How to use Google Analytics?

First, please check the official Google Analytics module for Nuxt.js.

Otherwise, to use Google Analytics with your Nuxt.js application, we recommend you create a file plugins/ga.js:

  1. /* eslint-disable */
  3. export default ({ app }) => {
  4.   /*
  5.   ** Only run on client-side and only in production mode
  6.   */
  7.   if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') return
  8.   /*
  9.   ** Include Google Analytics Script
  10.   */
  11.   (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
  12.   (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
  13.   m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
  14.   })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
  15.   /*
  16.   ** Set the current page
  17.   */
  18.   ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-X', 'auto')
  19.   /*
  20.   ** Every time the route changes (fired on initialization too)
  21.   */
  22.   app.router.afterEach((to, from) => {
  23.     /*
  24.     ** We tell Google Analytics to add a `pageview`
  25.     */
  26.     ga('set', 'page', to.fullPath)
  27.     ga('send', 'pageview')
  28.   })
  29. }

Replace UA-XXXXXXXX-X by your Google Analytics tracking ID.

Then, we tell Nuxt.js to import it in our main application:

nuxt.config.js

  1. export default {
  2.   plugins: [
  3.     { src: '~plugins/ga.js', mode: 'client' }
  4.   ]
  5. }

Voilà, Google Analytics is integrated into your Nuxt.js application and will track every page view!

Info: you can use this method for any other tracking service.