Yandex.Metrica – traffic analysis

Yandex.Metrica is an analytics tool like as google analytics.

Installation

To start using the Yandex.Metrica integration, you must have installed the django-analytical package and have added the analytical application to INSTALLED_APPS in your project settings.py file. See Installation and configuration for details.

Next you need to add the Yandex.Metrica template tag to your templates. This step is only needed if you are not using the generic analytical.* tags. If you are, skip to Configuration.

The Yandex.Metrica counter code is inserted into templates using a template tag. Load the yandex_metrica template tag library and insert the yandex_metrica tag. Because every page that you want to track must have the tag, it is useful to add it to your base template. Insert the tag at the bottom of the HTML head:

{% load yandex_metrica %}
<html>
<head>
...
{% yandex_metrica %}
</head>
...

Configuration

Before you can use the Yandex.Metrica integration, you must first set your website counter ID.

Setting the counter ID

Every website you track with Yandex.Metrica gets its own counter ID, and the yandex_metrica tag will include it in the rendered Javascript code. You can find the web counter ID on the overview page of your account. Set YANDEX_METRICA_COUNTER_ID in the project settings.py file:

YANDEX_METRICA_COUNTER_ID = '12345678'

If you do not set a counter ID, the counter code will not be rendered.

You can set additional options to tune your counter:

Constant Default Value Description
YANDEX_METRICA_WEBVISOR False Webvisor, scroll map, form analysis.
YANDEX_METRICA_TRACKHASH False Hash tracking in the browser address bar.
YANDEX_METRICA_NOINDEX False Stop automatic page indexing.
YANDEX_METRICA_ECOMMERCE False Dispatch ecommerce data to Metrica.

Internal IP addresses

Usually you do not want to track clicks from your development or internal IP addresses. By default, if the tags detect that the client comes from any address in the YANDEX_METRICA_INTERNAL_IPS setting, the tracking code is commented out. It takes the value of ANALYTICAL_INTERNAL_IPS by default (which in turn is INTERNAL_IPS by default). See Identifying authenticated users for important information about detecting the visitor IP address.