Check if Google Analytics or Universal Analytics is installed?

Question

I am trying, through javascript, to identify if Google Analytics or Universal Analytics is loaded.

Some clients still use the old Google Analytics and we want to roll out a javascript that collects data. So i then need to write code for both versions to make sure it gets tracked regardless if its the normal or universal version of analytics.

Answer 1

Classic GA uses the "_gaq" object, and UA uses the "ga" object, so you could check for the existence of either of those

if (_gaq) {
   // using classic GA; do whatever
}

or

if (ga) {
   // using UA; do whatever
}

Hope this helps.