Send GA ping on browser startup

index.js

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ exports.main = function() {
 
     setUpTestEnv();
 
+    gaUtils.sendStartupGAPing();
+
     // if destroyAddon is true
     if (detroyAddon) {
         // destroy the pageMod as the tour is complete.

lib/ga-utils.js

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ let timers = require('sdk/timers');
 let { storageManager } = require('./storage-manager.js');
 let { variations } = require('./variations.js');
 
+const clientId = '35009a79-1a05-49d7-b876-2b884d0f825b';
+const hitType = 'event';
+const trackingId = 'UA-36116321-22';
+
 exports.gaUtils = {
     /**
      * Gathers and returns data for the current event
@@ -48,18 +52,18 @@ exports.gaUtils = {
             url: 'https://www.google-analytics.com/collect',
             content: {
                 v: 1,
-                t: 'event',
+                t: hitType,
                 ec: 'Addon Interactions',
                 ea: eventData.step,
                 el: label,
-                cid: '35009a79-1a05-49d7-b876-2b884d0f825b',
+                cid: clientId,
                 cd3: eventData.contentVariation,
                 cd4: eventData.topic,
                 cd5: module.exports.gaUtils.impressionCount(),
-                tid: 'UA-36116321-22'
+                tid: trackingId
             },
             onComplete: function(response) {
-                console.error('Response from GA', response.status);
+                console.error('Response for post from GA', response.status);
             }
         });
 
@@ -68,5 +72,27 @@ exports.gaUtils = {
         timers.setTimeout(function() {
             gaRequest.post();
         }, 5000);
+    },
+    /**
+     * Send a ping to GA on each startup of the browser
+     */
+    sendStartupGAPing: function() {
+        let gaRequest = Request({
+            url: 'https://www.google-analytics.com/collect',
+            content: {
+                v: 1,
+                t: hitType,
+                ec: 'Firefox Interactions',
+                ea: 'Start Browser',
+                cid: clientId,
+                cd3: storageManager.get('variation'),
+                tid: trackingId
+            },
+            onComplete: function(response) {
+                console.error('Response for sendStartupGAPing from GA', response.status);
+            }
+        });
+
+        gaRequest.post();
     }
 };

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "title": "Firefox OnBoard",
   "name": "onboard-v1",
-  "version": "1.0.4",
+  "version": "1.0.5",
   "description": "The Mozilla Firefox Onboarding Experiment",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/mozilla/onaboard",
   "repository": "https://github.com/mozilla/onaboard",