December 5, 2017

Track HTML5 Video Views with Google Analytic

By Ramraj HTML, HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, Tutorial, Video 0 Comments

Today we are talking about Track HTML5 Video Views with Google Analytic

HTML & JavaScript Code

&lt;script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.0/jquery.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;script&gt;
$(document).ready(function(){
......
......
......
});
&lt;/script&gt;
 
//HTML Code
&lt;video id="video" width="100%" controls&gt;
&lt;source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4"&gt;
&lt;/video&gt;

Google Analytics

Create a free Google Analytics account, add a property to your website. Here simply modify UA-YOUR-GA-ID worth.

&lt;script&gt;
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-YOUR-GA-ID', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
&lt;/script&gt;

Jquery Bind Timeupdate

Contains jquery code. $(“#video”).bind(“timeupdate”, function(){} – here video is the ID name of the video tag, this will bind with video timeline. This will call Google Analytics function once it crossed 66%, you can modify percentage value.

var i=0;
$("#video").bind("timeupdate", function()
{
var currentTime = this.currentTime;
if(currentTime &gt; 0.66*(this.duration))
{
if(i&lt;1)
{
/* Watched 66% */
ga('send', 'event', 'Videos', 'Watched','Video Title');
}
i=i+1; //Reset for duplicates
}
});

Jquery Bind Ended

This works like previous perform, victimisation this you’ll establish what percentage folks really finished the video.

var j=0;
$("#video").bind("ended", function()
{
if(j&lt;1)
{
/* Finished */
ga('send', 'event', 'Videos', 'Finished','Video Title');
}
j=j+1; //Reset for duplicates
});

Google Analytics Widget Filter

Result

Final Code

&lt;script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.0/jquery.min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
&lt;script&gt;
$(document).ready(function(){
var i=0;
var j=0;
 
/* Video Watched */
$("#video").bind("timeupdate", function()
{
var currentTime = this.currentTime;
if(currentTime &gt; 0.66*(this.duration))
{
if(i&lt;1)
{
/* Watched 66% */
ga('send', 'event', 'Videos', 'Watched','Video Title');
}
i=i+1; //Reset for duplicates
}
});
 
/* Video Finished, Thanks */
$("#video").bind("ended", function()
{
if(j&lt;1)
{
/* Finished */
ga('send', 'event', 'Videos', 'Finished','Video Title');
}
j=j+1; //Reset for duplicates
});
 
});
&lt;/script&gt;
//HTML Code
&lt;video id="video" width="100%" controls&gt;
&lt;source src="video.mp4" type="video/mp4"&gt;
&lt;/video&gt;
//Google Analytics Code
&lt;script&gt;
(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){
(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),
m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)
})(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga');
ga('create', 'UA-YOUR-GA-ID', 'auto');
ga('send', 'pageview');
&lt;/script&gt;