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A lightweight Laravel package that sends events to Google Analytics 4 (GA4) using the Measurement Protocol.

Track frontend or backend interactions (form submissions, purchases, clicks, etc.) directly from your Laravel app.

🚀 Features

• ✅ Simple API for sending custom GA4 events
• 🔐 Uses secure Measurement Protocol (measurement_id & api_secret)
• 🍪 Automatically extracts client_id from _ga cookie or generates fallback UUID
• ⚙️ Configurable via .env or config/google-analytics-events.php

📦 Installation

1. Require the package

If installed locally (recommended for development):

composer require redaelfillali/google-analytics-events

Then install:

composer require redaelfillali/google-analytics-events

2. Publish the config

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=config

3. Add your credentials to .env

GA_MEASUREMENT_ID=G-XXXXXXXXXX
GA_API_SECRET=your_secret_here

⚙️ Configuration

config/google-analytics-events.php:

return [
    'measurement_id' => env('GA_MEASUREMENT_ID', 'your-id'),
    'api_secret' => env('GA_API_SECRET', 'your-secret'),
];

📡 Usage

Send an event manually

use Redaelfillali\GoogleAnalyticsEvents\GoogleAnalyticsService;

app(GoogleAnalyticsService::class)->sendEvent('form_submission', [
    'form_id' => 'contact',
    'submitted_at' => now()->toIso8601String(),
]);

Optional: Provide a custom client_id

app(GoogleAnalyticsService::class)->sendEvent('purchase', [
    'value' => 49.99,
], '123456789.987654321');

🧪 Debug

Once events are sent correctly, visit your GA4 property:

Google Analytics → Admin → DebugView
To see real-time incoming events.

📁 Package Structure

redaelfillali/google-analytics-events/
├── src/
│   ├── GoogleAnalyticsService.php
│   └── GoogleAnalyticsEventsServiceProvider.php
├── config/
│   └── google-analytics-events.php
├── composer.json
└── README.md

✅ Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• Laravel 9, 10, or 11
• Google Analytics 4 property
• Measurement Protocol API secret

📃 License

MIT License

🤝 Credits

Developed by Reda El Fillali