Google Analytics javascript

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Here is a Google Analytics' code

var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-20366831-2']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function () {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

How my client side calls Google anonymous function?

Mike Christensen · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-12 22:29:29Z

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It's called because the anonymous function ends with ()

    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})(); // <--- The () calls the anonymous code

As you'll see, this code basically injects a script tag into the DOM, which gets run by the browser.

answered Dec 12, 2011 at 22:29

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HoaPhan · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-27 19:21:06Z

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That snippet already call itself.

(function () {
    var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
    ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);
})();

what it actually does is including the ga.js on your page, which is similar to this:

<script src="//google-analytics.com/ga.js" />

The rest is up to you to add event to the _gaq (google analytic queue). Then the event will automatically be processed.

answered Jan 27, 2015 at 19:21

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