Showing in Realtime, but not recording

[przybang]

I am using this to track hits to pages that generate JSON output (ie, http://eonet.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/api/v2.1/events). Everything was working until October 10th, and then it stopped recording page hits. I can still see them in realtime, but not in the archive.

[irazasyed]

Please open an issue here, Thanks!

[irazasyed]

This project simply lets you use php-ga-measurement-protocol in Laravel. So any issues can only be resolved by them. If there's a problem from this package's end, then I would be happy to look into it. Just thought I'd let you know why I asked to create the issue in that repo.

[przybang]

Greatly appreciated. I’ll let you know if I need you to dive into anything!

Paul

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[irazasyed]

Actually, Can you post your code (Ofc redact your tracking id and other sensitive info -- if any)?

Maybe we could debug this and fix any issues we come across and perhaps open a PR with the main repo. It's weird it used to work and later it stopped, API changes?

[irazasyed]

And do you use Async requests? Could be related to the other issue that was earlier reported too. I wasn't able to look into it, but if this is indeed the problem related to Async, then it needs to be fixed. So let me know. Thanks!

[przybang]

My code is fairly straight forward. Because I use it in multiple places, I just built it as a function in my controller:

public function sendAnalytics($url)

{

    $gamp = GAMP::setClientId( '123456' );

    $gamp->setHitType('pageview');

    $gamp->setDocumentTitle('API Request');

    $gamp->setDocumentPath($url);

    $gamp->sendPageview();

}

The HitType is an attempt to get things to appear. I just fired that off today, so I don't have a real result yet.

The bit that calls the function:

// record the request using google analytics

$url = $request->path();

$this->sendAnalytics($url);

The include is at the top of the controller file:

use Irazasyed\LaravelGAMP\Facades\GAMP;

I am not, at this moment, using the Async option.

[irazasyed]

Great. Can you try Validating hits and please post the response?

[przybang]

I tried both GAMP and PHP-GA methods, and I get the same result:

BadMethodCallException in Analytics.php line 808: Method getDebugResponse not defined for Analytics class

public function sendAnalytics($url)
{
    $gamp = GAMP::setClientId( '123456' );
    $gamp->setHitType('pageview');
    $gamp->setDocumentTitle('API Request');
    $gamp->setDocumentPath($url);
    $gamp->setDebug(true);
    $gamp->sendPageview();

    $debugResponse = $gamp->getDebugResponse();
    print_r($debugResponse);
    exit;
}

public function sendAnalytics($url)
{
    $analytics = new Analytics();
    $analytics->setClientId( '123456' );
    $analytics->setTrackingId('UA-xxxxxx-1');
    $analytics->setProtocolVersion('1');
    $analytics->setHitType('pageview');
    $analytics->setDocumentTitle('API Request');
    $analytics->setDocumentPath($url);
    $analytics->setDebug(true);
    $analytics->sendPageview();

    $debugResponse = $analytics->getDebugResponse();
    print_r($debugResponse);
    exit;
}

[irazasyed]

Can you verify you have v2.2.0 of the PHP-GA? Because those methods were added since 2.2.

[przybang]

Looks like I should be okay there. composer show gives me:

theiconic/php-ga-measurement-protocol v2.4.0 Send data to Google Analytics from the server using PHP. This library fully implemen...

No need to bend over backwards. I have a feeling your package isn't my issue.

[irazasyed]

Just noticed, your code is wrong. Should be this:

...

$gamp = GAMP::setClientId( '123456' );
$gamp->setHitType('pageview');
$gamp->setDocumentTitle('API Request');
$gamp->setDocumentPath($url);
$gamp->setDebug(true);

$response = $gamp->sendPageview();

$debugResponse = $response->getDebugResponse(); // This method is in AnalyticsResponse.

...

[przybang]

Let me just wipe this egg from my face....

Array
(
    [hitParsingResult] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [valid] => 1
                    [parserMessage] => Array
                        (
                        )

                    [hit] => /debug/collect?v=1&tid=UA-xxxxxxx-1&cid=123456&t=pageview&dt=API+Request&dp=api%2Fv2.1%2Fevents
                )

        )

    [parserMessage] => Array
        (
            [0] => Array
                (
                    [messageType] => INFO
                    [description] => Found 1 hit in the request.
                )

        )

)

[irazasyed]

Ok. So I just tested your code with different settings and it seems to be working fine.

• I tested with SSL, and without SSL option turned on.
• Different Client IDs.
• Different Document Paths.

Real-time it's instant, but GA takes some time before the data is reflected in other areas of the dashboard. You can verify with different configs and client ids in Audience -> User Explorer but please allow several mins before checking there. It's quite slow.

Also, Make sure the date is properly updated to use today's date (Just in case!).

[przybang]

I will do all of these things. Your testing seems to net the same result as mine, but I have made several changes today. I'll keep an eye on things and see if anything changes. Feel free to close this, as I think it's very unlikely my problem is related to your work. Thanks again!

[irazasyed]

Alright, Cool.

No problem. Feel free to open an issue ticket if you face any problems. Happy to help :)