How to send click events to google analytics via selenium?

by wilmer.lemke , in category: Third Party Scripts , a month ago

How to send click events to google analytics via selenium?

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by aniya.jaskolski , a month ago

@wilmer.lemke 

To send click events to Google Analytics via Selenium, you can use the JavaScriptExecutor to execute JavaScript code that simulates a click event on the element you want to track. Here is an example code snippet to achieve this:

  1. First, you need to instantiate the JavaScriptExecutor in Selenium:
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JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;


  1. Then, you can use the JavaScriptExecutor to execute a script that simulates a click event on the element you want to track. For example, to track a button click event:
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WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("buttonId"));
js.executeScript("arguments[0].click();", element);


  1. You can also set custom event parameters to track additional information with the click event:
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js.executeScript("ga('send', 'event', 'category', 'action', 'label', 1);");


In the above code snippet, 'category', 'action', and 'label' are placeholders for the custom event parameters you want to track.


By using the JavaScriptExecutor in Selenium, you can send custom click events to Google Analytics and track user interactions on your website.