I'm trying to listen to route changes on a next.js app, in order to log navigation to matomo (aka piwik). According to next.js' documentation, I have to do something like this:
Router.events.on('routeChangeStart', url => {
// Do something
});
Where do I have to use this code in my app in order to log all the route change events?
("where" means in which file/class/method)
You have to add it in pages/_app.js
, in the componentDidMount
method:
componentDidMount() {
Router.events.on("routeChangeStart", url => {
if (window && window._paq) {
window._paq.push(["setCustomUrl", url]);
window._paq.push(["setDocumentTitle", document.title]);
window._paq.push(["trackPageView"]);
}
});
}
Don't forget to initialize it in your base page (i.e. your Layout or something like that):
<!-- Matomo -->
<script type="text/javascript">
var _paq = window._paq || [];
_paq.push(['trackPageView']);
_paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);
(function() {
var u="//{$PIWIK_URL}/";
_paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u+'piwik.php']);
_paq.push(['setSiteId', {$IDSITE}]);
var d=document, g=d.createElement('script'), s=d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
g.type='text/javascript'; g.async=true; g.defer=true; g.src=u+'piwik.js'; s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s);
})();
</script>
<!-- End Matomo Code -->