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Sure thing, let me break it down for you:
First, you need a bunch of imports — Java can’t know everything, can it now? These guys will help you connect to Google Analytics, handle data and credentials, and make requests.
We created a class, Ga4DataAnalytics2. We want to make sure we’re spreading the load properly, so we register a new load balancer.
Next up, your main method. Gotta tell it where your JSON credentials are and your Google Analytics property ID. You must have those or you’ll just be banging on Google’s door without any ID!
Now with all your credentials in order, it’s time to set up the Analytics client. We use those credentials you just sorted to give this client all the authority it needs.
Wrapped inside a try block — you know, just in case it messes up, we don’t want your whole app going down — we make a request to Google Analytics. It’s pretty straightforward; we give it the property we want data for, tell it which dimensions we’re interested in (in this case, linkUrl and linkText, to match our tag configuration), and specify a date range for the data.
We fire off that request, get a response back and print it out. Easy peasy!
And just so you’re aware, I used linkUrl and linkText because that’s what I set up in my tag configuration. If you set up different variables in your tag, make sure you substitute my values with yours.
Let’s get coding!
