google-analyticsmeasurement-protocol

Setting debug_mode with Measurement Protocol (GA4)

Can't find a way to set the debug_mode parameter using Measurement Protocol 4. Tried to put it everywhere (and naming it all i can think of) but without luck :) Documentation is still very light and doesn't mention the debug_mode. With web/js and GA4 it works fine!

Solution

  • Weird. Suddenly the debug mode started to work with code I'm 100% sure didn't work before.

    Adding the parameter "debug_mode": true to the measurement protocol request will make it show up in Analytics' DebugView.

    Sample json payload that works:

    {
  "client_id": "XXXXXXXXXX.YYYYYYYYYY",
  "events": [
    {
      "name": "page_view",
      "params": {
        "page_location": "...",
        "page_path": "...",
        "page_title": "...",
        "debug_mode": true
      }
    }
  ]
}