Issue using Google Analytics with Require.js

Question

I\'m using require.js (http://requirejs.org/) for a number of functions on my site and so far it seems to be working well. I\'ve run into an issue when trying to include Google

Answer 1

None of the other answers worked for me, but I managed to figure out something that does work, after reading the Google Analytics documentation.

in your main app.js

requirejs.config({
    paths: {
        ga: '//www.google-analytics.com/analytics'
    }
});

requirejs(['analytics'], function () {
    ...
});

in its own file analytics.js:

define(['ga'], function () {
    window.ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXX-1');
    window.ga('send', 'pageview');
});

This works because requirejs guarantees that by the time the function executes, analytics.js will have finished loading. This means that the window.ga function is ready to accept commands.