You will probably want to create a HttpHandler (I think that's the right thing) that can hook in nice and early into your request pipeline at an IIS level. Then you should be able to get the URL and identify if it is a PDF of not, then post a logging/tracking entry where ever you need it to be stored in order to report on it.

This is all theoretical though :-D

Nik

It seems like you are looking for something like this:

https://www.datadrivenu.com/track-downloads-google-analytics/

Niks suggestion will work.

The power of Umbraco is that it is developer friendly. It allows developers to extend it easily.

One of the biggest benefits of WordPress is the amount of plugins. It's also it's biggest weakness.

Here's how to do it:

Step 1

Copy the class below into your code:

using System;
using System.Web;

public class HelloWorldModule : IHttpModule
{
    public void Init(HttpApplication context)
    {
        context.LogRequest += new EventHandler(LogRequest);
    }

    private void LogRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //Log operation goes here
        HttpContext context = ((HttpApplication)sender).Context;
        string url = context.Request.Path;

        if (url.ToLower().EndsWith("pdf")) 
        {
            // log to google analytics
        }
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
    }
}

Step 2 In the web.config system.webServer section add the line below:

<add name="Files" type="HelloWorldModule"  />

It should look like this:

Step 3

Change the class above to send the pdf details to google analytics. There seems to be multiple ways to do this, have a look at the developer guide in the link below:

https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/protocol/v1/

I hope this helps.

Hi,

You can actually achive it via implementing either IHttpModule or IHttpHandler. I added info regarding handler below. This requires a couple changes.

1. You need a class implementing IHttpHandler to grab requests
2. You need to add required configuration entries in web.config depending what you want to track. In your case, since you want to track pdf files in Umbraco, you need to add it into media/web.config file, not the config file on the root.

using System;
using System.Web;
namespace YourNamespace.App_Start.Handlers
{
    public class FileHandler : IHttpHandler
    {
        public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext context)
        {
            switch (context.Request.HttpMethod)
            {
                //First make sure this is a get request
                case "GET":
                {
                    //This will give you absolute path
                    var absolutePath = context.Request.Url.AbsolutePath.Trim();

                    /*
                     * Now you can check the path for pdf
                     * Verify your file if exist
                     * Store it as a counter at google analytics or somewhere in db
                     */

                    break;
                }
            }
        }

        public bool IsReusable { get; }
    }
}

And then media/web.config file should look like this;

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <handlers>
      <clear/>
      <add name="PDF"  path="*.pdf"  verb="*" type="Yournamespace.Handlers.FileHandler" />
<!-- lines below should be there by default - at least on v7 -->
      <add name="StaticFileHandler" path="*" verb="*" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler"/>
      <add name="StaticFile" path="*" verb="*" modules="StaticFileModule,DefaultDocumentModule,DirectoryListingModule" resourceType="Either"
        requireAccess="Read"/>
    </handlers>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

PS: In a project we are pushing tracking data to google analytics with a specific category.

Best, Mehmet

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