I\'m wondering what is the best way to implement Google Analytics tracking code along with the turbo linking in Rails 4. Will the normal snippet work? I\'ve also seen a gems
I appreciate scottwb's answer, but unfortunately it does not work with Rails 5. In Rails 5 Turbolinks events were renamed. The 'page:change' event was renamed to 'turbolinks:load'. This is why his example does not work anymore.
You can find an overview of how they were renamed here: https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks/blob/master/src/turbolinks/compatibility.coffee
Since this took me some time to figure out, I am posting the proper Rails 5 implementation for everybody coming after me.
Put the following code in your <head>
<script>
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-X', 'auto');
//ga('send', 'pageview'); //moved to an asset file because of turbolinks
</script>
And then in a js file (eg. application.js
) in you asset pipeline:
$(document).on('turbolinks:load', function() {
ga('send', 'pageview', window.location.pathname + window.location.search);
});
Remember to replace "UA-XXXXXXXX-X" with your Google Analytics ID.
This solution has worked the best for me: http://reed.github.io/turbolinks-compatibility/google_analytics.html.
It requires at least Turbolinks v2.1.0 or greater.