API reference
Public surface of the @vskstudio/takt-core package (npm integration). On the snippet side, only the track function is exposed — see the Global window.takt section at the bottom of the page.
init(options)
Creates and stores the shared instance, then (by default) wires up SPA navigation and emits the initial pageview. Call it only once at startup. Returns the Analytics instance. init() is idempotent: a new call cleanly disposes the previous instance’s listeners before creating a new one.
function init(options?: {
domain?: string
endpoint?: string // default: https://taktlytics.com/api/event
scriptOrigin?: string // origin to derive {origin}/api/event from
respectDnt?: boolean // default: true
excludeLocalhost?: boolean // default: true
exclude?: string[] // path prefixes never tracked (segment-bounded)
enabled?: boolean // default: true
debug?: boolean // default: false
sampleRate?: number // default: 1
trackQuery?: boolean // default: false (query + hash stripped)
queryParams?: string[] // allowlist of params to keep
scrubUrl?: (url: string) => string // custom URL scrubbing
auto?: boolean // default: true (auto pageview + SPA)
outbound?: boolean // default: false
files?: boolean // default: false
fileExtensions?: string[] // extensions tracked if files=true
notFound?: boolean // default: false (404 event on error pages)
tagged?: boolean // default: false (custom events from data-takt-event)
}): Analytics | Option | Type | Default | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
domain | string | location.hostname | Site identifier |
endpoint | string | https://taktlytics.com/api/event | Ingestion URL — wins over scriptOrigin |
scriptOrigin | string | https://taktlytics.com | First-party origin to derive {origin}/api/event from |
respectDnt | boolean | true | Respects Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control |
excludeLocalhost | boolean | true | Ignores localhost / private IPs |
exclude | string[] | — | Path prefixes never tracked, e.g. ['/app','/account'] (segment-bounded) |
enabled | boolean | true | Stops all sending when false |
debug | boolean | false | Logs every event to the console |
sampleRate | number | 1 | Sampling (0–1) of sent events |
trackQuery | boolean | false | Keeps the query string as-is |
queryParams | string[] | — | Query params to keep (allowlist) |
scrubUrl | (url) => url | — | Custom URL-scrubbing function |
auto | boolean | true | Initial pageview + SPA tracking |
outbound | boolean | false | Tracks outbound links |
files | boolean | false | Tracks downloads |
fileExtensions | string[] | pdf, zip, dmg, xlsx, csv, doc, docx, ppt, pptx, rar, 7z, gz, mp3, mp4, wav, avi, mov | Tracked file extensions |
notFound | boolean | false | Reports a 404 event on error pages (snippet: data-auto="404") |
tagged | boolean | false | Custom events from [data-takt-event] elements (snippet: data-auto="tagged") |
?.../#... never reaches analytics. trackQuery keeps the whole query, queryParams keeps only an allowlist, scrubUrl replaces the logic entirely.data-* attributes — including data-script-origin, data-endpoint, data-enabled, data-respect-dnt, data-sample-rate, data-track-query and data-query-params. Automatic capture (outbound, files, tagged, notFound, fileExtensions) requires the takt.auto.js bundle and goes through data-auto / data-downloads-ext. Only auto, debug, scrubUrl and exclude remain npm-only.track(name, options)
Emits an event. The name pageview is reserved (use pageview()). The public type of track() only accepts props:
function track(name: string, options?: { props?: Record<string, string> }): void
track('Signup', { props: { plan: 'pro' } }) props values are strings (non-strings are coerced); an empty value ('', null, undefined) is ignored. Props are capped at 30 keys, keys ≤ 64 characters, values ≤ 1024 characters; beyond that the event still sends and a console warning fires once.
To attach revenue, go through the instance returned by init() (whose track method accepts revenue, with the amount as a string). The amount must match \d+(\.\d{1,2})? and the currency be a 3-letter code, otherwise the revenue is dropped (with a warning):
const takt = init({ domain: 'example.com' })
takt.track('Purchase', {
props: { plan: 'pro' },
revenue: { amount: '29', currency: 'EUR' }
}) The exact format sent on the wire is described in Events & payload.
pageview()
Manually emits a pageview. Rarely needed: init() already tracks client-side navigation — pushState, replaceState, popstate and hashchange all trigger an automatic pageview.
function pageview(): void optOut() / optIn()
Drive per-visitor consent. The choice is persisted in localStorage (takt_ignore).
function optOut(): void // sets takt_ignore='1' — no event sent
function optIn(): void // removes the flag — resumes tracking See Privacy for the exact order of the guardrails.
Global window.takt
On the snippet side, only the track function is exposed on the global. It accepts props and revenue (amount as a string):
window.takt('Signup', { props: { plan: 'pro' } })
window.takt('Purchase', { revenue: { amount: '29', currency: 'EUR' } }) optOut/optIn/pageview. On the snippet side, opt-out is driven directly via localStorage (key takt_ignore) — see Privacy. The pageview is automatic (initial + SPA navigation).