Node.js

Node.js

This library lets you record all analytics data from your node code. You can check out it’s open source code here. You can use this library in your web server controller code. It is high-performing in that it uses an internal queue to make identify and track calls non-blocking and fast. It also batches messages and flushes asynchronously to our servers.

Getting Started with Node.js

Step 1

Install the astronomer npm module.

npm install --save astronomer

Step 2

Initialize this package with the Source ID found in the settings section of your Astronomer account.

var Analytics = require('astronomer');
var analytics = new Analytics('ASTRONOMER_SOURCE_ID');

Step 3

Set your event methods (identify, track, etc.) throughout your app.

Note: We’ve standardized to analytics.js. If you’ve used a tool like Segment in the past, you will find that instrumenting events in Astronomer works in the exact same way.

Calls in Node.js

Check out our Calls section for information on when you should use each call. Below are some examples of how you’d call specific objects in node.js.

Identify

analytics.identify({
  userId: '1234qwerty',
  traits: {
    name: 'Arthur Dent',
    email: 'earthling1@hitchhikersguide.com',
    hasTowel: True
  }
});

Track

analytics.track({
  userId: '1234qwerty',
  event: 'Added File',
  properties: {
    fileTitle: 'Life, the Universe, and Everything',
    fileSize: '42kb',
    fileType: 'PDF'
  }
});

Page

analytics.page({
  userId: '1234qwerty',
  section: 'Blog',
  name: '10 Questions with Marvin, the clinically depressed robot',
  properties: {
    referrer: 'http://reddit.com/r/AMA'
  }
})

Group

analytics.group({
  userId: '1234qwerty',
  groupId: '5678dvorak',
  traits: {
    name: "The Hitchhikers",
    relativePosition: "[39.1000° N, 84.5167° W]\""
  }
})

Alias

analytics.alias({
  previousId: anonymous_id,
  userId: assigned_id_or_email
});