Google analytics

Google analytics, _(*1)

Installation

The preferred way to install this extension is through composer., _(*2)

Either run, _(*3)

php composer.phar require --prefer-dist infoweb-internet-solutions/yii2-cms-analytics "*"

or add, _(*4)

"infoweb-internet-solutions/yii2-cms-analytics": "*"

to the require section of your composer.json file., _(*5)

Go to the Google developers console, _(*6)

Create a new project (or use an existing project), _(*7)

Open the project, _(*8)

Go to 'API & Auth -> API's' and enable the 'Analytics API', _(*9)

Go to 'API & Auth -> Credentials' and under 'OAuth' click 'Create new Client ID', _(*10)

Choose 'Service account' and click 'Create client id', _(*11)

Save the certificate to 'backend\assets\certificate\certificate.p12' (don't forget to rename the file), _(*12)

Write down the 'private key's password' somewhere, _(*13)

Add the credentials to your backend params, _(*14)

return [
    ...
    'analytics' => [
        'developerKey' => '', // Public key fingerprints
        'serviceAccountName' => 'xxx@developer.gserviceaccount.com', // Email address
        'clientId' => 'xxx.apps.googleusercontent.com', // Client ID
    ],
];

Go to Google analytics, open your property and get your 'Profile ID', _(*15)

(It is the number at the end of the URL starting with p: https://www.google.com/analytics/web/#home/a11345062w43527078pXXXXXXXX/), _(*16)

Add the 'Profile ID' to your params, _(*17)

return [
    ...
    'analytics' => [
        ...
        'analyticsId' => 'ga:XXXXXXXX',
    ],
];

Add the serviceAccountName (xxx@developer.gserviceaccount.com) as a new user to your Analyics property, _(*18)

Create the alias '@google/api' in the bootstrap file in common/config like so:, _(*19)

Yii::setAlias('google/api', dirname(dirname(__DIR__)) . '/vendor/google/apiclient/src');

Import the translations and use category 'infoweb/analytics':, _(*20)

yii i18n/import @infoweb/analytics/messages

If you can't access the /tmp folder on your server (shared hosting), change line 94 in vendor\google\apiclient\src\Google\, _(*21)

'directory' => dirname(Yii::getAlias('@webroot')) . '/runtime/Google_Client'

Usage

Once the extension is installed, replace the contents of backend/views/site/index.php with the following:, _(*22)

title = Yii::$app->name;
?>




    
        
            
                
                    = Yii::t('app', 'Dashboard'); ?>
                    
                        = Yii::$app->formatter->asDate(date('d-m-Y', strtotime('-1 month')), 'medium'); ?> - = Yii::$app->formatter->asDate(date('d-m-Y'), 'medium'); ?>
                    
                
            
        

        
            = Analytics::widget(['dataType' => Analytics::TOTAl_SESSIONS]); ?>
            = Analytics::widget(['dataType' => Analytics::TOTAL_USERS]); ?>
            = Analytics::widget(['dataType' => Analytics::TOTAL_PAGE_VIEWS]); ?>
            = Analytics::widget(['dataType' => Analytics::AVERAGE_SESSION_LENGTH]); ?>
        

        
            = Analytics::widget(['dataType' => Analytics::SESSIONS]); ?>
        
        
            = Analytics::widget(['dataType' => Analytics::VISITORS]); ?>
            = Analytics::widget(['dataType' => Analytics::COUNTRIES]); ?>