
I have a hunch that it has to do with the way URL parameters work in Gatsby. In order to save requests, it has its own routing like a single page javascript app. So changing the url might never notify the GA. I think there is some manual coding we need to do to trigger GA submits on certain events.
Problem
We have enabled Google Analytics to log user search, url parameters that include
?search=some_term. However, it appears these events are not being sent to GA from the client and these searches are not getting logged.Potential Solutions
I have a hunch that it has to do with the way URL parameters work in Gatsby. In order to save requests, it has its own routing like a single page javascript app. So changing the url might never notify the GA. I think there is some manual coding we need to do to trigger GA submits on certain events.
@toribr found this thread on the Gatsby repo: https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/issues/64
onRouteChangeseems like a great place to start.