get_ga_stats {metricminer}

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

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[1])

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")

## End(Not run)