# @amplitude/analytics-node Official Amplitude SDK for Node.js # Doc See our [Typescript Analytics Node SDK](https://amplitude.github.io/Amplitude-TypeScript/modules/_amplitude_analytics_node.html) Reference for a list and description of all available SDK methods. # Installation and Quick Start Please visit our :100:[Developer Center](https://www.docs.developers.amplitude.com/data/sdks/typescript-node/) for instructions on installing and using our the SDK. ## Installation To get started with using Amplitude Node.js SDK, install the package to your project via NPM. ### Using Node package This package is published on NPM registry and is available to be installed using npm and yarn. ```sh # npm npm install @amplitude/analytics-node@^1.0.0 # yarn yarn add @amplitude/analytics-node@^1.0.0 ``` ## Usage ### Initializing SDK Initialization is necessary before any instrumentation is done. The API key for your Amplitude project is required. ```typescript amplitude.init(API_KEY); ``` ### Tracking an Event Events represent how users interact with your application. For example, "Button Clicked" may be an action you want to note. ```typescript import { track } from '@amplitude/analytics-node'; // Track a basic event track('Button Clicked', undefined, { user_id: 'user@amplitude.com', }); // Track events with additional properties const eventProperties = { selectedColors: ['red', 'blue'], }; track('Button Clicked', eventProperties, { user_id: 'user@amplitude.com', }); ``` ### User Properties User properties help you understand your users at the time they performed some action within your app such as their device details, their preferences, or language. ```typescript import { Identify, identify } from '@amplitude/analytics-node'; const event = new Identify(); // sets the value of a user property event.set('key1', 'value1'); // sets the value of a user property only once event.setOnce('key1', 'value1'); // increments a user property by some numerical value. event.add('value1', 10); // pre inserts a value or values to a user property event.preInsert('ab-tests', 'new-user-test'); // post inserts a value or values to a user property event.postInsert('ab-tests', 'new-user-test'); // removes a value or values to a user property event.remove('ab-tests', 'new-user-test') // sends identify event identify(event); ``` ### prepend/append * append will append a value or values to a user property array. * prepend will prepend a value or values to a user property. ### User Groups ```typescript import { setGroup } from '@amplitude/analytics-node'; // set group with single group name setGroup('orgId', '15'); // set group with multiple group names setGroup('sport', ['soccer', 'tennis']); ``` ### Group Identify This feature is only available to Growth and Enterprise customers who have purchased the [Accounts add-on](https://amplitude.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/115001765532). Use the Group Identify API to set or update properties of particular groups. However, these updates will only affect events going forward. ```typescript import { Identify, groupIdentify } from '@amplitude/analytics-node'; const groupType = 'plan'; const groupName = 'enterprise'; const identity = new Identify() identity.set('key1', 'value1'); groupIdentify(groupType, groupName, identity); ``` ### Track Revenue Revenue instances will store each revenue transaction and allow you to define several special revenue properties (such as 'revenueType', 'productIdentifier', etc.) that are used in Amplitude's Event Segmentation and Revenue LTV charts. These Revenue instance objects are then passed into `revenue` to send as revenue events to Amplitude. This allows us to automatically display data relevant to revenue in the platform. You can use this to track both in-app and non-in-app purchases. ```typescript import { Revenue, revenue } from '@amplitude/analytics-node'; const event = new Revenue() .setProductId('com.company.productId') .setPrice(3.99) .setQuantity(3); revenue(event); ``` ### Callback All asynchronous API are optionally awaitable through a specific Promise interface. This also serves as callback interface. ```typescript // Using async/await const results = await track('Button Clicked').promise; result.event; // {...} (The final event object sent to Amplitude) result.code; // 200 (The HTTP response status code of the request. result.message; // "Event tracked successfully" (The response message) // Using promises track('Button Clicked').promise.then((result) => { result.event; // {...} (The final event object sent to Amplitude) result.code; // 200 (The HTTP response status code of the request. result.message; // "Event tracked successfully" (The response message) }); ```