AnalyticsServlet.java

/**
 * Copyright 2015 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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package com.example.analytics;

import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URISyntaxException;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

// [START example]
@SuppressWarnings("serial")
@WebServlet(name = "analytics", value = "")
public class AnalyticsServlet extends HttpServlet {

  @Override
  public void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws IOException,
      ServletException {
    String trackingId = System.getenv("GA_TRACKING_ID");
    HttpClient client = HttpClientBuilder.create().build();
    URIBuilder builder = new URIBuilder();
    builder.setScheme("http").setHost("www.google-analytics.com").setPath("/collect")
        .addParameter("v", "1") // API Version.
        .addParameter("tid", trackingId) // Tracking ID / Property ID.
        // Anonymous Client Identifier. Ideally, this should be a UUID that
        // is associated with particular user, device, or browser instance.
        .addParameter("cid", "555")
        .addParameter("t", "event") // Event hit type.
        .addParameter("ec", "example") // Event category.
        .addParameter("ea", "test action"); // Event action.
    URI uri = null;
    try {
      uri = builder.build();
    } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
      throw new ServletException("Problem building URI", e);
    }
    HttpPost request = new HttpPost(uri);
    client.execute(request);
    resp.getWriter().println("Event tracked.");
  }
}
// [END example]