Send POST Batch Request From PHP

Question

Measurement protocol docs give me these directions to send a batch request:

POST /batch HTTP/1.1
Host: www.google-analytics.com

v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=pageview&dp=%2Fhome
v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=pageview&dp=%2Fabout
v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=pageview&dp=%2Fcontact

Im a little confused on how i would build my url for this?

What i have tried:

$guzzle = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$guzzle->request('POST','www.google-analytics.com/batch',[
                'query' =>  "v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=event
                             v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=event
                             v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=event
                             v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=event
                             v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=event"
            ]);

This does not work, there should 5 new events in ga, but i only receive 1 (the first one).

How can i send a batch request to the measurement protocol?

What you want, is the `curl_multi_*` family. Which seems not to be wrapped by Laracurl, at first sight. — eyecatchUp, Dec 01 '15 at 13:19
im having the same issue, im confused because the docs kinda state that you should send the same keys consecutively. So order would matter? Usually the way to do this would be `v[0]=1&t[0]=event...v[1]=1&t[1]=pageview` but the batch protocol just line-separates the post data? — Flame, Dec 02 '15 at 15:17
First try things with https://ga-dev-tools.appspot.com/hit-builder/ — Vineet1982, Dec 15 '15 at 06:11
@Vineet1982 i have it does not allow for batch request testing from what i can see. I can send single request just fine, but batch does not seem to work, i cant understand what google docs is asking for in there request. — Anthony Raimondo, Dec 15 '15 at 15:55

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 16 '15 at 19:29

If you use GuzzleHttp, you should use body instead of query:

$guzzle = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
$guzzle->request('POST','www.google-analytics.com/batch', [
        'body' => implode("\n", array(
                        'v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=event',
                        'v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=event',
                        'v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=event',
                        'v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=event',
                        'v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=event',
        )]);

For some reason, I had to specify a `null` User-Agent in `headers`. (for reference, Guzzle was setting `User-Agent: GuzzleHttp/6.5.1 curl/7.29.0 PHP/7.4.3`) — jerkan, Jul 31 '20 at 09:04

Alice Oualouest · Answer 2 · 2015-11-30T17:28:08.860

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Maybe urls need to be in the data part, not in the header part of request ?

So use the second post parameter of laracurl (from Laracurl README):

 $response = Laracurl::post($url, ['post' => $data]);

with :

 $data = join("\n",array(
      "v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=pageview&dp=%2Fhome",
      "v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=pageview&dp=%2Fabout",
      "v=1&tid=UA-XXXXX-Y&cid=555&t=pageview&dp=%2Fcontact"));

edited Nov 30 '15 at 17:28

answered Nov 30 '15 at 17:20

Alice Oualouest

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Laracurl documentation seems to be lacking detail. Check source code of Laracurl::post to know how second parameter is used. – Alice Oualouest Nov 30 '15 at 19:29

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 14 '18 at 21:23

Hoping help someone: Analytics Management API v3

Creating a new goal

(PHP Google_Client, Google_Service_Analytics)

/*
    Assuming there is a $goals array
*/

$client = new Google_Client();
$client->setAuthConfig($KEY_FILE_LOCATION);
$client->addScope([Google_Service_Analytics::ANALYTICS_READONLY,
                    Google_Service_Analytics::ANALYTICS_EDIT]);

$client->setDeveloperKey($API_KEY);
$client->setSubject($EMAIL);  
$client->refreshToken($REFRESH_TOKEN);

$client->setUseBatch(true);
$analytics = new Google_Service_Analytics($client);     
$batch = $analytics->createBatch();

foreach($goals as $goal){

    $req1 = $analytics->management_goals->insert(XXXXXX, UA-XXXXXX-1, XXXXXX, $goal);
    $batch->add($req1);
}

try {
        $batchResponse = $batch->execute();
        /* Handling Response */
        foreach ($batchResponse as $key => $value) {

            if(!($value instanceof Google_Service_Exception)){
                echo $value->getId()."\n";
                continue;
            }
            print_r($value->getErrors());

        }
} catch (Google_Service_Exception $e) {
    /*
        handling exception  
    */
}

Send POST Batch Request From PHP

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