How to track a form submission using Google Analytics

Question

I wanted to track a simple contact us form submission and the code I used for this is,

form action="/contact-us/#wpcf7-f2017-p2044-o1" method="post" **onsubmit = "ga('send', 'event', 'Contact Form Submission', 'post', location.pathname, {
  nonInteraction: true});"** class="wpcf7-form sent" novalidate="novalidate"

It doesn't work and gives this error,

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL VM300:1

Everything else in the Google Analytic account is working fine. May be because the developer has implemented the code inside a function?

ny help regarding this would be highly appreciated.

Thank you

Are these ** characters actually in the code, or did you try to highlight the bit with the event tracking ? — Eike Pierstorff, May 16 '16 at 07:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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You have a newline character in your string

"ga('send', 'event', 'Contact Form Submission', 'post', location.pathname, {
  nonInteraction: true});"

Removing it makes it work:

"ga('send', 'event', 'Contact Form Submission', 'post', location.pathname, {nonInteraction: true});"

The problem is explained here: JavaScript string with new line - but not using \n

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered May 17 '16 at 19:36

Elmer Fudd

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Thank you so much Elmer, I will try – cool_kid May 18 '16 at 00:22
thats it :) new line was the error thank you very much Elmer Fudd – cool_kid May 31 '16 at 05:51

How to track a form submission using Google Analytics

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