From 18186fb4c15f541b7d3334b9ddc5ff6b9339bdc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Willis-Ford <cwillisf@media.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:28:21 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] provide empty window.ga(...) when GA_ID is absent
---
src/lib/analytics.js | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/lib/analytics.js b/src/lib/analytics.js
index 7a233ff32..cd08719dd 100644
--- a/src/lib/analytics.js
+++ b/src/lib/analytics.js
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@ if (GA_ID) {
sampleRate: (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') ? 100 : 0,
forceSSL: true
});
+} else {
+ window.ga = () => {
+ // The `react-ga` module calls this function to implement all Google Analytics calls. Providing an empty
+ // function effectively disables `react-ga`. This is similar to the `testModeAPI` feature of `react-ga` except
+ // that `testModeAPI` logs the arguments of every call into an array. That's nice for testing purposes but
+ // would look like a memory leak in a live program.
+ };
}
export default GoogleAnalytics;
--
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