Google Analytics Tracking Code Insert In Pdf File

Is it possible that I can insert a tracking code of Google analytics in PDF file? I want to know where are users coming from and how users behave in my PDF file. Please do guide m

Solution 1:

You can't, to my knowledge, insert the actual Google Analytics JavaScript snippet into a PDF.

EDIT: My previous answer was incorrect; I said you could embed the __utm.gif that GA fires in the PDF, but @Mark is correct in saying this is not possible.

The correct answer is: It's not possible to embed an external resource in a PDF, at least not with modern PDF readers with basic security settings.

Solution 2:

That simply isn't going to work. PDF's object model is completely different from HTML's DOM. Scripts in one won't work in the other, failing with various null references:

var foo = document.getElementByID("someID");

"Boom: document is undefined", as is "window" and all the other global objects web pages depend on.

Solution 3:

Personally I place the PDF inside an iframe and then I place my GA and Piwik in the header of the html page that contains the iframe. A bit crooked, but does the job.