Ampli for Go

Amplitude Data supports tracking analytics events from Go apps. The generated tracking library is packaged as a Go package.

Quick start

1. (Prerequisite) Create a Tracking Plan in Amplitude Data

   Plan your events and properties in Amplitude Data. See detailed instructions here

2. Install the Amplitude SDK

   go get github.com/amplitude/analytics-go
   

3. Install the Ampli CLI

   npm install -g @amplitude/ampli
   

4. Pull the Ampli Wrapper into your project

   ampli pull [--path ./ampli]
   

5. Initialize the Ampli Wrapper

   import "<your-module-name>/ampli"
    
   ampli.Instance.Load(ampli.LoadOptions{
       Client: ampli.LoadClientOptions{
           Configuration: ampli.NewClientConfig(AMPLITUDE_API_KEY),
       },
   })
   

6. Identify users and set user properties

   ampli.Instance.Identify(userID, ampli.Identify.Builder().
       UserProp("A trait associated with this user").
       Build(),
   )
   

7. Track events with strongly typed methods and classes

   ampli.Instance.SongPlayed("user_id", ampli.SongPlayed.Builder().SongId("song-1").Build())
   ampli.Instance.Track("user_id", ampli.SongFavorited.Builder().SongId("song-2").Build())
   

8. Flush events before application exit

   ampli.Instance.Flush()
   

9. Verify implementation status with CLI

   ampli status [--update]
   

Install the SDK

If you haven't already, install the core Amplitude SDK dependencies analytics-go using go get:

go get github.com/amplitude/analytics-go

Install Ampli CLI

You can install the Ampli CLI from Homebrew or NPM.

brew tap amplitude/ampli
brew install ampli

npm install -g @amplitude/ampli

Pull the Ampli Wrapper into your project

Run the Ampli CLI pull command to log in to Amplitude Data and download the strongly typed Ampli Wrapper for your tracking plan. Ampli CLI commands are usually run from the project root directory.

ampli pull

Ampli API

Ampli supports the following methods.

Load

Initialize Ampli in your code. The Load() method requires a configuration options parameter:

import  "<your-module-name>/ampli"
 
ampli.Instance.Load(ampli.LoadOptions{
  Client: ampli.LoadClientOptions{
    Configuration: ampli.NewClientConfig(AMPLITUDE_API_KEY),
  },
})

Identify

Call Identify() to identify a user in your app and associate all future events with their identity, or to set their properties.

Just as Ampli creates types for events and their properties, it creates types for user properties.

The Identify() function accepts a string userID, an Identify event instance, and optional amplitude.EventOptions.

All properties are passed in as parameters of methods to ampli.Identify.Builder(). For example your tracking plan only contains a required user property called role. The property's type is a string.

ampli.Instance.Identify(
    "user_id",
    ampli.Identify.Builder().Role("admin").Build(),
)

The options argument allows you to pass Amplitude fields for this call, such as DeviceID.

ampli.Instance.Identify(
    "user_id",
    ampli.Identify.Builder().Role("admin").Build(),
    amplitude.EventOptions{
        DeviceID: "device_id",
    },
)

Groups

Groups

The Amplitude Go SDK and Go Ampli Wrapper don't support Groups. If you're interested in this feature, submit a feature request through the widget on the Amplitude dashboard, or through a support ticket.

Track

To track an event, call the event's corresponding function. Every event in your tracking plan gets its own function in the Ampli Wrapper. The call is structured like this:

ampli.Instance.EventName(userID, ampli.EventName.Builder().EventProp(true).Build())

Optional EventOptions argument allows you to pass Amplitude fields, like DeviceID.

For example, in the following code snippet, your tracking plan contains an event called songPlayed. The event is defined with two required properties: songId and songFavorited. The property type for songId is string, and songFavorited is a boolean.

ampli.Instance.SongPlayed("user_id", ampli.SongPlayed.Builder().
    SongId("songId").
    SongPlayed(true).
    Build(),
    amplitude.EventOptions{}
)

Ampli also generates a builder for each event. Use EventName.Builder() to get the corresponding builder for each event.

ampli.Instance.SongPlayed.Builder().
    SongId("songId").
    SongPlayed(true).
    Build()

Send event objects using the generic track method.

ampli.Instance.Track("user-id", ampli.SongPlayed.Builder().
    SongId("songId").
    SongPlayed(true).
    Build(),
)

Flush

The Ampli wrapper queues events and sends them on an interval based on the configuration.

Call Flush() to immediately send any pending events.

ampli.Instance.Flush()

Plugin

Plugins allow you to extend the Amplitude behavior, for example, modifying event properties (enrichment type) or sending to third-party APIs (destination type).

First you need to define your plugin: plugin examples.

Add your plugin after init Ampli:

ampli.Instance.Client.Add(myDestinationPlugin)

Ampli CLI

Pull

The pull command downloads the Ampli Wrapper code to your project. Run the pull command from the project root.

ampli pull

You will be prompted to log in to your workspace and select a source.

➜ ampli pull
Ampli project is not initialized. No existing `ampli.json` configuration found.
? Create a new Ampli project here? Yes
? Organization: Amplitude
? Workspace: My Workspace
? Source: My Source

Status

Verify that events are implemented in your code with the status command:

ampli status [--update]

The output displays status and indicates what events are missing.

➜ ampli status
✘ Verifying event tracking implementation in source code
 ✔ Song Played (1 location)
 ✘ Song Stopped Called when a user stops playing a song.
Events Tracked: 1 missed, 2 total