I'm using google Analytics API in extended way. My page manages alot of events what user does.
Since I exactly can tell where user is from (Locally targeted advertisment) I would like to set user's exact location, so it appears in analytics.
Is that possible?
For example it would look like:
ga('send', 'pageview', {
'page': '/pagename',
'location': 'City/district name'
});
That way, I could tell how many clients from which place are currently on my site.
Google Analytics out the box will detect the IP of the user and detect the region/country/city.
But if you want to check that with the data you capture, I would put it in an event and/or custom dimension. e.g.
ga('send', 'event', 'user', 'geolocation', '{{yourLocationVar}}');
Event tracking info here.
Custom dimensions details here, needs a bit more setup but nicer reports
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I'm developing a Google Action through DialogFlow and a webhook (that will run on a Nest Hub) that I want to act like this:
the user invokes the action "Hey Google, talk to ACTIONAME"
through the Default Welcome Intent ("hooked" to my web service) the Action replies to the user and open a website
app.intent('Default Welcome Intent', conv => {
conv.ask('Hi! I'm opening your site')
conv.ask(new HtmlResponse({
url: 'https://MY_IOT_SITE'
}))
})
now, the user could be "silent" for mins or hours, but I'd like to prevent Google Actions to close the ACTIONNAME and return to the clock, while until now the action closes after a couple of minutes
Is it somehow possible?
Thank you.
This is not possible. The platform intentionally places an upper bound on how long an action can run without any user input. This is done so that an action cannot occupy the device longer than expected and prevent future inputs from unintentionally getting routed to your action rather than the Google Assistant.
You can take a look at additional guidelines when developing your web app.
Since your question refers to an IoT-related website, you may want to take a look at the Smart Home reference, which provides an alternative way to let users control smart home devices with their voice or built-in graphical widgets.
Google calendar REST API GET method (https://developers.google.com/calendar/v3/reference/events/get) should return this structure (https://developers.google.com/calendar/v3/reference/events#resource), unless I'm missing something.
I need to get event title and description to use in my application. I 'm getting below response instead.
I've tried to change event visibility (public/private) and availability (free/busy). Actually, API does not show events with Free availability, for which I don't have solution either.
Here is event edit screen screenshot:
https://www.screencast.com/t/X8bRS8kJDT
{
"kind":"calendar#event",
"etag":"\"3145149995624000\"",
"id":"5fnlvcl2msab46p8roqbahhb6g",
"status":"confirmed",
"htmlLink":"https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=NWZubHZjbDJtc2FiNDZwOHJvcWJhaGhiNmcgZWQtYWRtaW4uY29tXzMwOHNycjdzdjdiM28xazRpdjZ2cm9mb3Y0QGc",
"updated":"2019-11-01T02:23:17.812Z",
"start":{
"dateTime":"2019-11-11T09:30:00+11:00"
},
"end":{
"dateTime":"2019-11-11T10:00:00+11:00"
},
"visibility":"private",
"iCalUID":"5fnlvcl2msab46p8roqbahhb6g#google.com"
}
Are there other methods to get calendar events details with REST API, including ones with free availability?
Thanks.
04/02/2020:
I actually made it work for "ordinary" Google account - add project, add API, add service account and allocate service account email to the calendar. But I still not sure how to change access level for G Suite account. It allows only to see Free/Busy status.
I've changed default access in Admin Console as this article suggests, but it does not help:
https://www.macworld.com/article/2980005/the-mystery-of-the-unsharable-google-apps-calendar.html
You could try specifying the fields you want to retrieve like the image below:
Or you could put a " * " as the image below to retrieve all values:
fields is a standard Query parameter, which specifies what values you want to include in your response. To learn more about it, you can check Here.
I'm using Dialogflow (previously API.ai) to create an Actions on Google app.
Using Dialogflow I have set up a custom Entity to highlight single words from multiple Intents.
ie. mashable, recode, bbc sport are all words picked up as Entities.
The fulfilment sends a post webhook to an api I created.
When using Dialogflow it sends off
"parameters": {
"news-agent": "BBC Sport"
},
Which is fine, I set up API to detect the parameter and when using Actions on Google simulator
"parameters": {
"news-agent": ""
},
The parameter is blank, I don't see anything in the documentation about why this is happening.
Could someone help?
It's possible that Actions on Google is not picking up a value for the "news-agent" slot.
Try making the "news-agent" slot required in Dialogflow and define a re-prompt question for it.
That way, the event won't be sent to your app unless the "news-agent" slot is filled.
I have absolutelly the same question as dan here - Facebook conversion pixel with "server to server" option . There was written, that there was no way, but it was 2013, so I hope something changed.
So, is there any way to call facebook pixel events (e.g. CompleteRegistration) from server side now?
I can describe situation in more details. Imagine, that user visits our site, where fb pixel tracks 'PageView' of course. When user passes form and sends his phone number, we call 'Lead' event. But then we need to track one more event, when our manager successfully confirmes this user! Of course, it happens on other computer and so on, so there is no idea, how to "connect" to base user.
