Add to your Gemfile
gem 'ahoy_matey', '~> 3.0', '>= 3.0.1'
Install the gem
bundle install
rails generate ahoy:install
rails db:migrate
Track every action on every controller for signed in and anonymous users. Ahoy automatically attaches the current_user method used in authentication gems such as Devise to all events.
Add track_action method to app/controllers/application_controller.rb
class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
protect_from_forgery with: :exception
after_action :track_action
protected
def track_action
if user_signed_in?
ahoy.track("Server Requested #{request.path}", {
category: "server-#{params[:controller]}-#{params[:action]}",
path: request.path,
path_parameters: request.path_parameters,
query_string: Rack::Utils.parse_nested_query(request.query_string)
}
)
else
ahoy.track("Server Requested #{request.path}", {
anonymous_id: Digest::SHA256.hexdigest(session.id),
category: "server-#{params[:controller]}-#{params[:action]}",
path: request.path,
path_parameters: request.path_parameters,
query_string: Rack::Utils.parse_nested_query(request.query_string)
}
)
end
end
end
Open an incognito window and visit your homepage and sign up. You'll want to test that your visits, events and being logged, but more importantly that actions taken by logged out users are eventually associated correctly once the users logs in.
In the example below, you'll notice that the visitid for both events are from the same visit/session and only after a user signs up is the userid added to the event.
rails console
Ahoy::Visit.last.events
#<Ahoy::Event:0x00007fa4222213e8
id: 3,
visit_id: 1,
user_id: nil,
name: "Server Requested /signup",
...
#<Ahoy::Event:0x00007fa4222211e0
id: 4,
visit_id: 1,
user_id: 24,
name: "Server Requested /",
...
On your Users model add:
app/models/user.rb
has_many :ahoy_visits, class_name: "Ahoy::Visit"
has_many :ahoy_events, class_name: "Ahoy::Event"
rails console
## see when a user last visited
User.last.ahoy_visits
## see a user's actions
User.last.ahoy_events
First, enable the Ahoy API:
config/initializers/ahoy.rb
Ahoy.api = true
Ahoy.server_side_visits = :when_needed
In application.js
//= require ahoy
ahoy.trackAll();
Open an incognito window and visit your homepage and sign up. You'll want to test that your visits, events and being logged, but more importantly that actions taken by logged out users are eventually associated correctly once the users logs in.
In the example below, you'll notice that the visitid for both events are from the same visit/session and only after a user signs up is the userid added to the event.
rails console
Ahoy::Visit.last.events