how can I pragrammatically insert data in google analytics

Question

Can you please tell me what is the wrong with the below code for programmatically inserting the pageview in google analytics.

Code is not inserting pageview.

var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("http://www.google-analytics.com");
            request.Method = "POST";

            // the request body we want to send
            var postData = new Dictionary<string, string>
{
{ "v", "1" },
{ "tid", "UA-XXXXXX-1" },
{ "cid", "555" },
{ "t", "pageview" },
{"dh","www.pomroofing.com"},
{ "dp", "/phone/123/456/789/1" },
{ "dt", "homepage" },
};


            var postDataString = postData
            .Aggregate("", (data, next) => string.Format("{0}&{1}={2}", data, next.Key,
            HttpUtility.UrlEncode(next.Value)))
            .TrimEnd('&');

            // set the Content-Length header to the correct value
            request.ContentLength = Encoding.UTF8.GetByteCount(postDataString);

            // write the request body to the request
            using (var writer = new StreamWriter(request.GetRequestStream()))
            {
                writer.Write(postDataString);
            }

            try
            {
                var webResponse = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
                if (webResponse.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK)
                {
                    throw new HttpException((int)webResponse.StatusCode,
                    "Google Analytics tracking did not return OK 200");
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                // do what you like here, we log to Elmah
                // ElmahLog.LogError(ex, "Google Analytics tracking failed");
            }

please help, or is there any api for this.

Answer 1

Try testing your full request string directly into a Browser. A short request like that can also be sent with a GET.

Check real-time reports to see if its showing up or not. (I tested this)

http://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&tid=UA-XXXX-X&cid=555&t=pageview&dh=www.pomroofing.com&dp=/phone/123/456/789/1&dt=homepage

No there is no API for this.

BTW you are missing /collect in the url :)