Create a link and track all the headers that request it!
emailPixel.example.com/t/:id
example: emailPixel.example.com/t/xyz
To track an :id. You can use this anywhere you want. Best usage would be as in image in an email. Example:
<img src="emailPixel.example.com/t/xyz" alt="signature">
emailPixel.example.com/r/:id
example: emailPixel.example.com/r/xyz
This will return a JSON back to you with an array of all the headers that hit the tracking link with a timestamp.
Easy 3 Steps to get started!
Step 1 Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/davext/emailpixel.git
Step 2 Set up your environment variable.
cp .envExample .env
vim .env
Then add your Mongo DB URI to the file in this format:
mongoURI=mongodb+srv://username:password@MongoServer.com/databaseName?retryWrites=true&w=majority
Debug=true
Step 3 We would essentially need to run it. So it depends if you want to try it out first, you can
npm run track.js
However, if you'd like to use it in production, I would recommend using pm2 and a reverse NGINX proxy and secure it with a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate Your NGINX file should look like this: https://gist.github.com/davext/2653de2b07503eafe6f0d52b59ba64fa