README

The monishroy/visitor-tracking package provides a simple way to track and analyze visitor data in your Laravel application, including total visitors, unique visitors, top visited pages, countries, operating systems, and devices.

Installation

1. Install the Package

   Require the package via Composer:

   composer require monishroy/visitor-tracking

2. Run Database Migrations

   After installing the package, run the migrations to set up the necessary database tables:

   php artisan migrate

Middleware

The package includes a middleware aliased as visitor_tracking to track visitor data for specific routes. To use it, apply the middleware to your routes.

Applying the Middleware

You can apply the visitor_tracking middleware to individual routes or route groups in your web.php or api.php files.

Example: Single Route

Route::get('/home', [HomeController::class, 'index'])->middleware('visitor_tracking');

Example: Route Group

Route::middleware(['visitor_tracking'])->group(function () {
    Route::get('/home', [HomeController::class, 'index']);
    Route::get('/about', [AboutController::class, 'index']);
});

The middleware will automatically track visitor data for the routes it is applied to.

Usage

The package provides a Visitor facade to access visitor tracking data. You can use the following methods to retrieve analytics:

use Monishroy\VisitorTracking\Helpers\Visitor;

Visitor::totalVisitors(),     // Returns the total number of visitors
Visitor::uniqueVisitors(),    // Returns the count of unique visitors
Visitor::topVisitedPages($limit),   // Returns the most visited pages $limit = 5 default
Visitor::countries(),         // Returns visitor countries
Visitor::os(),                // Returns operating systems used by visitors
Visitor::devices()            // Returns devices used by visitors

Example Output

Running the above code will dump the visitor data, which might look like this (example):

[
    "totalVisitors" => 1000,
    "uniqueVisitors" => 750,
    "topVisitedPages" => [
        [
            'page_title' => 'Home',
            'url' => 'https://example.com'
        ],[
            'page_title' => 'About',
            'url' => 'https://example.com/about'
        ],[
            'page_title' => 'Contact',
            'url' => 'https://example.com/contact'
        ],
    ],
    "countries" => [
        "US" => 400,
        "IN" => 300,
        "BD" => 100
    ],
    "os" => [
        "Windows" => 600,
        "MacOS" => 300,
        "Linux" => 100
    ],
    "devices" => [
        "Desktop" => 700,
        "Mobile" => 250,
        "Tablet" => 50
    ]
]

Customization

Using the VisitorTable Model

The package includes a VisitorTable model that you can use to interact directly with the visitor tracking database table. This allows you to perform custom queries or extend the functionality.

Example: Querying Visitor Data

use Monishroy\VisitorTracking\Models\VisitorTable;

$visitors = VisitorTable::where('country', 'US')->get();
foreach ($visitors as $visitor) {
    echo $visitor->page . ' visited from ' . $visitor->country;
}

You can also extend the VisitorTable model to add custom methods or relationships.

Requirements

• PHP >= 7.4
• Laravel >= 8.0

License

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

Support

For issues or feature requests, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.