How to read events from Google Analytics API?

Question

How do I read custom events from the Google Analytics API (e.g. with the help of gapi.class.php)?

If I have three events (myEvent1, myEvent2 and myEvent3) and they all belong to eventCategory myEventCategory, how do I read that data?

I have been searching the API docs but found nothing on retrieving the results of event tracking.

score 64 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 18 '12 at 09:13

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You would set your dimensions to:

ga:eventCategory, ga:eventAction, ga:eventLabel

And then you'd set your filter to:

ga:eventCategory==myEventCategory

edited Oct 18 '12 at 09:13

j0nes

answered Dec 04 '11 at 03:48

Yahel

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@Yahel what about the metrics? leave it blank? – user2636556 Mar 10 '15 at 18:37
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@user2636556 It will not work if you leave it blank. Fill it with `ga:totalEvents` or `ga:uniqueEvents`. – Gowtham Jun 27 '15 at 08:18
For me [code]ga:eventCategory==myEventCategory[/code] does not work. It gives me: "Invalid dimension or metric"... – FlorianT. May 13 '16 at 15:46
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@Mollo you could try test it here: https://ga-dev-tools.appspot.com/query-explorer/ – Alan Jul 23 '18 at 21:09

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