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Amplitude

Connect Amplitude to the analytics library

This library exports the amplitude plugin for the analytics package.

This analytics plugin will load Amplitude integration into your application.

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Installation

npm install analytics
npm install @analytics/amplitude

How to use

The @analytics/amplitude package works in the browser. To use, install the package, include in your project and initialize the plugin with analytics.

Below is an example of how to use the browser plugin.

import Analytics from 'analytics'
import amplitudePlugin from '@analytics/amplitude'

const analytics = Analytics({
  app: 'awesome-app',
  plugins: [
    amplitudePlugin({
      apiKey: 'token',
      // See options at https://bit.ly/3dRdZnE
      options: {
        trackingOptions: {
          ip_address: false
        }
      }
    })
  ]
})

/* Track a page view */
analytics.page()

/* Track a custom event */
analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
  item: 'pink socks',
  price: 20
})

/* Identify a visitor */
analytics.identify('user-id-xyz', {
  firstName: 'bill',
  lastName: 'murray'
})

After initializing analytics with the amplitudePlugin plugin, data will be sent into Amplitude whenever analytics.page, analytics.track, or analytics.identify are called.

See additional implementation examples for more details on using in your project.

Platforms Supported

The @analytics/amplitude package works in the browser

Browser usage

The Amplitude client side browser plugin works with these analytic api methods:

Browser API

import Analytics from 'analytics'
import amplitudePlugin from '@analytics/amplitude'

const analytics = Analytics({
  app: 'awesome-app',
  plugins: [
    amplitudePlugin({
      apiKey: 'token',
      // See options at https://bit.ly/3dRdZnE
      options: {
        trackingOptions: {
          ip_address: false
        }
      }
    })
  ]
})

Configuration options for browser

Optiondescription
apiKey
required - string		Amplitude project API key
options
required - object		Amplitude SDK options
initialSessionId
required - string		Set initial session ID

Additional examples

Below are additional implementation examples.

Using in HTML

Below is an example of importing via the unpkg CDN. Please note this will pull in the latest version of the package.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Using @analytics/amplitude in HTML</title>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/analytics/dist/analytics.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/@analytics/amplitude/dist/@analytics/amplitude.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      /* Initialize analytics */
      var Analytics = _analytics.init({
        app: 'my-app-name',
        plugins: [
          undefined({
            apiKey: 'token',
            // See options at https://bit.ly/3dRdZnE
            options: {
              trackingOptions: {
                ip_address: false
              }
            }
          })
        ]
      })

      /* Track a page view */
      analytics.page()

      /* Track a custom event */
      analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
        item: 'pink socks',
        price: 20
      })

      /* Identify a visitor */
      analytics.identify('user-id-xyz', {
        firstName: 'bill',
        lastName: 'murray'
      })
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    ....
  </body>
</html>
Using in HTML via ES Modules

Using @analytics/amplitude in ESM modules.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Using @analytics/amplitude in HTML via ESModules</title>
    <script>
      // Polyfill process.
      // **Note**: Because `import`s are hoisted, we need a separate, prior <script> block.
      window.process = window.process || { env: { NODE_ENV: 'production' } }
    </script>
    <script type="module">
      import analytics from 'https://unpkg.com/analytics/lib/analytics.browser.es.js?module'
      import undefined from 'https://unpkg.com/@analytics/amplitude/lib/analytics-plugin-amplitude.browser.es.js?module'
      /* Initialize analytics */
      const Analytics = analytics({
        app: 'analytics-html-demo',
        debug: true,
        plugins: [
          undefined({
            apiKey: 'token',
            // See options at https://bit.ly/3dRdZnE
            options: {
              trackingOptions: {
                ip_address: false
              }
            }
          })
          // ... add any other third party analytics plugins
        ]
      })

      /* Track a page view */
      analytics.page()

      /* Track a custom event */
      analytics.track('cartCheckout', {
        item: 'pink socks',
        price: 20
      })

      /* Identify a visitor */
      analytics.identify('user-id-xyz', {
        firstName: 'bill',
        lastName: 'murray'
      })
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    ....
  </body>
</html>

Setting Custom Session Ids

You can set a session id like so

import Analytics from 'analytics'
import amplitudePlugin from '@analytics/amplitude'

const analytics = Analytics({
  app: 'awesome-app',
  plugins: [
    amplitudePlugin({
      apiKey: 'token',
    })
  ]
})

// Run custom method https://getanalytics.io/plugins/writing-plugins/#adding-custom-methods
analytics.plugins['amplitude'].setSessionId('your-id')

Or via the initialSessionId config value

import Analytics from 'analytics'
import amplitudePlugin from '@analytics/amplitude'

const analytics = Analytics({
  app: 'awesome-app',
  plugins: [
    amplitudePlugin({
      apiKey: 'token',
      initialSessionId: 'xyz-123'
    })
  ]
})