How could I measure the time spent on the last page？

Bruce975 · May 29, 2019, 9:38am

I found that I can’t measure the the time spent on the last page, so in my database they are always 0. As the pictrue, there is a new API to instead of using the heart beat timer.But I still don’t know when to use it.All I can think is use it in the onbeforeunload event, but it will also lead to too much HTTP request.So, is there any better solution?

Lukas · May 29, 2019, 10:19am

Hi,

You can check here on how to use the ping method (if you don’t want to use the existing heartbeat-feature):

github.com

matomo-org/matomo/blob/f8316ae4ee793ef3a3ca6c4996a3a1309a4dc5bb/js/piwik.js#L7356-L7365


/**
 * Sends a ping request.
 *
 * Ping requests do not track new actions. If they are sent within the standard visit length, they will
 * extend the existing visit and the current last action for the visit. If after the standard visit
 * length, ping requests will create a new visit using the last action in the last known visit.
 */
this.ping = function () {
    this.trackRequest('ping=1', null, null, 'ping');
};

Calling this should work:

_paq.push(['ping'])