README.md

Hello Analytics

A test to get Google Analytics Reporting API v4 up and running http://webapps2/HelloWorld/HelloWorld.php

Versioning Notes:

• 10/09/2018 initial files started
• Reference: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/reporting/core/v4/quickstart/service-php

Service Account

We have a PHP service account with Google Analytics which can be viewed here: https://console.developers.google.com/iam-admin/serviceaccounts?project=rgrd-website-analytics

Service Key

The service key provided was downloaded and renamed to: ‘service-account-credentials.json’. It resides in the same folder as ‘HelloAnalytics.php’. The file location can be modified later.

Service Account Linked to Google Analytics Account

The service account has been linked to our google analytics account here: https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/#/a8459946w16085079p17041261/admin/suiteusermanagement/account

Install Composer

I installed Composer on the WebApps2 server. You can find Composer here: https://getcomposer.org/

Google's Client Library

https://github.com/googleapis/google-api-php-client

From GitBash I installed the Google’s client library with this command: composer require google/apiclient:^2.0

GA Account View

Inside HelloAnalytics.php I linked our Google Account’s view ID.
Here is where to see our account View IDs: https://ga-dev-tools.appspot.com/account-explorer/

Errors and Issues

I did encounter a cURL error 60: SSL certificate problem which I assume Jonathan will be able to resolve for us once we are up and running in our new servers. I solved through a hack of vendor\guzzlehttp\guzzle\src\Handler\CurlFactory.php. I changed this:

• 326: $conf[CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST] = 2;
• 327: $conf[CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER] = true;

To this:

• 326: $conf[CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST] = 0;
• 327: $conf[CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER] = FALSE;

Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35638497/curl-error-60-ssl-certificate-prblm-unable-to-get-local-issuer-certificate