Syntax
newrelic.addPageAction(string $name[, JSON object $attributes])
Reports a browser PageAction event along with a name and optional attributes.
Requirements
Browser Pro or Pro+SPA agent (v593 or higher)
If you're using npm to install the browser agent, you must enable the
generic_events
feature when instantiating theBrowserAgent
class. In thefeatures
array, add the following:import { GenericEvents } from '@newrelic/browser-agent/features/generic_events';const options = {info: { ... },loader_config: { ... },init: { ... },features: [GenericEvents]}For more information, see the npm browser installation documentation.
Description
This API call sends a browser PageAction
event with your user-defined name and optional attributes to dashboards, along with several default attributes. This is useful to track any event that is not already tracked automatically by the browser agent, such as clicking a Subscribe button or accessing a tutorial.
PageAction
events are sent every 30 seconds.- If 1,000 events are observed, the agent will harvest the buffered events immediately, bypassing the harvest cycle interval.
중요
In earlier agent versions, events were dropped after 120 were observed. The event limit was increased from 120 to 1,000 in version 1.264.0 and are no longer dropped.
Parameters
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
string | Required. Name or category of the action. Reported as the Avoid using reserved NRQL words when you name the attribute or value. |
JSON object | Optional. JSON object with one or more key/value pairs. For example: Avoid using reserved NRQL words when you name the attribute/value. |
Examples
Record link clicks (JavaScript)
This example records a PageAction event whenever a user selects the Try Me link. The event is recorded with an actionName
of clickedTryMe
:
<a href="/demo" id="try-me">Try Me!</a><script> document.getElementById('try-me').addEventListener('click', function (e) { newrelic.addPageAction('clickedTryMe'); });</script>
You can then query the number of times the Try Me button was clicked with the following NRQL query:
SELECT count(*) FROM PageAction WHERE actionName = 'clickedTryMe' SINCE 1 hour ago
Record link clicks (jQuery)
This example sends a PageAction event when a user clicks on an element with the class copy-text
. The actionName
is copy-text-button
and the value is reported as another attribute called Result
that corresponds to methods named success
and error
that handle the outcome.
$('.copy-text').click(function() { var clipboard = new Clipboard('.copy-text'); clipboard.on('success', function(event) { // Do stuff // Report data to New Relic if (typeof newrelic == 'object') { newrelic.addPageAction('copy-text-button', { result: 'success' }); } }); clipboard.on('error', function(event) { // Do stuff // Report data to New Relic if (typeof newrelic == 'object') { newrelic.addPageAction('copy-text-button', { result: 'error' }); } });});
Then in the query builder, you can create a pie chart to see the breakdown of how many button clicks resulted in success versus error over the past 30 days:
SELECT count(*) AS 'Clicks' FROM PageAction WHERE actionName = 'copy-text-button' FACET result SINCE 30 days ago
Or you can create a query to see what pages have the most copy button clicks in the last 30 days:
SELECT count(*) AS 'Clicks' FROM PageAction WHERE actionName = 'copy-text-button' FACET currentUrl SINCE 30 days ago
Capture form input
This example captures user input (email addresses) from a form called Signup. The event is recorded with an actionName
of userSignup
:
<form action="/signup" id="myform"> <input id="email" name="email" /> <input type="submit" value="Signup" /></form><script type="text/javascript"> document.getElementById('myform').addEventListener('submit', function (e) { var email = e.target.elements['email'].value; newrelic.addPageAction('userSignup', { email: email }); });</script>
You can then see the emails that you gathered with the following NRQL query:
SELECT uniques(email) FROM PageAction WHERE actionName = 'userSignup' SINCE 1 hour ago