WIP DO NOT MERGE: Matomo Code-based Tracking

app/helpers/search_helper.rb

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def format_highlight_label(field_name)
 
   def link_to_result(result)
     if result[:source_link].present?
-      link_to(result[:title], result[:source_link])
+      link_to(result[:title], result[:source_link]), data: { content_piece: 'Result Title' }
     else
       result[:title]
     end
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ def link_to_tab(target, label = nil)
   end
 
   def view_record(record_id)
-    link_to 'View full record', record_path(id: record_id), class: 'button button-primary'
+    link_to 'View full record', record_path(id: record_id), class: 'button button-primary',
+                                                            data: { content_piece: 'View Full Record' }
   end
 
   # 'Coverage' and 'issued' seem to be the most prevalent types; 'coverage' is typically formatted as

app/javascript/application.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import "@hotwired/turbo-rails"
 import "controllers"
 import "loading_spinner"
+import "matomo_tracking"
 
 // Show the progress bar after 200 milliseconds, not the default 500
 Turbo.config.drive.progressBarDelay = 200;

app/javascript/matomo_tracking.js

@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+// Matomo event tracking via data attributes.
+//
+// CLICK TRACKING
+// Add `data-matomo-click="Category, Action, Name"` to any element to track
+// clicks as Matomo events. The Name segment is optional.
+//
+// Examples:
+//   <a href="/file.pdf" data-matomo-click="Downloads, PDF Click, My Paper">Download</a>
+//   <button data-matomo-click="Search, Boolean Toggle">AND/OR</button>
+//
+// Event delegation on `document` means this works for elements loaded
+// asynchronously (Turbo frames, content-loader, etc.) without re-binding.
+//
+// SEEN TRACKING
+// Add `data-matomo-seen="Category, Action, Name"` to any element to fire a
+// Matomo event when that element becomes visible in the viewport. The Name
+// segment is optional. Each element fires at most once per page load.
+// Works for elements present on initial page load and for elements injected
+// later by Turbo frames or async content loaders.
+//
+// Examples:
+//   <div data-matomo-seen="Impressions, Result Card, Alma">...</div>
+//   <a data-matomo-seen="Promotions, Banner Shown">...</a>
+//
+// DYNAMIC VALUES ({{...}} interpolation)
+// Wrap a helper name in double curly braces anywhere inside a segment to have
+// it replaced with the return value of that function at tracking time. Helpers
+// must be registered on `window.MatomoHelpers` (see bottom of this file).
+// Multiple tokens in one segment are supported.
+//
+// Examples:
+//   <h2 data-matomo-seen="Search, Results Found, Tab: {{getActiveTabName}}">...</h2>
+//   <a data-matomo-click="Nav, {{getActiveTabName}} Link Click">...</a>
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Shared helper
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Parse a "Category, Action, Name" attribute string and push a trackEvent call
+// to the Matomo queue. Name is optional; returns early if fewer than 2 parts.
+// `context` is the DOM element that triggered the event; it is forwarded to
+// every helper so functions like getElementText can reference it.
+function pushMatomoEvent(raw, context) {
+
+  // Split on commas, trim whitespace from each part, drop any empty strings.
+  const parts = (raw || "").split(",").map((s) => s.trim()).filter(Boolean);
+  // Matomo requires at least a Category and an Action.
+  if (parts.length < 2) return;
+
+  // Resolve any {{functionName}} tokens by calling the matching helper.
+  // Each token is replaced in-place, so it can appear anywhere in a segment.
+  // The context element is passed as the first argument so helpers can
+  // inspect the element that triggered the event (e.g. getElementText).
+  const helpers = window.MatomoHelpers || {};
+  const resolved = parts.map((part) =>
+    part.replace(/\{\{(\w+)\}\}/g, (_, fnName) => {
+      const fn = helpers[fnName];
+      // Call the function if it exists; otherwise leave the token as-is.
+      return (typeof fn === "function") ? fn(context) : `{{${fnName}}}`;
+    })
+  );
+
+  // Destructure into named variables; `name` will be undefined if not provided.
+  const [category, action, name] = resolved;
+
+  // Ensure _paq exists even if the Matomo snippet hasn't loaded yet
+  // (e.g. in development). Matomo will replay queued calls once it initialises.
+  window._paq = window._paq || [];
+  const payload = ["trackEvent", category, action];
+  if (name) payload.push(name);
+  window._paq.push(payload);
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Click tracking
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Attach a single click listener to the entire document using the capture
+// phase (third argument { capture: true }). Capture phase fires top-down
+// before any bubble-phase listeners, which guarantees helpers like
+// getActiveTabName() read pre-click DOM state before other listeners
+// (e.g. loading_spinner.js's swapTabs) synchronously update it.
+document.addEventListener("click", (event) => {
+  // Walk up the DOM from the clicked element to find the nearest ancestor
+  // (or the element itself) that has a data-matomo-click attribute.
+  const el = event.target.closest("[data-matomo-click]");
+  // If no such element exists in the ancestor chain, ignore this click.
+  if (!el) return;
+
+  // Only fire when the click originated from an interactive element (link,
+  // button, or form control). This allows data-matomo-click to be placed on
+  // a container and track only meaningful interactions within it, ignoring
+  // clicks on surrounding text, padding, or decorative children.
+  const interactive = event.target.closest("a, button, input, select, textarea");
+  if (!interactive) return;
+
+  // Confirm the interactive element is actually inside the tracked container
+  // (guards against the unlikely case where closest() finds an ancestor of el).
+  if (!el.contains(interactive) && el !== interactive) return;
+
+  // Pass the interactive element as context so helpers like getElementText
+  // can read the text of the specific link or button that was clicked.
+  pushMatomoEvent(el.dataset.matomoClick, interactive);
