Set up Vercel Web Analytics in project #7
Conversation
This file contains hidden or bidirectional Unicode text that may be interpreted or compiled differently than what appears below. To review, open the file in an editor that reveals hidden Unicode characters.
Learn more about bidirectional Unicode characters
# Vercel Web Analytics Integration - Implementation Report
## Summary
Successfully integrated Vercel Web Analytics into the electrical-cody Vite + React project, enabling automatic visitor and page view tracking.
## Changes Made
### 1. Added @vercel/analytics Package
- **File modified:** `package.json`, `package-lock.json`
- **Action:** Added `@vercel/analytics` version ^1.6.1 as a production dependency
- **Installation command used:** `npm install @vercel/analytics`
### 2. Integrated Analytics Component
- **File modified:** `src/App.jsx`
- **Changes:**
- Added import statement: `import { Analytics } from '@vercel/analytics/react';`
- Added `<Analytics />` component at the end of the main App component's JSX return statement
## Implementation Details
### Framework Selection
This project uses:
- **Framework:** Vite (build tool)
- **Framework type:** React 19
- **Target integration:** React via `@vercel/analytics/react`
### Component Placement
The Analytics component is placed at the root level of the App component, ensuring it:
- Wraps the entire application UI
- Only appears once in the component tree (as required by the documentation)
- Runs on the client side automatically
- Provides automatic route tracking through React Router integration
### How It Works
The `@vercel/analytics/react` package provides a wrapper component that:
1. Automatically tracks page views and visitor data
2. Sends analytics data to Vercel's analytics endpoints (`/_vercel/insights/view`)
3. Works seamlessly with React by integrating with the component lifecycle
4. Requires no additional configuration for basic usage
## Prerequisites for Full Functionality
To complete the analytics setup, users need to:
1. Have a Vercel account and Vercel project
2. Enable Web Analytics in the Vercel dashboard (Analytics tab → Enable)
3. Deploy the application to Vercel using `vercel deploy` or Git integration
4. Wait for analytics data to be collected (requires actual user visits)
## Verification
- ✅ Build succeeds without errors: `npm run build`
- ✅ No new lint errors introduced (pre-existing eslint issues in other files not touched)
- ✅ Package.json properly updated with new dependency
- ✅ Analytics import and component integration added correctly
- ✅ Code follows existing project patterns and conventions
## Notes
- The Analytics component is non-intrusive and does not affect the existing UI or functionality
- Once deployed to Vercel with Web Analytics enabled, the application will automatically start tracking:
- Visitor metrics
- Page views
- Route changes
- Users can access their analytics data through the Vercel dashboard's Analytics tab
- Pro and Enterprise plan users can additionally configure custom events for tracking user interactions
Co-authored-by: Vercel <vercel[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Author
|
The latest updates on your projects. Learn more about Vercel for GitHub.
|
Sign up for free
to join this conversation on GitHub.
Already have an account?
Sign in to comment
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
This suggestion is invalid because no changes were made to the code.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is closed.
Suggestions cannot be applied while viewing a subset of changes.
Only one suggestion per line can be applied in a batch.
Add this suggestion to a batch that can be applied as a single commit.
Applying suggestions on deleted lines is not supported.
You must change the existing code in this line in order to create a valid suggestion.
Outdated suggestions cannot be applied.
This suggestion has been applied or marked resolved.
Suggestions cannot be applied from pending reviews.
Suggestions cannot be applied on multi-line comments.
Suggestions cannot be applied while the pull request is queued to merge.
Suggestion cannot be applied right now. Please check back later.
Vercel Web Analytics Integration - Implementation Report
Summary
Successfully integrated Vercel Web Analytics into the electrical-cody Vite + React project, enabling automatic visitor and page view tracking.
Changes Made
1. Added @vercel/analytics Package
package.json,package-lock.json@vercel/analyticsversion ^1.6.1 as a production dependencynpm install @vercel/analytics2. Integrated Analytics Component
src/App.jsximport { Analytics } from '@vercel/analytics/react';<Analytics />component at the end of the main App component's JSX return statementImplementation Details
Framework Selection
This project uses:
@vercel/analytics/reactComponent Placement
The Analytics component is placed at the root level of the App component, ensuring it:
How It Works
The
@vercel/analytics/reactpackage provides a wrapper component that:/_vercel/insights/view)Prerequisites for Full Functionality
To complete the analytics setup, users need to:
vercel deployor Git integrationVerification
npm run buildNotes
View Project · Web Analytics
Created by sam-beegee with Vercel Agent