Getting started with tracking tags but have huge 318kb/65kb file

f1outsourcing · September 19, 2023, 1:40pm

I wanted to track some button clicks, add some tags in this onlclick. I was wondering why this javascript file is so big. Sending some data to a website, should not require so much code not?

Is there some sort of bare essentials file I can use for the tracking these tags?

github.com

matomo-org/matomo/blob/cf256fc28318519e5e227be8affecd03014574c2/js/piwik.js

/*!
 * Matomo - free/libre analytics platform
 *
 * JavaScript tracking client
 *
 * @link https://piwik.org
 * @source https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo/blob/master/js/piwik.js
 * @license https://piwik.org/free-software/bsd/ BSD-3 Clause (also in js/LICENSE.txt)
 * @license magnet:?xt=urn:btih:c80d50af7d3db9be66a4d0a86db0286e4fd33292&dn=bsd-3-clause.txt BSD-3-Clause
 */
// NOTE: if you change this above Piwik comment block, you must also change `$byteStart` in js/tracker.php

// Refer to README.md for build instructions when minifying this file for distribution.

/*
 * Browser [In]Compatibility
 * - minimum required ECMAScript: ECMA-262, edition 3
 *
 * Incompatible with these (and earlier) versions of:
 * - IE4 - try..catch and for..in introduced in IE5

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f1outsourcing · September 19, 2023, 7:05pm

Something like this

heurteph-ei · September 20, 2023, 11:59am

Hi @f1outsourcing
I think Matomo tracking file (65kb only when used in standard Matomo, because of the minified version) can probably manage more cases than some other trackers:

With or without cookie,
Consent management,
Heartbeat (with sendbeacon + fallbackin case of function unavailable)
Content tracking
Custom dimensions and Custom variables
Device detection
Basic Ecommerce tracking
Goals tracking
Page Performance
Links tracking
Downloads / Outlinks tracking
Queue requests
Search tracking
Referrers attribution management
Resolution tracking
Users vs. Unknown visitors tracking
Language tracking
…

Full list of features:
https://developer.matomo.org/api-reference/tracking-javascript

f1outsourcing · November 8, 2024, 9:18am

Yes would be better if this was determined on the basis of your configuration. So is there already something like this?