I've seen a lot of documentation departments like this, but I can't fully understand even if it's possible or not.
Logically, we need to generate specific id for user (or it can be phone number really), when 'Lead' event is called. Then, we should use this id to 'CompleteRegistration' for that user. But I can't understand, how to do it technically.
It would be gratefull, if somebody could explain it.
P.S. As I understand, it is fully available in API for mobile apps. Is it ok idea to use it for our situation, if there is no other solution?
Use Offline Conversions to record events that happen after a user has left your website. Logging these conversions, technically, is very easy. Setting everything up takes a little effort
tldr; check the code below
Follow setup steps in the FB docs (Setup steps 1-5) which are:
Setup facebook Business Manager account
Add a new app to Business Manager account
Create an Ad account, if you don't already have one
Create a System User for the ad account
After the setup, follow Upload Event Data steps on the same page, steps 1-3 to create an offline event set and associate it with your ad. These can be carried out in the Graph API Explorer by following the links in the examples. These can be done programmatically, but is out of the scope of making the event calls from the server for one campaign.
Once you have created the event set, then you can upload your CompleteRegistration events!
You will need to make a multipart form data request to FB, the data key will be an array of your conversion events. As #Cbroe mentioned, you must hash your match keys (the data you have available about your user to match them with a FB user) before sending to FB. The more match keys you are able to provide, the better chance at matching your user. So if you can get their email and phone at the same time, you're much more likely to match your user.
Here's an example of the call to FB using node.js:
var request = require('request')
// The access token you generated for your system user
var access_token = 'your_access_token'
// The ID of the conversion set you created
var conversionId = 'your_conversion_set_id'
var options = {
url: 'https://graph.facebook.com/v2.12/' + conversionId + '/events',
formData: {
access_token: access_token,
upload_tag: 'registrations', //optional
data: [{
match_keys: {
"phone": ["<HASH>", "<HASH>"]
},
currency: "USD",
event_name: "CompleteRegistration",
event_time: 1456870902,
custom_data: { // optional
event_source: "manager approved"
},
}]
}
}
request(options, function(err, result) {
// error handle and check for success
})
Offline Conversion Docs
Facebook has now a Server-Side API: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/marketing-api/server-side-api/get-started
Implementing this is similar to implementing the offline events outlined in the accepted answer.
Keep in mind that it will always be cumbersome to track and connect events from the browser and from your server. You need to share a unique user id between the browser and server, so that Facebook (or any other analytics provider) will know that the event belongs to the same user.
Tools like mixpanel.com and amplitude.com may be more tailored to your needs, but will get very expensive once you move out of the free tier (100+ EUR at mixpanel, 1000+ EUR at Amplitude, monthly). Those tools are tailored towards company success, whereas Facebook is tailored towards selling and measuring Facebook ads.
I'm trying to implement the new analytics for a Facebook game (using HTML/Javascript and Flash on Canvas, so there is no mobile version), but it seems that the documentation is incomplete. It says that there are 14 predefined events:
"Events are one of 14 predefined events such as 'added to cart' in a
commerce app or 'level achieved' in a game"
Source: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/javascript/FB.AppEvents.LogEvent
"The fourteen pre-defined events are: App Launch, Complete
Registration, Content View, Search, Rating, Tutorial Completed, Add to
Cart, Add to Wishlist, Initiated Checkout, Add Payment Info, Purchase,
Level Achieved, Achievement Unlocked, Spent Credits."
Source: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/app-events/faq
However, on the reference page where all the events should be listed, the list is only 12 items long, and there is no "App launch" event:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/javascript/FB.AppEvents.LogEvent#events
Now, there are some sample event lists for some games, but they are very basic and they don't include the actual code: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/app-events/best-practices#casual
which recommends to use these events:
App Install
App Launch
Completed Registration
Completed Tutorial
Level Achieved
Achievement Unlocked
(...)
Here is what I have so far:
FB.AppEvents.activateApp()
But is this event the equivalent of App Install or App Launch?
Also, should I send this before the user accepts to share his basic info or after? I'm having so many questions because it's not clear what activateApp() does...
Here is some code for sending some other events that could be useful:
FB.AppEvents.logEvent(FB.AppEvents.EventNames.COMPLETED_REGISTRATION);
FB.AppEvents.logEvent(FB.AppEvents.EventNames.COMPLETED_TUTORIAL);
var params = {};
params[FB.AppEvents.ParameterNames.LEVEL] = '12'; //player level
FB.AppEvents.logEvent(
FB.AppEvents.EventNames.ACHIEVED_LEVEL,
null, // numeric value for this event - in this case, none
params
);
I still have more questions: how can I properly send the game version number (maybe with activateApp?) so I can create segments and cohorts later? Some example codes would be really appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
FB.AppEvents.activateApp() provides install and launch event functionality, which is why those two events are not enumerated as options in https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/javascript/FB.AppEvents.LogEvent#events. Activate app doesn't take a parameter. You might want to look at using a custom event to satisfy your use case.