get_ga_stats: Get stats for an associated Google Analytics property

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Get stats for an associated Google Analytics property

Description

This is a function to get the Google Analytics accounts that this user has access to. The scope it uses is the ‘See and download your Google Analytics data' If you don’t this check this box on the OAuth screen this won't work.

Usage

get_ga_stats(
  property_id,
  start_date = "2015-08-14",
  token = NULL,
  body_params = NULL,
  end_date = NULL,
  stats_type = "metrics",
  dataformat = "dataframe"
)

Arguments

property_id	a GA property. Looks like '123456789' Can be obtained from running 'get_ga_properties()'
start_date	YYYY-MM-DD format of what metric you'd like to collect metrics from to start. Default is the earliest date Google Analytics were collected.
token	credentials for access to Google using OAuth. 'authorize("google")'
body_params	The body parameters for the request
end_date	YYYY-MM-DD format of what metric you'd like to collect metrics from to end. Default is today.
stats_type	Do you want to retrieve metrics or dimensions?
dataformat	How would you like the data returned to you? Default is a "dataframe" but if you'd like to see the original API list result, put "raw".

Value

Metrics dimensions for a GA returned from the Google Analytics API. It can be returned as a curated data.frame or the raw version which is the API response as a list

Examples

## Not run: 

authorize("google")
accounts <- get_ga_user()

properties_list <- get_ga_properties(account_id = accounts$id[2])

property_id <- gsub("properties/", "", properties_list$name[1])
metrics <- get_ga_stats(property_id, stats_type = "metrics")
dimensions <- get_ga_stats(property_id, stats_type = "dimensions")
pages <- get_ga_stats(property_id, stats_type = "pages")

## End(Not run)

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