larandvit / google-analytics-pageview-counter

Google Universal Analytics Page Views Counter in Static Web Site

Google Analytics Pageviews Counter

Description

This is a sample how to implement Google Analytics in static web site without authenticating of users.

There are components.

1. show_pageviews.html - shows pageviews counter.

2. pageviews.js - access to Google Analytics.

3. report_access.js - token to authorize access to Google Analytics.

4. generate_token.py - a tool to generate Google Analytics token.

5. [key name].json - Google analytics service account key file created in Google Analytics Platform APIs and Services.

Generate Google Analytics token usage

usage: generate_token.py [-h] -k KEYFILEPATH -t TOKENFILEPATH

Generate Google Analytics token v. 1.0.0

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -k KEYFILEPATH, --keyfilepath KEYFILEPATH
                        Google Analytics json key file path
  -t TOKENFILEPATH, --tokenfilepath TOKENFILEPATH
                        Google Analytics token destination path

Sample of usage in CentOS 8 where the tool and service account file located in /opt/generate_token folder and web site in /var/www/sample.com folder

python3 /opt/generate_token/generate_token.py -k /opt/generate_token/tech-jogging-blog-98stj21aac52.json -t /var/www/sample.com/report_access.js

Prerequisites

1. Install Pyhon library

sudo pip3 install oauth2client

How to run it

1. Generate a token. It's live for 1 hour.
2. Publish 3 files to a web server.
   1. how_pageviews.html
   2. pageviews.js
   3. report_access.js
3. Open show_pageviews.html page.
4. If you need to keep it running, renew the token every hour.

Set up to renew token every 59 minutes

1. Switch to root account.

sudo su

2. Open crontab editor.

crontab -e

3. Add the command item.

59 * * * * python3 /opt/generate_token/generate_token.py -k /opt/generate_token/tech-jogging-blog-98stj21aac52.json -t /var/www/sample.com/report_access.js

It can be optimized by creating a shell script file, for example, launcher.sh and placing the command in the shell file. In that case, the command item is.

59 * * * * python3 /opt/generate_token/launcher.sh

4. Validate your setup.

crontab -l

Documentation

Add Google Analytics Pageviews in Static Web Site