NAME
WWW::Tracking - universal website visitors tracking
SYNOPSIS
use WWW::Tracking;
use WWW::Tracking::Data::Plugin::GoogleAnalytics;
my $wt = WWW::Tracking->new(
tracker_account => 'MO-9226801-5',
tracker_type => 'ga',
);
$wt->from(
headers => {
headers => $c->request->headers,
'request_uri' => $c->request->uri,
'remote_ip' => $c->address,
visitor_cookie_name => '__vcid',
},
);
eval { $wt->make_tracking_request; };
warn 'tracking request failed - '.$@
if $@;
say $wt->data->visitor_id;
say $wt->data->hostname;
say $wt->data->request_uri;
say $wt->data->referer;
say $wt->data->user_agent;
say $wt->data->browser_language;
say $wt->data->remote_ip;
my $data = $wt->data->as_hash;
my $wt2 = $wt->from(hash => $data);
my $ga_url = $wt->data->as_ga;
###
# TODO
my $wt3 = $wt->from(ga => $ga_url);
use WWW::Tracking::Data::Plugin::Piwik;
my $piwik_url = $wt->data->as_piwik;
my $wt3 = $wt->from(piwik => $piwik_url);
use WWW::Tracking::Data::Plugin::ECSV;
my $line = $wt->data->as_ecsv;
my $wt4 = $wt->from(ecsv => $line));
use WWW::Tracking::Data::Plugin::Log;
my $line2 = $wt->data->as_log;
my $wt5 = $wt->from(log => $line2));
NOTE
Work in progress, designed to be pluggable, but for now only things that I need (headers parsing and server-side Google Analytics) are implemented.
DESCRIPTION
GOAL
Server-side web hits tracking, generic and flexible enough so that many tracking services like Google Analytics, Piwik, local file, etc. can be used depending on configuration.
VISION
Universal enough to process many sources (headers, logs, tracking URL-s, ...) and covert or relay them to different other destinations (GA, Piwik, ...) making use of the fact that the tracking data information is the same or nearly the same for all the sources and destinations.
IMPLEMENTATION
Initially tracking data needs to be gathered. Look at WWW::Tracking::Data for the complete list. Most of these data can be found in headers of the http request. Then these data can be serialized and passed on to one of the tracking services.
Bare WWW::Tracking::Data offers just as_hash
and from_hash
, the rest can be done by one or more plugins, like for example parsing the http headers with WWW::Tracking::Data::Plugin::Headers and passing it to WWW::Tracking::Data::Plugin::GoogleAnalytics.
USE CASES
tracking browsers that doesn't support JavaScript (ex. mobile browsing)
store the tracking data in local logs or files and replay it later to Piwik or Google Analytics
track web browsing simultaneous to more tracking services (compare the results, choose the one that fits)
aid with transition from one tracking service to another
PROPERTIES
tracker_account
tracker_type
data
METHODS
new()
Object constructor.
from($type, $args)
Will call one of the from_$type
functions provided by WWW::Tracking::Data::Plugin::*
passing on $args
.
make_tracking_request
Makes request (http, write to file, ...) to the tracking API via calling one of the make_tracking_request_$tracker_type
that are provided by WWW::Tracking::Data::Plugin::*
.
SEE ALSO
http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/tracking/gaTrackingTroubleshooting.html#gifParameters
http://piwik.org/docs/tracking-api/
AUTHOR
Jozef Kutej