This library is great but there is no option to track clicks on links allowing to down

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Enchancement request : Tracking PDF and file downloads about autotrack HOT 5 OPEN

googleanalytics commented on June 2, 2024

Enchancement request : Tracking PDF and file downloads

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eduardocereto commented on June 2, 2024 5

Thanks for the request. We do have plans to implement download tracking for autotrack

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jimwebb commented on June 2, 2024 2

Another possibility is to trick the outboundLinkTracker into thinking that PDFs, PPTs, etc. are external links and to track them as such:

ga('require','outboundLinkTracker', {
    shouldTrackOutboundLink: function (link, parseUrl) {
      var href = link.getAttribute('href') || link.getAttribute('xlink:href');
      var url = parseUrl(href);
      var isExternal = (url.hostname != location.hostname && url.protocol.slice(0, 4) == 'http');

      // treat downloads as external links
      var exts =  'doc*|xls*|ppt*|pdf|zip|rar|exe|mp3' ;
      var regExt = new RegExp(".*\\.(" + exts + ")(\\?.*)?$");
      var isDownload = url.pathname.match(regExt);

      return isDownload || isExternal;
    }
  });

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ankurk91 commented on June 2, 2024

👍 Good idea , right now i am doing it with jQuery like this:

var exts =  'doc*|xls*|ppt*|pdf|zip|rar|exe|mp3' ;         
var regExt = new RegExp(".*\\.(" + exts + ")(\\?.*)?$");
jQuery('a').filter(function () {
      //include only internal links for downloads
       if (this.hostname && (this.hostname === window.location.hostname)) {
              return this.href.match(regExt);
       }
       }).click(function (e) {
             ga('send', 'event', 'Downloads', 'click',  'this.href')                   
      });