+}, { capture: true });
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Seen tracking
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Track elements already registered with the viewport observer to avoid
+// double-registration if the same node is added to the DOM more than once.
+const seenRegistered = new WeakSet();
+
+// Fire a Matomo event when an observed element intersects the viewport.
+// Unobserve immediately so the event fires at most once per element.
+const viewportObserver = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
+  entries.forEach((entry) => {
+    if (!entry.isIntersecting) return;
+    // Stop watching — we only want to fire once per element.
+    viewportObserver.unobserve(entry.target);
+    pushMatomoEvent(entry.target.dataset.matomoSeen, entry.target);
+  });
+});
+
+// Register a single element with the viewport observer if it carries
+// data-matomo-seen and hasn't been registered yet.
+function registerIfSeen(el) {
+  // Only process element nodes (not text nodes, comments, etc.).
+  if (el.nodeType !== Node.ELEMENT_NODE) return;
+  // Skip if already registered.
+  if (seenRegistered.has(el)) return;
+
+  // Register the element itself if it has the attribute.
+  if (el.dataset.matomoSeen) {
+    seenRegistered.add(el);
+    viewportObserver.observe(el);
+  }
+
+  // Also register any descendants — content loaders often inject a whole
+  // subtree at once, so walking deep ensures every marked element is caught.
+  el.querySelectorAll("[data-matomo-seen]").forEach((child) => {
+    if (seenRegistered.has(child)) return;
+    seenRegistered.add(child);
+    viewportObserver.observe(child);
+  });
+}
+
+// Register all elements already present in the DOM on initial page load.
+document.querySelectorAll("[data-matomo-seen]").forEach((el) => {
+  seenRegistered.add(el);
+  viewportObserver.observe(el);
+});
+
+// Watch for any new nodes added to the DOM after initial load.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Matomo native content tracking
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Matomo's built-in content tracking (data-track-content / data-content-name /
+// data-content-piece) only scans the DOM at page load. For content injected
+// asynchronously (e.g. by the content-loader Stimulus controller), we must
+// manually notify Matomo by calling trackContentImpressionsWithinNode on the
+// newly-added node.
+function trackContentImpressionsIfPresent(el) {
+  if (el.nodeType !== Node.ELEMENT_NODE) return;
+  // Check the element itself or any descendant for data-track-content.
+  const hasContent =
+    el.hasAttribute("data-track-content") ||
+    el.querySelector("[data-track-content]") !== null;
+  if (!hasContent) return;
+
+  window._paq = window._paq || [];
+  // Ask Matomo to scan the subtree for content impressions.
+  window._paq.push(["trackContentImpressionsWithinNode", el]);
+}
+
+// Watch for any new nodes added to the DOM after initial load.
+// MutationObserver fires synchronously after each DOM mutation, so it catches
+// both Turbo frame renders and content-loader replacements immediately.
+const observer = new MutationObserver((mutations) => {
+  mutations.forEach((mutation) => {
+    // Each mutation record lists the nodes that were added in this batch.
+    mutation.addedNodes.forEach((node) => {
+      registerIfSeen(node);
+      trackContentImpressionsIfPresent(node);
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+// Observe the entire document subtree so no async insertion is missed.
+observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
+
+// Turbo Drive navigation replaces document.body with a brand new element,
+// which detaches the MutationObserver from the old body. Re-scan and
+// re-attach on every turbo:load so full-page navigations are handled.
+// (Turbo frame and content-loader updates are covered by the observer above
+// because they mutate within the existing body rather than replacing it.)
+document.addEventListener("turbo:load", () => {
+  // Register any seen elements that arrived with the navigation.
+  document.querySelectorAll("[data-matomo-seen]").forEach((el) => {
+    if (seenRegistered.has(el)) return;
+    seenRegistered.add(el);
+    viewportObserver.observe(el);
+  });
+
+  // Re-attach the MutationObserver to the new document.body instance.
+  observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });
+});
+
+
+// ===========================================================================
+// HELPER FUNCTIONS
+// Custom JS to enhance the payload information we provide to Matomo.
+// ===========================================================================
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Get the name of the active search results tab, if any.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function getActiveTabName() {
+  var tabs = document.querySelector('#tabs');
+  if (!tabs) {
+    return "None"; // #tabs not found
+  }
+
+  var activeAnchor = tabs.querySelector('a.active');
+  if (!activeAnchor) {
+    return "None"; // no active tab
+  }
+
+  return activeAnchor.textContent.trim();
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Get the visible text of the element that triggered the event.
+// For click tracking this is the interactive element (link, button, etc.).
+// For seen tracking this is the element carrying data-matomo-seen.
+// Returns an empty string if no context element is available.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function getElementText(el) {
+  if (!el) return "";
+  return el.textContent.trim();
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Get the current results page number from the `page` URL parameter.
+// Returns "1" when the parameter is absent (the first page has no page param).
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function getCurrentResultsPage() {
+  const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+  return params.get("page") || "1";
+}
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Register helpers on window.MatomoHelpers so they can be referenced with the
+// {{functionName}} syntax in data-matomo-seen and data-matomo-click attributes.
+// Add new helpers here as needed.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+window.MatomoHelpers = {
+  getActiveTabName,
+  getElementText,
+  getCurrentResultsPage,
+};

