Connect Google Analytics 4 to Elido

Elido sends a GA4 event for each link click server-side using the Measurement Protocol. The events reach GA4 regardless of whether the user has an adblocker, without any JavaScript on your page.

What you need

• A GA4 property (not Universal Analytics).
• Access to the property's Admin panel.
• About 5 minutes.

Step 1 — Find your Measurement ID

1. Go to Google Analytics.
2. Click Admin (bottom-left gear icon).
3. Under Property, click Data streams → Web.
4. Click your web data stream.
5. Copy the Measurement ID — it starts with G-, e.g. G-XXXXXXXXXX.

Step 2 — Create a Measurement Protocol API secret

On the same data stream page:

1. Scroll down to Measurement Protocol API secrets.
2. Click Create.
3. Give it a name ("Elido") and click Create.
4. Copy the secret value. It's only shown once. If you lose it, create a new one — old secrets keep working until you delete them.

Step 3 — Configure in Elido

1. Go to Dashboard → Integrations → Google Analytics 4.
2. Paste the Measurement ID and the API secret.
3. Click Save, then Test connection. Elido sends a link_click test event flagged with elido_test and debug_mode.

How Elido sets client_id

GA4 requires a client_id to attribute events to a user. Elido sets it to elido-<workspace_id>-<link_id>, so all clicks on one link appear under one synthetic "user" in GA4. These events do not stitch to your existing GA4 web sessions, and unique-user counts in GA4 reflect links, not people.

Event sent to GA4

Elido event	GA4 event name
Link click	link_click

Event parameters: workspace_id, link_id, slug, country, device, destination.

Troubleshooting

No events appearing in Realtime — Check the Measurement ID and API secret. A wrong API secret returns HTTP 204 (no content) but GA4 silently drops the payload. Verify by calling the Measurement Protocol endpoint directly:

curl -X POST \
  "https://www.google-analytics.com/debug/mp/collect?measurement_id=G-XXXX&api_secret=YOUR_SECRET" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"client_id":"test","events":[{"name":"elido_test","params":{}}]}'

A successful debug call returns {"validationMessages":[]}.

Events appear in Realtime but not in regular reports — Measurement Protocol events can take 24–48 hours to appear in non-realtime GA4 reports. This is a GA4 limitation, not an Elido issue.