# Connect to Google Analytics

Go to your Craft CMS control panel.
Navigate to Settings → Analytics → General Settings → OAuth Settings.

Control Panel Settings Analytics Settings Analytics OAuth Settings

# 1. Create the Google Developer Console project

In another tab of your browser, open the Google Developer Console (opens new window).
Click on the projects dropdown located next to the “Google APIs” logo.
Click the “New project” button.
Choose a project name and click “Create”.
It might not automatically take you to your newly created project, so make sure that it's selected in the projects dropdown (next to the “Google APIs” logo).

New Project

# 2. Enable Google Analytics APIs

In the Google Developer Console (opens new window), navigate to API & Services → Library.
Search for “analytics” in the API Library.
Enable the following APIs:
- Google Analytics API
- Google Analytics Reporting API

Google Analytics APIs

When connecting to your Google Analytics account, your website requests authorizations to access Google Analytics APIs. Google displays a consent screen to the user including a summary of your project and its policies, and the requested scopes of access. The consent screen needs to be configured for the authorization process to work properly.

In the Google Developer Console (opens new window), navigate to API & Services → OAuth consent screen.
Select the “User Type” that fits your needs, in this guide, we will choose “Internal”, and click “Create”.
Fill the mandatory fields:
- App name
- User support email
- Developer email address
Click “Save and continue”.
On the “Scopes” screen, don’t do anything and click “Save and continue”.
Google then shows you a summary, click the “Back to dashboard” button.

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# 4. Create the OAuth client

Go to your Google Developer Console project.
Navigate to API & Services → Credentials, click the “Create credentials” button and create a new “OAuth client ID”.
On the next step, select the application type “Web Application” and choose a name for your web client.
In the “Authorized JavaScript origins”, click the “Add URI” button.
Copy the authorized javascript origin URL from the Analytics plugin OAuth settings, in your Craft CMS control panel.
In the “Authorized redirect URIs”, click the “Add URI” button.
Copy the authorized redirect URL from the Analytics plugin OAuth settings, in your Craft CMS control panel.
Click “Save”.

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# 5. Configure the OAuth client

Once the OAuth client is created, Google will provide you with a client ID and secret.

Copy the client ID & secret.
Go to your Craft CMS control panel.
Navigate to Settings → Analytics → General Settings → OAuth Settings.
Paste the OAuth client and secret into the corresponding fields and click “Save”.

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