How to Track Button Clicks for Analytics

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This guide allows you to track button clicks with third-party analytics like Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Plausible, etc.

This guide only specifies how to track a specific button click, but will not cover the installation part of the analytics tool since it may vary by provider

This is the button that you want to track. It needs to have a link as we're going to use that link to identify that this button has been clicked.

Step 2: Copy the code from your analytics provider

For example, in my provider I'm seeing the instruction to add this call code on button click. 

Code from analytics provider, this depends on your provider

Step 3 (a): Add the installation code in Code Injection

Most providers would require you to add a code on your <head>. For example for Google Analytics, you're asked to add this part on the <head> of your website.

Go to Settings > Code Injection > Site Header. 

For Google Analytics, make sure to replace the 

 with your Tag ID from your analytics provider.

Step 3 (b): Add event handler code in Code Injection

Go to Settings > Code Injection > Site Body

Code to add to the Code Injection section on your Typedream site

Example of how it looks like after you added the Code Injection

Your link should now be able to see the button click events in your analytics provider.

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<noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-WTZ8GQJR" height="0" width="0"
    style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>



<script>
  window.onload = () => {

    // ==== Update current query parameters to include `source` ====
    // Rewardful uses `via`, this isn't tracked in Plausible

    let params = new URL(document.location).searchParams;

    // ==== Update current query parameters to include `source` ====
    // Rewardful uses `via`, this isn't tracked in Plausible
    
    let newParams = new URL(document.location);
        let viaFound = false;
        let sourceFound = false;
        params.forEach((value, key) => {
          if (key === "via") {
            viaFound = true;
            newParams.searchParams.set("source", `via-${value}`);
          }
          if (key === "source") {
            sourceFound = true;
          }
        });
        if (viaFound && !sourceFound) {
          window.location = newParams.href;
        }

        // ==== Update utm_source for links that contains build TYPEDREAM_HREF ====
    // Get all links that contains build TYPEDREAM_HREF
    const TYPEDREAM_HREF = "typedream.com";
    const BUILD_TYPEDREAM_HREF = "build.typedream.com";
    Array.from(
      document.querySelectorAll(`[href*='${TYPEDREAM_HREF}']`)
    ).forEach((e) => {
      var href = e.getAttribute("href");
      var url = new URL(href);
      var urlParams = new URL(href).searchParams;
      params.forEach((value, key) => {
        // for PH, if there is ref=xxx change it to utm_source=xxx
        urlParams.set(key === 'ref' ? 'utm_source' : key, value);
      });
      url.search = urlParams;
      e.href = url.toString();

      // track conversion
      // if (e.href.includes(BUILD_TYPEDREAM_HREF)) {
      //  e.addEventListener('click', function() {gtag_report_conversion(e.href)})
      // }
    });

   Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(`[href^='/']`)).forEach((e) => {
      var href = e.getAttribute("href");
      href = `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}${href}`;
      var url = new URL(href);
      var urlParams = new URL(href).searchParams;
      params.forEach((value, key) => {
        // for PH, if there is ref=xxx change it to utm_source=xxx
        urlParams.set(key === 'ref' ? 'utm_source' : key, value);
      });
      url.search = urlParams;
      e.href = url.toString();
    });


    // Make sticky table of contents
    var sibling = document.getElementById("sticky-sibling")
    if (sibling && sibling.nextSibling) {
      var toc = sibling.nextSibling
      toc.style.backgroundColor = 'red';
    }
  };

</script>





<script id="ze-snippet" src="https://static.zdassets.com/ekr/snippet.js?key=f871bdf7-2c33-4fbd-bb5d-7e7ab05bea84">
</script>




<script>
  const searchClient = algoliasearch(
        "SMJ4AJCZFI",
        "bdf124d4eb5f98cc467769a011fba85a"
      );

      const search = instantsearch({
        indexName: "help_typedream",
        searchClient
      });

      setTimeout(() => {
        search.addWidgets([
          instantsearch.widgets.searchBox({
            container: "#searchbox",
            searchAsYouType: false,
            placeholder: "Search for articles"
          }),
          instantsearch.widgets.hits({
            container: "#hits",
            templates: {
              item(hit, { html, components }) {
                return html`
                  <a
                    class="search-hit-row-link"
                    href=${hit.link}
                    target="_blank"
                  >
                    <div class="search-hit-row">
                      <h2>
                        ${components.Highlight({ attribute: "name", hit })}
                      </h2>
                      <p>${hit.description}</p>
                    </div>
                  </a>
                `;
              },
              empty(results, { html }) {
                return html`<div class="search-empty ais-InfiniteHits-item">
                  No results for <q>${results.query}</q>
                </div>`;
              },
              showMoreText(data, { html }) {
                return html`<span class="search-showmore">Show more</span>`;
              }
            }
          })
        ]);

        // Conditionally display the hits widget only when a search query is entered
        search.on("render", () => {
          const hitsContainer = document.querySelector("#hits");
          if (search.helper.state.query === "") {
            hitsContainer.style.display = "none";
          } else {
            hitsContainer.style.display = "block";
          }
        });

        search.start();
      }, 500);
</script>

How to track button clicks for analytics

Requirements

Step 1: Create a button with a link

Step 2: Copy the code from your analytics provider

Step 3 (a): Add the installation code in Code Injection

Step 3 (b): Add event handler code in Code Injection

That's it! 🎉