Views (Profiles): insert

Requires authorization

Create a new view (profile). Try it now or see an example.

In addition to the standard parameters, this method supports the parameters listed in the parameters table.

Request

HTTP request

POST https://www.googleapis.com/analytics/v3/management/accounts/accountId/webproperties/webPropertyId/profiles

Parameters

Parameter name Value Description
Path parameters
accountId string Account ID to create the view (profile) for.
webPropertyId string Web property ID to create the view (profile) for.

Authorization

This request requires authorization with the following scope (read more about authentication and authorization).

Scope
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.edit

Request body

In the request body, supply a management.profile resource.

Response

If successful, this method returns a management.profile resource in the response body.

Examples

Note: The code examples available for this method do not represent all supported programming languages (see the client libraries page for a list of supported languages).

Java

Uses the Java client library.

/*
 * Note: This code assumes you have an authorized Analytics service object.
 * See the View (Profile) Developer Guide for details.
 */

/*
 * This request creates a new View (Profile).
 */

// Construct the body of the request and set its properties.
Profile body = new Profile();
body.setName("eCommerce View (Profile)");
body.setECommerceTracking(true);

try {
  analytics.management().profiles().insert("123456", "UA-123456-1",
      body).execute();
} catch (GoogleJsonResponseException e) {
  System.err.println("There was a service error: "
      + e.getDetails().getCode() + " : "
      + e.getDetails().getMessage());
}

PHP

Uses the PHP client library.

/**
 * Note: This code assumes you have an authorized Analytics service object.
 * See the View (Profile) Dev Guide for details.
 */

/**
 * This request creates a new view (profile).
 */

// Construct the body of the request and set its properties.
$profile = new Google_Service_Analytics_Profile();
$profile->setName('eCommerce View');
$profile->setECommerceTracking(True);

try {
  $analytics->management_profiles->insert('123456', 'UA-123456-1', $profile);

} catch (apiServiceException $e) {
  print 'There was an Analytics API service error '
      . $e->getCode() . ':' . $e->getMessage();

} catch (apiException $e) {
  print 'There was a general API error '
      . $e->getCode() . ':' . $e->getMessage();
}

Python

Uses the Python client library.

# Note: This code assumes you have an authorized Analytics service object.
# See the View (Profile) Developer Guide for details.

# This request creates a new View (Profile).
try:
  analytics.management().profiles().insert(
      accountId='123456',
      webPropertyId='UA-123456-1',
      body={
          'name': 'eCommerce View (Profile)',
          'eCommerceTracking': True,
      }
  ).execute()

except TypeError, error:
  # Handle errors in constructing a query.
  print 'There was an error in constructing your query : %s' % error

except HttpError, error:
  # Handle API errors.
  print ('There was an API error : %s : %s' %
         (error.resp.status, error.resp.reason))

JavaScript

Uses the JavaScript client library.

/*
 * Note: This code assumes you have an authorized Analytics client object.
 * See the View (Profiles) Developer Guide for details.
 */

/*
 * This request creates a new View (Profile).
 */
function insertView() {
  var request = gapi.client.analytics.management.profiles.insert(
    {
      'accountId': '123456',
      'webPropertyId': 'UA-123456-1',
      'resource': {
        'name': 'eCommerce View (Profile)',
        'eCommerceTracking': true
      }
    });
  request.execute(function (response) { // Handle the response. });
}

Try it!

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