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')
  8.     return /*
  9.      ** Include Google Analytics Script
  10.      */
  11.   ;(function (i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {
  12.     i['GoogleAnalyticsObject'] = r
  13.     ;(i[r] =
  14.       i[r] ||
  15.       function () {
  16.         ;(i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)
  17.       }),
  18.       (i[r].l = 1 * new Date())
  19.     ;(a = s.createElement(o)), (m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0])
  20.     a.async = 1
  21.     a.src = g
  22.     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)
  23.   })(
  24.     window,
  25.     document,
  26.     'script',
  27.     'https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js',
  28.     'ga'
  29.   )
  30.   /*
  31.    ** Set the current page
  32.    */
  33.   ga('create', 'UA-XXXXXXXX-X', 'auto')
  34.   /*
  35.    ** Every time the route changes (fired on initialization too)
  36.    */
  37.   app.router.afterEach((to, from) => {
  38.     /*
  39.      ** We tell Google Analytics to add a `pageview`
  40.      */
  41.     ga('set', 'page', to.fullPath)
  42.     ga('send', 'pageview')
  43.   })
  44. }

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: [{ src: '~plugins/ga.js', mode: 'client' }]
  3. }

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.