From cc664889f89f211b5bc9610dd4effab698e45903 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seth Call <seth@jamkazam.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 07:03:51 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Stop double-counting page vies

---
 jam-ui/src/helpers/analytics.js | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jam-ui/src/helpers/analytics.js b/jam-ui/src/helpers/analytics.js
index 4fe39ec6c..df5790541 100644
--- a/jam-ui/src/helpers/analytics.js
+++ b/jam-ui/src/helpers/analytics.js
@@ -2,19 +2,36 @@ import ReactGA from "react-ga4";
 
 var initialized = false;
 
+// Noticed that ReactGA.initialize logs a page view,
+// so the 1st logPageView will end up double-counting the initial path landed on
+var ignoredFirstPageView = false;
+
 export const initGA = () => {
-    if(process.env.REACT_APP_GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID) {
-        ReactGA.initialize(process.env.REACT_APP_GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID);
-        initialized = true;
+    try {
+        if (process.env.REACT_APP_GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID) {
+            ReactGA.initialize(process.env.REACT_APP_GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID);
+            initialized = true;
+        } else {
+            initialized = false;
+            console.log("no GA ID found");
+        }
     }
-    else {
-        initialized = false;
-        console.log("no GA ID found");
+    catch (error) {
+        console.log("Error initializing GA", error);
     }
 };
 
 export const logPageView = (path) => {
     if(initialized) {
-        ReactGA.send({hitType: "pageview", page: path});
+        if(ignoredFirstPageView) {
+            try {
+                ReactGA.send({hitType: "pageview", page: path});
+            }
+            catch(error) {
+                console.log("Error logging page view", error);
+        }
+        else {
+            ignoredFirstPageView = true;
+        }
     }
 };
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