pasta-js

It makes easy to collect data to send.

How to run examples?

• npm install
• npm start
• Open http://localhost:8000/ex01, and show log in the terminal.

Installation

Using npm:

$ npm install --save pasta-js

Then with a module bundler like webpack

// using ES6 modules
import {Pasta} from 'pasta-js'

// using CommonJS modules
var Pasta = require('pasta-js').pasta;

Or UMD build in dist/pasta-full.min.js in the installed folder.

Browser Support

It should use some polyfills expect for modern browsers, such as Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Safari.

API

Initialization - Pasta(config)

• config : Object(required)

core parameters

• endpoint: String(required).
• maxBuff: Number(option), default: 10. It is the limit for the buffer to send.
• username: Any(option), default: null.

  var tracking = new Pasta({
    endpoint: '',
  });

push(data)

• data: Object(required), any tracked data.

After initialization, use push to candidated queue. It will send automatically if buffer is up to limit (default: 10).

  tracking.push({
    event: 'click-button',
    count: 4
  });

send()

Send data to host by manually.

  tracking.send();

Tracked information

Every time a track is called, the following information is sent:

• page_path
• page_title
• page_url
• referrer
• time
• user_agent
• username
• viewport

They can disable or overwrite at initialization. But time can not disable or overwrite.

  var tracking = new Pasta({
    endpoint: '',
    customInfo: {
      viewport: false, // disable to send
      page_title() { return 'test title'; } // overwrite the data
    }
  });

It can set other information to send every time.

  var tracking = new Pasta({
    endpoint: '',
    customInfo: {
      customKey() { return 'custom value'; }
    }
  });

License

Check license here.