Example for Google Analytics Reporting API v4 in golang using the official client.

This example was written using the official examples for java, python

• Enable the API - Using steps described in https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/core/v4/quickstart/service-java, create a private key client_secrets.json and download it to your file system. Also add the new service account to the Google Analytics Account with Read & Analyze permission.

• Clone the repo and install dependencies. Glide is preferred.

  $ mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/sudo-suhas && cd $_
  $ git clone https://github.com/sudo-suhas/example-analyticsreporting.git
  $ cd example-analyticsreporting
  
  # preferred method
  $ glide install
  
  # or use `go get`
  $ go get .
  
  

• Build the executable binary.

  # This should generate an executable binary in the current folder
  # Example example-analyticsreporting.exe on windows
  $ go build .
  
  

• You need to pass the location of the client_secrets.json file and the Google analytics view ID from the command line. You can use the Account Explorer to find a View ID. Additionally, you can pass the flag --debug for verbose logging.

  Usage:

  $ ./example-analyticsreporting.exe --help
  usage: hello_analytics.exe --keyfile=KEYFILE --view-id=VIEW-ID [<flags>]
  
  Flags:
        --help             Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and
                          --help-man).
    -d, --debug            Enable debug mode.
    -k, --keyfile=KEYFILE  Path to JSON key file.
    -v, --view-id=VIEW-ID  Google Analytics View ID.
  
  $ ./example-analyticsreporting.exe --keyfile=E:\creds\client_secrets.json -view-id=299792458 --debug
  
  

• hello_analytics.go - This is the main file. It does the following:
  • Create a Google Analytics Reporting API v4 service client
  • Execute a GET analytics report request
  • Parse and print the response using logrus.
• debug.go - This is copied from https://github.com/google/google-api-go-client/blob/master/examples/debug.go. It is used to log the HTTP request and response to os.Stdout in debug mode.
• util.go - This has a simple utility function for tracking function execution time in debug mode.