Laravel Simple Analytics

A lightweight, server-side analytics package for Laravel applications. Track page views, custom events, and generate simple reports without relying on third-party services.

✨ Features

• 🚀 Zero Dependencies - Pure Laravel implementation
• 📊 Page View Tracking - Automatic middleware-based tracking
• 🎯 Custom Events - Track any event with metadata
• 🛡️ Route Filtering - Ignore specific routes (like admin panels)
• 📈 Simple Reports - Built-in console command for top pages
• 🎨 Facade & Helpers - Easy-to-use API
• ⚡ Performance Focused - Minimal overhead

📦 Installation

Install the package via Composer:

composer require justawebdev/laravel-simple-analytics

Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="JustAWebDev\Analytics\AnalyticsServiceProvider"

Run the migration to create the analytics table:

php artisan migrate

⚙️ Configuration

After publishing, you'll find the config file at config/analytics.php. Here's what you can configure:

return [
    'enabled' => true,  // Enable/disable analytics globally

    'ignore_routes' => [
        'telescope/*',  // Ignore Laravel Telescope routes
        'horizon/*',    // Ignore Laravel Horizon routes
        // Add any routes you want to ignore
    ],
];

🚀 Usage

Automatic Page View Tracking

Add the middleware to your app/Http/Kernel.php or route group:

// In routes/web.php or api.php
Route::middleware(['analytics'])->group(function () {
    // Your routes here
});

// Or globally in Kernel.php
protected $middlewareGroups = [
    'web' => [
        // ... other middleware
        \JustAWebDev\Analytics\Middleware\TrackPageView::class,
    ],
];

Manual Event Tracking

Use the facade to track custom events:

use JustAWebDev\Analytics\Facades\Analytics;

// Track a simple event
Analytics::track('user_login');

// Track with metadata
Analytics::track('purchase', [
    'product_id' => 123,
    'amount' => 99.99,
    'currency' => 'USD'
]);

Using the Helper Function

// Global helper function
analytics()->track('button_click', ['button' => 'hero_cta']);

Getting Analytics Data

// Count total page views
$totalViews = analytics()->count('pageview');

// Count views for a specific page
$pageViews = analytics()->count('pageview', '/home');

// Get top 5 pages
$topPages = analytics()->topPages(5);

// Returns collection with 'name' and 'total' columns
foreach ($topPages as $page) {
    echo "{$page->name}: {$page->total} views\n";
}

Console Reports

Generate a quick report from the command line:

php artisan analytics:report

Output:

Top Pages:
/home (150)
/about (89)
/contact (45)

🔧 Advanced Usage

Custom Middleware Implementation

If you need more control, you can create your own middleware:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use JustAWebDev\Analytics\Facades\Analytics;

class CustomAnalytics
{
    public function handle($request, Closure $next)
    {
        $response = $next($request);

        // Only track GET requests
        if ($request->isMethod('get')) {
            Analytics::pageView([
                'name' => $request->path(),
                'method' => $request->method(),
                'status' => $response->getStatusCode(),
                'user_agent' => $request->userAgent(),
            ]);
        }

        return $response;
    }
}

Database Schema

The package creates an analytics_events table with these columns:

• id - Primary key
• type - Event type (pageview, event)
• name - Event name or page path
• meta - JSON metadata (nullable)
• method - HTTP method (nullable)
• status - HTTP status code (nullable)
• duration_ms - Response time in milliseconds (nullable)
• created_at / updated_at - Timestamps

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

📄 License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

🙏 Credits

• Justin Thomas - Creator
• Laravel Community - Inspiration

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