A simple website user-interaction tracker.
A simple, light-weight (< 5KB minified), no dependency, front-end website interaction tracker., (*1)
Collects usage data and submits it to a user-defined server endpoint on the beforeunload event., (*2)
Great for creating a database to drive analytics, inform A/B testing, and guide other site optimization decisions., (*3)
This data can help you analyze: * How your users navigate your website * Engagement levels on a per-page and site-wide basis * What platforms, language settings, and browser dimensions your users have * Bounce rates, page and site bottle-necks, impressions, and conversions, (*4)
Documentation is currently being written. There's a working (front-end) example of Interactor. To explore it, open up your browsers' console and click on the interaction and conversion buttons., (*5)
Interactor currently supports modern browsers: Chrome, Firefox, & Safari. Additional testing & input is welcome., (*6)
General Data:, (*7)
Interaction / Conversion Data:, (*8)
Include the script in your HTML and invoke it., (*9)
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Interaction Tracker Example</title> </head> <body> <div class="interaction"></div> <div class="interaction"></div> <div class="interaction"></div> <div class="conversion"></div> <script src="interactor.min.js" type="application/javascript"></script> <script> // An example instantiation with custom arguments var interactions = new Interactor({ interactions : true, interactionElement : "interaction", interactionEvents : ["mousedown", "mouseup", "touchstart", "touchend"], conversions : true, conversionElement : "conversion", conversionEvents : ["mouseup", "touchend"], endpoint : '/usage/interactions', async : true, debug : false }); </script> </body> </html>
To track a users interactions with an element, simply add the 'interaction' CSS class to the element., (*10)
Have a conversion point on your page? You can add that too, just add the 'conversion' CSS class to your conversion's HTML element., (*11)
Want to track a user's interactions and/or conversions with different element classes already on your page? Create multiple instances and allow each to target a specific element to track. No update to your HTML neccessary!, (*12)
Example:, (*13)
var elementsToTrack = [ { element: "element1", events : ["mouseup", "touchend"] }, { element: "element2", events : ["mouseup"] }, { element: "element3", events : ["mouseup"] } ]; for (var i = 0; i < elementsToTrack.length; i++) { var e = elementsToTrack[i]; new Interactor({ interactionElement : e.element, interactionEvents : e.events }); }
{ interactions : true, interactionElement : 'interaction', interactionEvents : ['mouseup', 'touchend'], conversions : false, conversionElement : 'conversion', conversionEvents : ['mouseup', 'touchend'], endpoint : '/interactions', async : true, debug : true }
Contributions are welcome!, (*14)
Next up: addition of Web Socket mode., (*15)