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Google Analytics 4 example

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Google Analytics 4 example

This example demonstrates how to track extension events in Google Analytics 4 using the Measurement Protocol.

Running this extension

  1. Clone this repository.

  2. Get your api_secret and the measurement_id as described in the Measurement Protocol documentation. Add these in scripts/google-analytics.js:

    const MEASUREMENT_ID = '<measurement_id>';
    const API_SECRET = '<api_secret>';
    
  3. Load this directory in Chrome as an unpacked extension.

  4. Click the extension icon to open the extension popup and click the button to generate a few analytics events.

  5. Check out the real-time report to see how the events surface in Google Analytics.