app/views/layouts/_global_alert.html.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<% if ENV['GLOBAL_ALERT'] %>
+  <div class="wrap-notices info layout-band">
+    <div class="wrap-notice">
+      <div class="alert alert-global" data-matomo-click="Banner, Link Engaged, Link: {{getElementText}}">
+        <h1 class="title"><%= sanitize(ENV['GLOBAL_ALERT']) %></h1>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+<% end %>

app/views/layouts/_site_header.html.erb

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-<div class="institute-bar">
+<div class="institute-bar" data-matomo-seen="Navigation, Header Links Seen" data-matomo-click="Navigation, Header Links Engaged, Link: {{getElementText}}">
   <div class="wrapper">
-    <a class="link-logo-mit" href="https://www.mit.edu"><span class="sr">MIT Logo</span>
+    <a class="link-logo-mit" href="https://www.mit.edu" ><span class="sr">MIT Logo</span>
       <img src="https://cdn.libraries.mit.edu/files/branding/local/mit_logo_std_rgb_white.svg" height="24" alt="MIT logo" >
     </a>
   </div>
 </div>
 <div class="libraries-header">
   <div class="wrapper">
-    <header class="navigation-bar">
+    <header class="navigation-bar" data-matomo-click="Navigation, Header Links Engaged, Link: {{getElementText}}">
       <h1>
         <a href="https://libraries.mit.edu/" class="logo-mit-lib">
           <span class="sr">MIT Libraries Homepage</span>

app/views/layouts/application.html.erb

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <footer>
+      <footer data-matomo-seen="Navigation, Footer Links Seen" data-matomo-click="Navigation, Footer Links Engaged, Link: {{getElementText}}">
         <%= render partial: "layouts/libraries_footer" %>
         <%= render partial: "layouts/institute_footer" %>
       </footer>

app/views/search/_form.html.erb

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <input id="tab-to-target" type="hidden" name="tab" value="<%= @active_tab %>">
     <button type="submit" class="btn button-primary">Search</button>
   </div>
-  <div class="search-actions">
+  <div class="search-actions"  data-matomo-click="Search, Advanced Search Engaged">
     <a href="https://libraries.mit.edu/search-advanced">Advanced search</a>
   </div>
 </form>

app/views/search/_pagination.html.erb

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <% return if @pagination.nil? %>
 <div id="pagination">
-  <nav class="pagination-container" aria-label="Pagination">
+  <nav class="pagination-container" aria-label="Pagination" data-matomo-seen="Navigation, Pagination Seen, Tab: {{getActiveTabName}}" data-matomo-click="Navigation, Pagination Engaged, Link: {{getElementText}}; Current Page: {{getCurrentResultsPage}}">
     <div class="previous">
       <%= prev_url(@enhanced_query) %>
     </div>

app/views/search/_result.html.erb

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<li class="result use" data-record-id="<%=result[:identifier]%>">
+<li class="result use" data-record-id="<%= result[:identifier] %>" data-matomo-seen="Results, Result Seen, Tab: {{getActiveTabName}}" data-content-track data-content-name="Result">
   <div class="result-content">
     <% if multi_source_tab? && result[:eyebrow].present? %>
       <p class="eyebrow"><%= result[:eyebrow] %></p>
@@ -12,20 +12,22 @@
 
       <p class="pub-info">
         <span><%= result[:content_type] %></span>
-
-        <% if result[:date_range].present? %>
-          <span><%= result[:date_range] %></span>
-        <% else %>
-          <span>
+
+        <span>
+          <% if result[:date_range].present? %>
+            <%= result[:date_range] %>
+          <% else %>
+
             <% result[:dates]&.each do |date| %>
               <%= date['value'] if date['kind'] == 'Publication date' %>
             <% end %>
-          </span>
-        <% end %>
+
+          <% end %>
+        </span>
       </p>
 
       <%# unclear why TIMDEX is using contributors and Primo is using creators. Should we normalize this? %>
-      <% if result[:contributors].present? %>   
+      <% if result[:contributors].present? %>
         <span class="sr">Contributors: </span>
         <ul class="list-inline truncate-list contributors">
           <%= render partial: 'shared/contributors', locals: { contributors: result[:contributors] } %>