google-analytics-v4-example

Overview

This is an example of a simple console application that pulls pageview data from Google Analytics.

Pre-requisites

Enabling Google Analytics Reporting API

To query Google Analytics data, you'll need to enable the Google Analytics Reporting API in your Google Cloud Platform project.

Creating a service account

1. Create a service account in Google Cloud Platform console for your project.
2. Assign the service account no permissions/roles.
3. Click "Create Key" to create a private key and save it in JSON format.
4. In Google Analytics, open Admin > View > View User Management and add the email address of the service account you just created (it will have an email like [name]@[project ID].iam.gserviceaccount.com.
5. Grant the user only "Read & Analyze" permissions.

Finding your Google Analytics View ID

1. In Google Analytics, open Admin > View > View Settings
2. Save the View ID displayed

Usage

go run main.go -viewID 123456789 -keyFile google-analytics-viewer-key.json